Water a ‘matter of life and death’ for Gaza after Israeli siege, says UN
1 year, 2 months ago

Water a ‘matter of life and death’ for Gaza after Israeli siege, says UN

Al Jazeera  

More than two million Palestinians have been left with limited access to clean water, something the United Nations is raising alarms about. The United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians has said water has now become a “matter of life and death” for people in the Gaza Strip after Israel cut their water supplies. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East said on Saturday that more than two million people are now at risk as water runs out. It is a must: fuel needs to be delivered now into Gaza to make water available for two million people,” said UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini.

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Human Rights Watch says Israel’s restriction of water supply in Gaza amounts to acts of genocide
5 days, 17 hours ago

Human Rights Watch says Israel’s restriction of water supply in Gaza amounts to acts of genocide

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of causing the deaths of thousands of Palestinians by systematically restricting and targeting Gaza’s water supply in a campaign that amounted to “acts of genocide.” The rights group was the latest among a growing number of critics to accuse Israel of genocidal acts in its war in Gaza. “Human Rights …

HRW accuses Israel of 'acts of genocide' for restricting Gaza water access
5 days, 17 hours ago

HRW accuses Israel of 'acts of genocide' for restricting Gaza water access

Raw Story  

by Daniel Capurro Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of committing "acts of genocide" in the Gaza Strip by damaging water infrastructure and cutting off supplies to civilians, calling on the international community to impose targeted sanctions. "Since October 2023, Israeli authorities have deliberately obstructed Palestinians' access to the adequate amount of water required for survival in the Gaza …

Israel committing ‘acts of genocide’ by cutting off water in Gaza, HRW says
6 days, 5 hours ago

Israel committing ‘acts of genocide’ by cutting off water in Gaza, HRW says

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch says Israel is intentionally cutting off water supplies and destroying infrastructure in Gaza. Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing “acts of genocide” by denying clean water to Palestinians in Gaza, and called on the international community to impose targeted sanctions. In a new report released on Thursday, the New York-based watchdog said that since October …

'Israeli govt has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza bare minimum of water they need to survive...'
6 days, 5 hours ago

'Israeli govt has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza bare minimum of water they need to survive...'

New Indian Express  

“Water is essential for human life, yet for over a year the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the bare minimum they need to survive,” said Tirana Hassan, executive director at Human Rights Watch as the organisation described this as "nothing short of crime against humanity of extermination, and an act of genocide. " In the 179-page report, …

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief
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1 month ago

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief

China Daily  

A child checks a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the al-Bureij refugee camp of the central Gaza Strip, on Nov 17, 2024. GAZA - Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, said on Wednesday that Gaza has become a "graveyard" for children. "They are being killed, injured, …

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief
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1 month ago

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-21 09:26 A child checks a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the al-Bureij refugee camp of the central Gaza Strip, on Nov 17, 2024. GAZA - Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, said on Wednesday that Gaza has become a "graveyard" for children. …

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief
1 month ago

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief

China Daily  

A child checks a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the al-Bureij refugee camp of the central Gaza Strip, on Nov 17, 2024. GAZA - Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, said on Wednesday that Gaza has become a "graveyard" for children. "They are being killed, injured, …

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders …

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders …

Israel steps up weaponizing of humanitarian aid
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel steps up weaponizing of humanitarian aid

China Daily  

Children look on inside the UNRWA Siblin Training Centre, where displaced Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians are being hosted, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, near Sidon, Lebanon, October 29, 2024. Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of the main United Nations agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from …

Gaza: Children are drinking from puddles and wading through sewage pools, as Israel pummels water systems
4 months ago

Gaza: Children are drinking from puddles and wading through sewage pools, as Israel pummels water systems

CNN  

CNN — Guns swinging from their hips, two soldiers in black combat boots and green tactical clothing appear to wire explosives to pumps at the Canada Water reservoir in Rafah, southern Gaza. “The city of Rafah is a city struck by destruction, hunger and thirst.” The amount of water available in Gaza works out at 4.74 liters of water per …

UN experts say Israel carrying out ‘targeted starvation campaign’ in Gaza
5 months, 2 weeks ago

UN experts say Israel carrying out ‘targeted starvation campaign’ in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Report says famine has spread throughout the enclave after nine months of war. United Nations human rights experts have accused Israel of carrying out a “targeted starvation campaign” that has resulted in the deaths of children in Gaza. “Israel’s intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in famine across …

Life and death in Gaza's 'safe zone' where food is scarce and Israel strikes without warning
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Life and death in Gaza's 'safe zone' where food is scarce and Israel strikes without warning

The Independent  

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In Gaza's searing heat, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage
5 months, 4 weeks ago

In Gaza's searing heat, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage

Associated Press  

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza — Children in sandals trudge through water contaminated with sewage and scale growing mounds of garbage in Gaza’s crowded tent camps for displaced families. Palestinians gather to fill water jugs near one of the strip’s few functioning desalination plants in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 20, 2024. “It is killing us.” Basic services breakdown Palestinians gather …

In the searing heat of the Gaza summer, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage
5 months, 4 weeks ago

In the searing heat of the Gaza summer, Palestinians are surrounded by sewage and garbage

LA Times  

Palestinians sort through trash last week at a landfill in Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip. “Flies are in our food,” said Adel Dalloul, a 21-year-old whose family settled in a beach tent camp near the central Gaza city of Nuseirat. “It is killing us.” Basic services breakdown The United Nations estimates nearly 70% of Gaza’s water and sanitation plants have …

UN approves Israel's ‘pause’ to fighting in Gaza; urges for more concrete measures
6 months, 1 week ago

UN approves Israel's ‘pause’ to fighting in Gaza; urges for more concrete measures

Hindustan Times  

The UN on Sunday welcomed an Israeli decision to "pause" fighting around a south Gaza route daily for aid deliveries, but urged more "concrete measures" to unblock the humanitarian response. UN agencies and aid groups have repeatedly sounded the alarm of dire shortages of food and other essentials in the Gaza Strip Israel's military announced Sunday a "local, tactical pause …

Gaza war: Flies, mosquitoes, raw sewage and mountains of garbage threaten to worsen health crisis
6 months, 1 week ago

Gaza war: Flies, mosquitoes, raw sewage and mountains of garbage threaten to worsen health crisis

CNN  

CNN — Raw sewage, swarms of flies and mosquitoes, garbage piled high in the streets. Human rights groups have repeatedly sounded the alarm over “unspeakable” living conditions for Palestinians, as Israel’s military campaign has pulverized neighborhoods, damaged health infrastructure and depleted food, water and fuel supplies. It added many other facilities are out of service due to challenges including “insecurity, …

50,000 Gaza children require urgent treatment for malnutrition: UN
6 months, 1 week ago

50,000 Gaza children require urgent treatment for malnutrition: UN

Al Jazeera  

UNRWA warns people in Gaza face ‘catastrophic’ levels of hunger because of Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid. Over 50,000 children require treatment for acute malnutrition@UNRWA teams work tirelessly to reach families with aid but the situation is catastrophic. #CeasefireNow pic.twitter.com/FwmsjrqmRW — UNRWA June 15, 2024 UNICEF spokesperson James Elder also described how difficult it is to not only get aid …

The Latest | US is removing aid pier from Gaza coast again due to weather, officials say
6 months, 1 week ago

The Latest | US is removing aid pier from Gaza coast again due to weather, officials say

Associated Press  

The U.S.-built aid pier will be detached from Gaza’s coast for a second time due to rough seas, two U.S. officials said Friday, raising further questions about the viability of the sea route. U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday he doesn’t expect to seal a Gaza cease-fire deal in the near future, as an American-backed proposal with global support has …

Gaza floating pier will be ready within days, USAID says. Delivering aid to starving children is a priority
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Gaza floating pier will be ready within days, USAID says. Delivering aid to starving children is a priority

LA Times  

U.S. military personnel assemble a floating pier off the Gaza Strip shore last month in preparation to begin delivering desperately needed aid. The United States expects to have on-the-ground arrangements in Gaza ready for humanitarian workers to start delivering food, treatment for starving children and other urgent assistance by mid-month when the American military expects to complete a floating pier …

First aid boat unloads in Gaza as Hamas proposes new truce
9 months, 1 week ago

First aid boat unloads in Gaza as Hamas proposes new truce

New Indian Express  

A first aid ship plying a new maritime corridor from Cyprus began unloading its cargo of desperately needed food in Gaza Friday as Hamas proposed a new six-week truce in the war. US President Joe Biden, who has supported Israel during the war, has said an invasion of Rafah would be a "red line" without credible civilian protection plans in …

In Gaza City, death and famine take hold amid Israel’s war
10 months ago

In Gaza City, death and famine take hold amid Israel’s war

Al Jazeera  

The Israeli blockade, allied to the incessant bombing, has created a world where hunger and infection have free rein. With Gaza’s ability to produce its own food decimated by Israeli bombs, a hungry population looks for food from outside the Strip, provisions increasingly limited by Israel’s continuing blockade. Since the beginning of Israel’s ground offensive, many humanitarian agencies, like the …

Israel is holding up food for 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza, the main UN aid agency there says
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel is holding up food for 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza, the main UN aid agency there says

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel has imposed financial restrictions on the main U.N. agency providing aid in the Gaza Strip, a measure which prevented a shipment of food for 1.1 million Palestinians from reaching the war-battered enclave, the agency’s director said Friday. The agency said that the Israeli contractor they work with received a call from Israeli customs authorities “ordering them not …

Cold, rainy weather making war-wracked Gaza ‘completely uninhabitable’
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Cold, rainy weather making war-wracked Gaza ‘completely uninhabitable’

Al Jazeera  

Relentless Israeli attacks against infrastructure in Gaza and cold weather are making the Palestinian enclave “completely uninhabitable”, the United Nations human rights office has warned. “The continued attacks on specially protected facilities, such as hospitals, will kill civilians, and there will be a further, massive impact on access to health care, safety and security in general of Palestinians.” Sunghay said …

UN agency says 40 percent of Gaza’s population ‘at risk of famine’
11 months, 3 weeks ago

UN agency says 40 percent of Gaza’s population ‘at risk of famine’

Al Jazeera  

UNRWA warned the besieged enclave is ‘grappling with catastrophic hunger’ as Israel continues to bomb from north to the south. The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that not enough aid is entering besieged Gaza, leaving 40 percent of its population “at risk of famine” amid Israeli curbs on entry of much-needed aid trucks to enter the enclave. …

Photos: Israel’s war on Gaza’s children
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Photos: Israel’s war on Gaza’s children

Al Jazeera  

More than 8,663 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 7, according to the government media office, which added that thousands more are missing under the rubble amid relentless bombardment. “Our gravest fears about the reported numbers of children killed becoming dozens, then hundreds, and ultimately thousands were realised in just a fortnight,” James Elder, …

‘Barely a drop’: UN warns water shortages a deadly risk for Gaza children
1 year ago

‘Barely a drop’: UN warns water shortages a deadly risk for Gaza children

Al Jazeera  

Water and sanitation services are at the point of collapse with large-scale disease outbreaks looming, UNICEF warns. Limited access to clean water and sanitation amid Israel’s relentless bombardment pose a grave risk to children in Gaza, the United Nations Children’s Fund has warned. Pushed by Israel’s continued onslaught across the enclave, hundreds of thousands of people, around half of them …

Diseases spread in Gaza amid health system collapse, Israeli strikes
1 year ago

Diseases spread in Gaza amid health system collapse, Israeli strikes

Al Jazeera  

The besieged residents of the Gaza Strip who have so far survived Israel’s bombs and bullets, are increasingly faced with the spread of diseases amid heavy winter rains that have flooded their makeshift shelters, and an acute shortage of food and potable water. The UN health agency cautioned that the figures likely did not provide the full picture because of …

Live updates | Israel plans to keep fighting as UN General Assembly votes for a cease-fire in Gaza
1 year ago

Live updates | Israel plans to keep fighting as UN General Assembly votes for a cease-fire in Gaza

Associated Press  

Israel pressed ahead with an offensive against Gaza’s Hamas rulers that it says could go on for weeks or months. Here’s what’s happening in the war: UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTES TO DEMAND A HUMANITARIAN CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza in a strong demonstration of global support …

Humanitarian conditions in Gaza near collapse as Israeli attacks intensify
1 year ago

Humanitarian conditions in Gaza near collapse as Israeli attacks intensify

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s widening air and ground offensive in southern Gaza has displaced tens of thousands more Palestinians and worsened the territory’s already dire humanitarian conditions, with the fighting preventing the distribution of food, water and medicine outside a sliver of southern Gaza and new military evacuation orders squeezing people into ever-smaller areas of the south. As the focus of the ground …

COP28: Israel should not be allowed to greenwash its war on Gaza
1 year ago

COP28: Israel should not be allowed to greenwash its war on Gaza

Al Jazeera  

As its war on Gaza continues with no end in sight, Israel will be participating in the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference which started on Thursday in Dubai. Can anyone take seriously, for example, any recommendations on clean and sustainable energy from Israel’s Energy Minister Israel Katz, who at the start of the war stated: “Humanitarian aid to Gaza? …

Diseases spread in Gaza amid water and sewage crisis, cholera feared
1 year, 1 month ago

Diseases spread in Gaza amid water and sewage crisis, cholera feared

Al Jazeera  

Khan Younis, Gaza – Sewage flows in the streets of Gaza as all key sanitation services have ceased operating, raising the alarming prospect of an enormous surge of gastrointestinal and infectious diseases among the local populations – including cholera. That’s a huge public health risk and also very humiliating.” Brennan said overcrowding, lack of solid waste management, poor sanitation and …

‘Stop this horror’, UNICEF chief says on visit to Gaza
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Stop this horror’, UNICEF chief says on visit to Gaza

The Hindu  

The head of the UN children’s agency said Wednesday she had witnessed “devastating” scenes on a visit to war-ravaged Gaza and urged Israel and Hamas to “stop this horror”. “Inside the Strip, there is nowhere safe for Gaza’s one million children to turn,” Russell said in a statement. “Meanwhile, newborn babies who require specialised care have died in one of …

UNRWA says fuel shortage will shut down aid work in Gaza within 48 hours
1 year, 1 month ago

UNRWA says fuel shortage will shut down aid work in Gaza within 48 hours

Al Jazeera  

The refugee agency for Palestinians has said that aid work is at a breaking point as the Israeli siege cuts off access to fuel. The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has said that it will be forced to suspend aid work in the Gaza Strip within 48 hours, as an Israeli siege strains access to much-needed fuel. Palestinian authorities …

Palestinians face food, water shortages in southern Gaza
1 year, 1 month ago

Palestinians face food, water shortages in southern Gaza

Al Jazeera  

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees has warned its operations in war-torn Gaza would shut down within two days due to fuel shortages as fighting rages between Israel and Hamas. “The humanitarian operation in Gaza will grind to a halt in the next 48 hours as no fuel is allowed to enter Gaza,” UNRWA’s Gaza chief …

World needs to rally to humanitarian cause: China Daily editorial
1 year, 1 month ago

World needs to rally to humanitarian cause: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

Staff workers disinfect temporary shelters in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Nov 12, 2023. The attacks on and in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital, Al-Rantissi Naser Paediatric Hospital, Al-Quds Hospital, and other major medical facilities in Gaza City and northern Gaza, that have killed many, including children, over the past few days have horrified the world. …

With no fresh water left, displaced Gaza families wash in polluted sea
1 year, 1 month ago

With no fresh water left, displaced Gaza families wash in polluted sea

Al Jazeera  

Escaping dirty conditions in overcrowded schools, Gaza families displaced by Israeli bombing are being forced to bathe and wash in polluted seawater. “There’s 8,000 people taking shelter there.” The school is close to the Mediterranean Sea, and because of the complete lack of clean running water, it has become a standard practice for some of the families and their children …

More than a month without water, food, healthcare in Gaza amid Israel war
1 year, 1 month ago

More than a month without water, food, healthcare in Gaza amid Israel war

Al Jazeera  

The United Nations says the enclave’s health, sanitation, water and food services are nearing the ‘breaking point’. Israel’s intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip, one of the world’s most densely populated areas, has caused the deaths of 10,328 Palestinians, including 4,237 children, since the war started on October 7. In 2021, the Global Institute for Water, Environment and Health and …

Israel-Hamas war | UN official says the average Gaza resident is living on two pieces of bread a day
1 year, 1 month ago

Israel-Hamas war | UN official says the average Gaza resident is living on two pieces of bread a day

The Hindu  

The average Gaza resident is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour the U.N. had stockpiled in the region, yet the main refrain now being heard in the street is “Water, water,” the Gaza director for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said on November 3. It’s looking for water.” U.N. deputy Mideast coordinator Lynn Hastings, who …

The average Palestinian in Gaza is living on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says
1 year, 1 month ago

The average Palestinian in Gaza is living on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — 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 refrain now being heard in the street is “Water, water,” the Gaza director for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday. It’s looking for water.” U.N. deputy Mideast coordinator …

Gaza now a 'graveyard' for thousands of children: UN
1 year, 1 month ago

Gaza now a 'graveyard' for thousands of children: UN

Hindustan Times  

The Gaza Strip has become a graveyard for thousands of children, the United Nations said Tuesday, as it feared the prospect of more dying of dehydration. "Our gravest fears about the reported numbers of children killed becoming dozens, then hundreds, and ultimately thousands were realised in just a fortnight," UNICEF spokesman James Elder said in a statement. He said that …

‘Despair’: UN deplores Gaza conditions, child casualties amid Israeli war
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Despair’: UN deplores Gaza conditions, child casualties amid Israeli war

Al Jazeera  

UNRWA’s chief says half a million Palestinians are in crammed UN buildings, with scarce food or water and nowhere to sleep. “The current siege imposed on Gaza is collective punishment.” More than half a million Palestinians forced from their homes due to Israel’s bombing campaign, continuing for three weeks, are now sheltering in crammed UNRWA schools and buildings, with scarce …

A day in the life of families sheltering at Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital
1 year, 1 month ago

A day in the life of families sheltering at Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital

Al Jazeera  

Gaza City – More than 50,000 displaced Palestinians have taken refuge at the al-Shifa Hospital, squeezing in corridors, waiting rooms and outside in the courtyard. “We’re safe, but we’re suffering from the heat and the swarm of flies all around us,” Ghaniya said. “We use salty water to hand wash our clothes and our dishes.” On the ground, Ghaniya and …

Opinion: My beloved Gaza of crowded markets and vibrant cafes is gone, demolished and a place of grief
1 year, 1 month ago

Opinion: My beloved Gaza of crowded markets and vibrant cafes is gone, demolished and a place of grief

LA Times  

Palestinians look at destruction by the Israeli bombardment in the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. A mere two months ago, we had the rare privilege of visiting our family in the Gaza Strip, a place I’ve always romanticized despite the more than 16-year-long blockade, preceded by 55 years of Israeli military occupation. Amid the bustling markets …

Israel-Hamas war: Why the UN may stop all aid operations in Gaza
1 year, 1 month ago

Israel-Hamas war: Why the UN may stop all aid operations in Gaza

Firstpost  

The UNRWA operating in the Gaza Strip has warned that it would have to cease all relief operations owing to the lack of fuel supplies, putting thousands living there at a bigger risk of death. “If we do not get fuel urgently, we will be forced to halt our operations in the Gaza Strip,” said the UN agency for Palestinian …

UN says fuel shortages will halt Gaza aid operations within a day
1 year, 2 months ago

UN says fuel shortages will halt Gaza aid operations within a day

CNN  

CNN — The main United Nations agency in Gaza says it will have to halt aid operations within a day if fuel is not delivered, in what the organization says would mark the end of a “lifeline” for civilians. “Without fuel, aid cannot be delivered, hospitals will not have power, and drinking water cannot be purified or even pumped,” UN …

Gazans forced to drink dirty, salty water as the fuel needed to run water systems runs out
1 year, 2 months ago

Gazans forced to drink dirty, salty water as the fuel needed to run water systems runs out

CNN  

CNN — Mohammad Al Shanti is forced to travel nearly four miles to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza to fill up plastic bottles with water. “We don’t wash our clothes, we save every little drop,” he told CNN, describing the water situation as “catastrophic.” Finding clean water is becoming an all-consuming – and increasingly difficult – challenge for many Gazans. …

Gaza hospital generators to run out of fuel in 48 hours: Health Ministry
1 year, 2 months ago

Gaza hospital generators to run out of fuel in 48 hours: Health Ministry

Al Jazeera  

The healthcare system has reached its worst stage in history, a spokesperson says, calling for more aid into the enclave. The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has warned that the electric generators in hospitals will cease functioning within the next 48 hours due to a fuel shortage, amid intensified air raids by Israel on the besieged enclave. Ministry …

Over 100 incubator babies at risk due to Israel’s fuel cuts to Gaza: UN
1 year, 2 months ago

Over 100 incubator babies at risk due to Israel’s fuel cuts to Gaza: UN

Al Jazeera  

Gaza’s Health Ministry says 130 premature babies are in danger of death due to the lack of fuel. The United Nations says the lives of at least 120 newborn babies in incubators in Gaza’s hospitals are at risk as fuel runs out in the Palestinian enclave under renewed Israeli blockade in the wake of the October 7 deadly Hamas attack …

Gaza’s next big threat: Cholera, infectious diseases amid Israeli blockade
1 year, 2 months ago

Gaza’s next big threat: Cholera, infectious diseases amid Israeli blockade

Al Jazeera  

Humanitarian organisations warn deadly water-borne diseases will spread in the besieged strip if aid is not allowed in. “Every day I fill a bottle of water for each one and I tell them: Try to manage this,” he told Al Jazeera, speaking from the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. “At the beginning, they struggled, but now they are coping.” …

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