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Israel claims it found Hamas weapons cache in Gaza children’s hospital basement
The Israeli military shared video and photographs on Monday showing what it said were weapons stored by Hamas in the basement of a children’s hospital ... Middle East -
Palestinians struggle for essentials in south Gaza as population swells
Most of the shelves were bare at Hassan Abu Shabab’s convenience store in the center of Khan Younis, a town in southern Gaza whose population has ... Middle East -
UN lowers flags, holds minute of silence for 101 staff members killed in Gaza
Flags flew at half-mast at UN facilities across the globe Monday including at the body’s New York headquarters, as staff stood in silent tribute to ... World News -
UNRWA says its compound in southern Gaza was struck by Israeli navy
The UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Monday one of its locations in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, sustained “significant damage” from ... Middle East -
Israeli tanks at gate of main Gaza hospital as medics plead for fuel to save babies
Israeli forces reached the gates of Gaza City’s main hospital on Monday, the primary target in their battle to seize control of the northern half of ... Middle East -
Gunfire injures peacekeeper in South Lebanon: UN
The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon said gunfire from an unidentified source hit a member of its contingent early on Sunday, adding that ... Middle East -
UNRWA says over 100 UN workers killed since start of Israel-Hamas conflict
The head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency said on social media platform X on Friday that over 100 United Nations workers had been killed since the ... Middle East -
Pro-Palestinian protesters block entrance to UK’s biggest military supplier
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters blocked the entrances to a BAE Systems factory in southeast England on Friday, targeting Britain’s biggest ... Middle East -
Israel’s use of high-impact bombs on Gaza must be investigated: UN rights chief
The UN human rights chief on Friday urged an investigation into what he called Israel’s use of “high-impact explosive weapons” in Gaza, which he said ... Middle East -
Israeli forces fight Hamas in north Gaza as civilians’ plight worsens
Israeli forces fought Hamas militants through shell-blasted buildings in the north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday as the plight of civilians in the ... Middle East -
Harsh realities of life in war-torn Gaza shared by MSF American nurse
There were children with fresh open burns and wounds and partial amputations that were just walking around in these conditions, the American nurse says Middle East -
UN rights chief says war crimes committed by both parties in Israel-Hamas conflict
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday war crimes had been committed by both Israel and Hamas in the conflict that ... Middle East -
Massive destruction of Gaza housing amounts to a war crime: UN expert
The widespread and systematic bombardment of housing and civilian infrastructure in Gaza amounts to a war crime and a crime against humanity, an ... Middle East -
Northern Gaza ‘on the brink of starvation’ as food, water supplies dwindle
Half a million people in northern Gaza are facing severe food shortages and life-threatening illnesses due to the acute lack of food and water, ... Middle East -
Explainer: Can Palestinians ‘just leave’ the Gaza Strip to escape Israel’s bombs?
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed more than 10,000 Palestinians since October 7 following Hamas’ incursion into southern Israel.After ... Features -
Thousands of civilians flee north Gaza as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters battle
Thousands of Palestinian civilians trudged in a forlorn procession out of the north of Gaza on Wednesday seeking refuge from Israeli airstrikes and ... Middle East -
Gaza close to ‘breaking point’ without fuel supplies, UN agencies warn
Gaza services are close to “breaking point” without fuel supplies, UN humanitarian office (OCHA) spokesperson Jens Laerke said on Tuesday, adding that ... Middle East -
Tanks poised around Gaza City; Netanyahu says Israel to run security in post-war Gaza
Israel gave civilians still trapped inside freshly encircled Gaza City a four-hour window to leave on Tuesday and escaping residents said they passed ... Middle East -
Sudan fighting nears border with South Sudan: UN
The conflict has significant humanitarian, security, economic and political consequences that are a matter of deep concern for the South Sudanese political leadership, UN special envoy says Middle East -
UN force deploys for operation ‘springbok’ to save DR Congo civilians
Many Congolese accuse UN forces of failing in their mission and want them to leave, but the peacekeepers deployed for the new “Springbok” operation ... World News -
Eighty-eight UN workers killed in Israel-Hamas war: Statement
Eighty-eight UN relief workers have been killed so far in the Israel-Hamas war, United Nations’ agency chiefs said, calling for a ceasefire.“For ... World News -
UN chief warns Gaza becoming ‘graveyard for children,’ calls for immediate ceasefire
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, as he warned that the bombarded Gaza Strip ... Middle East -
Over 200 dead in overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza: Health ministry
Intense Israeli strikes killed more than 200 people overnight in the Gaza Strip, the health ministry in the besieged Palestinian territory said Monday ... Middle East -
‘Enough is enough’: 18 organizations, UN groups demand ceasefire in joint statement
The heads of 18 UN and non-UN humanitarian organizations have issued a rare joint statement calling for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in ... Middle East -
World Bank to host climate ‘loss and damage’ fund amid concerns
Countries moved a step closer on Saturday to getting a fund off the ground to help poor states damaged by climate disasters, despite reservations from ... World News -
Average Palestinian in Gaza living on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says
The average Palestinian in Gaza is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour the United Nations had stockpiled in the region, yet the main ... Middle East -
‘Some progress’ in talks on letting fuel into Gaza, UN aid chief says
The United Nations aid chief said on Friday that there had been “some progress” in ongoing negotiations to allow fuel into the Israeli-besieged Gaza ... Middle East -
UN ‘deeply concerned’ by Israel sending back Palestinian workers to Gaza
The UN voiced concern as Israel Friday began sending back to Gaza thousands of Palestinian workers who had been stuck in Israel since the start of ... Middle East -
UN launches $1.2 bln aid appeal to help Gaza, West Bank residents
The UN on Friday launched an emergency aid appeal seeking $1.2 billion to help some 2.7 million people in Gaza and the West Bank.“The cost of meeting ... Middle East -
Morocco slams ‘inaction’ over Gaza from international community, UN
Morocco expressed “great concern and deep indignation” over “the worsening of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip,” a foreign ministry ... Middle East