News headlines for “Middle East”, page 48
Israel must end ‘cruel collective punishment’ in Gaza, urges UN relief chief
- UN News
The UN’s top humanitarian official on Thursday issued a stark warning over the continuing blockade of aid into Gaza, calling on Israel to lift restrictions that have left civilians without food, medical care, and hope.
UNRWA warns against closure of six schools in East Jerusalem
- UN News
The education of 800 students in occupied East Jerusalem is at risk as Israel moves to close their schools next week, a senior official with the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Wednesday.
‘Recovery must move ahead’ in southern Lebanon, top aid official says
- UN News
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon has called for greater support to people in the south of the country working to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of last year’s hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.
Millions will die from funding cuts, says UN aid chief
- UN News
Lifesaving operations everywhere continue to be shut down by sweeping funding cutbacks which will result in millions of people dying, the UN’s top aid official said on Wednesday.
Plague of rats and insects provide latest challenge for war-shattered Gazans
- UN News
After suffering almost 18 months of deadly bombardment, displacement and lack of access to basic services, the embattled people of Gaza face yet another challenge: the threat of insects and rodents.
Two-State solution nearing point of no return, warns UN chief
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General has warned that the two-State solution for Israel and Palestine is nearing collapse, urging world leaders to take bold, irreversible steps to preserve hopes for lasting peace.
MIDDLE EAST LIVE: Guterres tells Security Council two-State solution ‘near point of no return’
- UN News
The Security Council has been meeting on the Middle East, with Secretary-General António Guterres telling ambassadors that irreversible action must be taken to finally put a two-State solution in place for Israel and Palestine. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens, with reports from the UN Palestine refugee relief agency (UNRWA) that children are "going to bed starving" amid the two-month Israeli aid blockade and continuing bombardment. App users can follow coverage here.
Children in Gaza ‘going to bed starving’ amid blockade
- UN News
The biggest UN aid agency in Gaza on Tuesday condemned the two-month Israeli blockade that has left families eating barely enough to survive amid daily bombings – and the sick and injured without lifesaving medical help.
Gazans face hunger crisis as aid blockade nears two months
- UN News
Surviving on one meal a day and stretching out rapidly dwindling food rations have become a desperate reality in the Gaza Strip, where humanitarian aid has been blocked for nearly two months.
Israel's restrictions on UN agencies in Gaza highlighted at world court
- UN News
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday into Israel’s continuing severe restrictions on the work of the UN and other international organizations in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
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