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News headlines for “Middle East”, page 8
Israel restricts Gaza aid, saying Hamas must do more to return deceased hostages
- UN News
Israel announced late on Tuesday that it will limit the flow of aid to Gaza, accusing Hamas of breaching the ceasefire agreement by returning only four of the bodies of deceased hostages so far.
Gaza: $70 billion needed to rebuild shattered enclave, says UN
- UN News
Around $70 billion will be needed to reconstruct Gaza and make it safe after two years of war, UN development experts said on Tuesday, while aid agencies reported that far too little aid is getting in to meet the needs of desperate Palestinians.
UN releases $11 million for Gaza aid as ceasefire, hostage release bring ‘fragile hope’
- UN News
The UN is stepping up its emergency response in Gaza, releasing $11 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to meet urgent needs before winter – a move that underscores both the expanding humanitarian effort and the funding shortfall threatening to stall it.
‘We resist by simply existing on the land’: Ramallah mayor on life under occupation
- UN News
Ramallah, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank, is a bustling urban centre, but it is ringed by barriers and checkpoints which dominate every aspect of life. Speaking at the UN Forum of Mayors in Geneva, Issa Kassis, the mayor of Ramallah, says that the challenges faced by city leaders are amplified by conflict and occupation.
Gaza: Hostages reported released, aid scale-up has begun, say aid agencies
- UN News
As the UN Secretary-General on Monday welcomed the release of all living hostages from Gaza, aid agencies said that lifesaving relief supplies are now flowing at scale into the shattered enclave.
Gaza: Aid teams repeat calls for unhindered access to stricken enclave
- UN News
As displaced Gazans jammed the main route leading north on Friday after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas reportedly came into effect, UN aid teams repeated their call to open all crossings into the devastated enclave to prevent famine spreading.
Gaza deal: UN and humanitarian partners ‘prepared to move – now,’ says Guterres
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Israel and Hamas to “fully abide” by the ceasefire and hostage release deal, calling it a “desperately needed breakthrough” that must mark “the beginning of the end of this devastating war.”
Middle East LIVE: Israel-Hamas deal paves way for ceasefire, hostage release
- UN News
As people celebrated across Gaza and Israel at the news of an agreement that could hasten the end of the two-year war, UN aid teams on Thursday insisted that they were ready to deliver humanitarian relief supplies to the people of the shattered enclave. We'll be covering these developments and more across the UN system today, thanks for joining us. UN News app users can follow our live coverage here.
Jubilation in Gaza as news of possible ceasefire deal sinks in
- UN News
As Gazans and Israelis celebrated the news that a potential ceasefire deal had been reached between the Hamas political leadership and Israel, UN aid agencies on Thursday underscored their readiness to inundate the famine-hit enclave with relief supplies, while urging the immediate release of all hostages.
UN chief calls for Israel and Hamas to ‘abide fully’ by terms of US peace plan
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General has welcomed the announcement from US President Donald Trump that Israel and Hamas have “signed off” on the first phase of his 20-point peace plan, following days of intensive indirect negotiations in Egypt.
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