The World Food Programme (WFP) said that since the ceasefire began between Hamas and Israel, around 600 trucks of humanitarian aid had been entering Gaza daily, including 50 carrying fuel.Antoine Renard,
The org's chief tells the UN it has been the target of a "fierce disinformation campaign" to "portray the agency as a terrorist organization."
A surge in the flow of aid into the Gaza Strip since the truce between Israel and Hamas took effect on Jan. 19 is likely to ease the acute food emergency afflicting people in the war-ravaged territory,
Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that she will now be “thrown out to the streets” with her three children.
The United Nations has warned that humanitarian needs in Gaza remain 'immense' despite an increased flow of aid into the Palestinian territory, following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Emily spent 15 nightmare months in Gaza after she was snatched from her home in southern Israel during Hamas' incursion in the country on October 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 people.
Hovering over any analysis of the long-term repercussions of famine for children are legions of ghosts: the thousands, perhaps millions, who die during a food crisis, as well as those never born due to the chilling effect on fertility and reproduction.
Israel orders UN Relief and Works Agency, the backbone of Palestinian humanitarian aid, to cease operations by Thursday.
The United States, under new President Donald Trump, supports what it called Israel’s “sovereign right” to close UNRWA’s offices in occupied east Jerusalem, acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea told the Security Council.
Suspension impacts 5 energy, 4 economic growth, and 5 agri programmes, several others in education and health in Pakistan.
Israel's ban on UNRWA is set to come into force after months of an intensified campaign against the UN agency.