News headlines for “Middle East”, page 30
Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’
- UN News
In western Gaza City, displaced people live crammed into cramped tents, and a human tragedy is unfolding across a landscape of hunger.
Gaza: ‘No one should ever be forced to risk their life to find food,’ says UN humanitarian agency
- UN News
As Gaza faces famine-like conditions, large numbers of people reportedly continue to be killed and injured while searching for food, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday.
Gaza: Nearly 1,400 Palestinians killed while seeking food, as UN warns airdrops are no solution
- UN News
Despite Israel’s 27 July announcement of daily military pauses in western Gaza “to improve humanitarian responses,” Israeli forces continued attacks along food convoy routes and near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid sites, according to the UN human rights office in Palestine (OHCHR).
IPC Alert Declares the Worst Famine Conditions in Gaza since October 2023
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, July 31 (IPS) - Amidst the ongoing conflict in Gaza, the risk of famine among rising need of consumption and nutrition have reached their worst levels since the start of the conflict. Without urgent analysis to latest report from the Food Security Classificat “IPC ALERT: Worst-case scenario of Famine unfolding in the Gaza Strip”.
Gaza Strip: Humanitarians warn of worsening famine conditions, attacks on civilians
- UN News
Famine conditions are tightening their grip on the Gaza Strip, as the latest UN humanitarian update warns of soaring malnutrition-related deaths, relentless civilian attacks, and mounting obstacles to aid access amid deepening crisis.
On brink of famine, Gazans forced to scour dirt for food
- UN News
In Gaza, UN aid teams continued their efforts on Thursday to help people of the war-shattered enclave by retrieving urgently needed fuel and other supplies from the Kerem Shalom crossing in the south of the Strip.
As Gaza Enters ‘Worst-Case Scenario of Famine,’ States Call for Palestinian Self-Determination at General Assembly
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, July 30 (IPS) - As the starvation crisis in Gaza deepens into what aid organizations describe as a “worst-case scenario,” a growing coalition of nations is shifting its rhetoric and policy toward supporting Palestinian statehood. At the United Nations General Assembly this week, the humanitarian emergency has reignited global calls for a two-state solution and reignited scrutiny of the Israeli government’s blockade of aid.
In Syria’s Sectarian Fights for Power, Humanity is the Loser
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, July 30 (IPS) - As sectarian violence rises in Syria, the number of displaced people has climbed exponentially since Syrian forces joined clashes between the Druze and Bedouin groups in the Sweida region.
With Gaza smouldering, ministers renew push for two-State solution at UN
- UN News
With Gaza in ruins and the two-State solution in jeopardy, ministers convened at the United Nations this week to jumpstart political momentum toward ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – a crisis Secretary-General António Guterres warned is “at a breaking point.”
Gaza children starving despite Israeli ‘tactical pauses’, UN says
- UN News
Despite daily “tactical pauses” declared by Israeli forces, humanitarian conditions in Gaza remain catastrophic, with children starving, aid workers overwhelmed, and fuel and water supplies critically low, UN humanitarians reported on Wednesday.
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