There is nowhere safe for children to go in Gaza
1 year ago

There is nowhere safe for children to go in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

By ordering families to move, Israel is not ensuring that they survive, but merely giving them the option to die another way, elsewhere. These stories of untold suffering are sadly the norm in Gaza, where 1.8 million people – almost 80 percent of the population – are now homeless and seeking refuge wherever they can. Rather than ensuring the safety and survival of families, Israel’s orders to move are just giving them the option to die another way, elsewhere. The anticipated expansion of military operations in southern cities like Khan Younis would have catastrophic humanitarian consequences for children, compounded by the current restrictions and impediments that prevent us from doing our job. There is only one right thing to do: secure a definitive ceasefire to protect all civilians, and unfettered access for humanitarians to deliver assistance to all children in Gaza.

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There are no ‘humanitarian zones’ or ‘evacuation orders’ in Gaza
3 weeks, 2 days ago

There are no ‘humanitarian zones’ or ‘evacuation orders’ in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

As you read this, many families in Gaza are weighing whether they should flee their current shelter and risk having to endure the harsh winter out on the streets or risk being bombed and killed where they are. The devastating details in the report, titled Erasure by Design, make it clear that there are no real humanitarian zones in Gaza …

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief
Trending News
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
Trending News
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, …

Gaza’s humanitarian crisis hits new lows as sanitary conditions plummet
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gaza’s humanitarian crisis hits new lows as sanitary conditions plummet

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic content. Even as the campaign to vaccinate Gaza’s children for polio continues, the United Nations and aid agencies warn of deteriorating public health conditions. On Sunday, the UN Relief and Works Agency, the UN body in charge of the Palestinian territories, said on X: “While we vaccinate children against polio, many other diseases continue …

Israel orders the evacuation of an area designated as a humanitarian zone in Gaza
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel orders the evacuation of an area designated as a humanitarian zone in Gaza

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Israel’s military ordered the evacuation …

How Israel is shrinking Gaza’s ‘safe zones’
5 months ago

How Israel is shrinking Gaza’s ‘safe zones’

Al Jazeera  

Israel is declaring more and more of Gaza out of bounds for Palestinians — including parts it has called ‘safe zones’. Israel’s recent Khan Younis evacuation order On Monday, the Israeli military posted on X ordering the residents of the eastern part of Khan Younis to evacuate further west in the al-Mawasi evacuation zone. The adjustment is being carried… pic.twitter.com/bk5GGNXn6M …

Israel military orders evacuation from part of Gaza humanitarian zone
5 months ago

Israel military orders evacuation from part of Gaza humanitarian zone

The Independent  

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Israel army tells all Gaza City residents to flee heavy battles
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel army tells all Gaza City residents to flee heavy battles

New Indian Express  

The Israeli army dropped thousands of leaflets over Gaza City on Wednesday urging all residents to flee a heavy offensive that has rocked the main city of the besieged Palestinian territory. The warning follows three partial evacuation orders and came as Israeli troops, backed by tanks and aircraft, have fought Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants in the heaviest combat operations …

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

Associated Press  

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike slammed into a residential building next to the main medical center in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, wounding at least seven people, hospital authorities and witnesses said Wednesday. Nasser Hospital sits in the western part of the city, which is inside the Israeli-designated humanitarian “safe zone” where Palestinians have been told …

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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21 children are set to exit Gaza in first medical evacuation since early May
5 months, 3 weeks ago

21 children are set to exit Gaza in first medical evacuation since early May

The Independent  

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Gaza’s children face long road to healing
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Gaza’s children face long road to healing

Al Jazeera  

Eight out of 10 schools in the Gaza Strip are damaged or destroyed, the United Nations children’s agency says, but it is the psychological damage of Israel’s war on the territory’s nearly 1.2 million children that has experts worried. Most kids in Gaza at the moment have brains that are functioning under trauma,” said child psychiatrist Audrey McMahon of international …

Over 13,000 children killed in Gaza, others severely malnourished: UNICEF
9 months, 1 week ago

Over 13,000 children killed in Gaza, others severely malnourished: UNICEF

Al Jazeera  

The UN agency says surviving children do not ‘even have the energy to cry’ as famine looms in the besieged enclave being bombarded for months. Israel has killed more than 13,000 children in Gaza since October 7 while others are suffering from severe malnutrition and do not “even have the energy to cry”, says the United Nations Children’s Fund. Because …

Gaza ‘safe zones’ led to displacement, Israeli attacks on civilians: Report
9 months, 1 week ago

Gaza ‘safe zones’ led to displacement, Israeli attacks on civilians: Report

Al Jazeera  

Research group finds Israel’s dishonest use of ‘humanitarian protective measures’ resulted in killing of more Palestinians. A report published by the research group Forensic Architecture has called into question Israel’s argument at the International Court of Justice that it had introduced measures to safeguard civilian life in Gaza. But according to the study, Israel’s “evacuation orders” have “produced mass displacement …

Israel orders new evacuations in northern Gaza, where U.N. says 1 in 6 children are malnourished
10 months ago

Israel orders new evacuations in northern Gaza, where U.N. says 1 in 6 children are malnourished

The Hindu  

Israel ordered new evacuations from parts of Gaza City on February 20 as a study led by the U.N. children's agency found that one in six children are acutely malnourished in the isolated and largely devastated north of the territory, where the city is located. On Tuesday, the military ordered the evacuation of the Zaytoun and Turkoman neighborhoods on the …

UN agencies warn of 'explosion' in Gaza child deaths
10 months ago

UN agencies warn of 'explosion' in Gaza child deaths

New Indian Express  

GENEVA: An alarming lack of food, surging malnutrition and the rampant spread of disease could spark an explosion in child deaths in Gaza, the United Nations warned Monday. Twenty weeks into Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies warned that food and safe water had become "incredibly scarce" in the Palestinian territory, adding that virtually all young …

‘He was nameless’: Orphaned children lose family, identity in Gaza
10 months, 1 week ago

‘He was nameless’: Orphaned children lose family, identity in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Unaccompanied children in the war-torn enclave are registered as ‘unknown’, or under the acronym WCNSF – wounded child, no surviving family. The injured boy was one of a growing number of children in the war-torn enclave to be registered as “unknown”, or under the acronym WCNSF – wounded child, no surviving family. “He turned from a cheerful, impish, chattering child …

Diapers and baby formula are hard to find in Gaza, leaving parents desperate
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Diapers and baby formula are hard to find in Gaza, leaving parents desperate

Associated Press  

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Zainab al-Zein was forced to make a desperate decision: Feed her infant daughter solid foods that her tiny body may not be able to digest or watch her starve because of a lack of baby formula in the besieged Gaza Strip. “She cries and cries continuously.” The war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers has …

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, …

UK: Safe zones extremely difficult but plausible in southern Gaza
1 year ago

UK: Safe zones extremely difficult but plausible in southern Gaza

The Independent  

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Could an Israeli designated safe zone in Gaza become another ‘death zone’?
1 year ago

Could an Israeli designated safe zone in Gaza become another ‘death zone’?

Al Jazeera  

Rights groups criticise Israeli move to displace Palestinians to a tiny and barren area. This time, to a small slice of land in the south designated by Israel as a “safe zone”. So, how can what Israel calls a “safe zone” protect civilians from suffering and attacks? And could it become what one UNICEF official has described as another “zone …

U.N. says 'not possible' to create 'safe zones' in Gaza
1 year ago

U.N. says 'not possible' to create 'safe zones' in Gaza

The Hindu  

The United Nations warned on December 5 that it was impossible to create so-called safe zones for civilians to flee to inside the Gaza Strip amid Israel's bombing campaign. Israel said it was at war with Hamas after the militant group's October 7 attacks that killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and which saw around 240 hostages taken, according to Israeli …

Israel asks Palestinians to evacuate, but is any place safe in Gaza?
1 year ago

Israel asks Palestinians to evacuate, but is any place safe in Gaza?

Al Jazeera  

Israel has issued an evacuation map asking Palestinians to move south as it intensifies attacks on the besieged enclave. More than one million Palestinians have been displaced from northern Gaza since October 13, when the Israeli military ordered people to evacuate to the south on 24 hours’ notice. Israel has declared Khan Younis “a dangerous combat zone” after the truce …

From north to south, nowhere safe in Gaza as 700 killed in 24 hours
1 year ago

From north to south, nowhere safe in Gaza as 700 killed in 24 hours

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s war on Gaza is escalating, leaving death and devastation across the besieged strip. At least 700 Palestinians have been killed in the past 24 hours – one of the highest daily death tolls since the war began on October 7. From the north to the south, Palestinians in Gaza say nowhere is safe. More than 15,500 people have been …

‘Where to go?’ Palestinians say nowhere safe as Israel resumes Gaza bombing
1 year ago

‘Where to go?’ Palestinians say nowhere safe as Israel resumes Gaza bombing

Al Jazeera  

Fierce fighting has resumed in Gaza after a weeklong pause in hostilities between Israel and Hamas, with Palestinians left with nowhere safe to shelter from the widening offensive and sirens blaring across southern Israel. “The Gaza Strip is under heavy artillery and even aerial bombardment by the occupation forces,” said Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Khan Younis in …

UNICEF says Gaza world's 'most dangerous place' for children: ‘To survive…’
1 year, 1 month ago

UNICEF says Gaza world's 'most dangerous place' for children: ‘To survive…’

Hindustan Times  

The head of the United Nations children's agency on Wednesday called the besieged Gaza Strip "the most dangerous place in the world to be a child," and said that the hard-won truce deal between Israel and Hamas was not enough to save their lives. UNICEF's executive director Catherine Russell told the UN Security Council that over 5,300 children have reportedly …

‘I want to protect them. But I cannot.’ In Gaza, a father tries to shield his kids from falling bombs
1 year, 1 month ago

‘I want to protect them. But I cannot.’ In Gaza, a father tries to shield his kids from falling bombs

LA Times  

Since they fled northern Gaza last month, Abdullah Alathamna and more than two dozen of his relatives have lived in a cramped classroom at a school near the border with Egypt. Israel’s defense minister ordered “a complete siege” on Gaza, blocking supplies from entering the territory so “there will be no electricity, no food, no fuel.” “We are fighting human …

‘Where will I leave these children, on the street?’ The struggle for survival faced by disabled Palestinians in Gaza
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Where will I leave these children, on the street?’ The struggle for survival faced by disabled Palestinians in Gaza

CNN  

CNN — Since Israel’s complete siege on Gaza began, Hazem Saeed Al-Naizi, the director of an orphanage in Gaza City, had been gripped with fear, worried about when food, water and other basic necessities might run out for the dozens of children and young people in his care, most of whom are living with disabilities. “We quickly moved the children …

This Children’s Day, Kids In Gaza Need Your Attention
1 year, 1 month ago

This Children’s Day, Kids In Gaza Need Your Attention

The Quint  

The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated territories in the world and a large number of residents are children. As the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Militant group Hamas continues, several Palestinian children have been killed due to the bombings on the Gaza Strip. In a statement on Monday, 6 November, Gaza’s Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health said …

Israel Gaza War Hamas Evacuate Babies As Bombing Cripples Hospitals Netanyahu Says 'There Won't Be Palestinian Authority That Top Points
1 year, 1 month ago

Israel Gaza War Hamas Evacuate Babies As Bombing Cripples Hospitals Netanyahu Says 'There Won't Be Palestinian Authority That Top Points

ABP News  

The Israeli military on Sunday said it was ready to evacuate babies from Gaza’s largest Al Shifa hospital as it continued to bomb the coastal strip making it difficult for the hospitals to run. “The victims include 4,506 children, 3,027 women, and 678 elderly people, while 27,490 people were injured,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told a news conference in Gaza …

It’s time for a ceasefire in Gaza
1 year, 1 month ago

It’s time for a ceasefire in Gaza

Hindustan Times  

It’s been a month since war broke out in Israel-Gaza. PREMIUM Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 9, 2023. When Hamas launched its brutal terrorist strike in Israel on October 7, it did not …

Gaza children displaced by Israel’s war cling to toys in al-Shifa Hospital
1 year, 1 month ago

Gaza children displaced by Israel’s war cling to toys in al-Shifa Hospital

Al Jazeera  

Gaza City, Gaza Strip – Farah Bakr and her doll are inseparable. “I wash her and comb her hair and put it in a ponytail.” The constant bombardment of Gaza terrifies the children living there, and Farah was no different, even when she slept. Jude was hit by a piece of shrapnel in her head and was knocked unconscious.” The …

UN chief Guterres urges ceasefire as Gaza becomes ‘graveyard for children’
1 year, 1 month ago

UN chief Guterres urges ceasefire as Gaza becomes ‘graveyard for children’

Al Jazeera  

‘The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis. “More United Nations aid workers have been killed than in any comparable period in the history of our organisation.” “The unfolding catastrophe makes the need for a humanitarian ceasefire more urgent with every passing hour,” Guterres said to reporters at UN headquarters in New York City. “The parties to the …

‘We have nothing’: Families seek safety from bombs inside Gaza hospitals
1 year, 1 month ago

‘We have nothing’: Families seek safety from bombs inside Gaza hospitals

Al Jazeera  

Tent cities are emerging around Gaza healthcare facilities as doctors contend with shortages, exhaustion and air strikes. Tents are popping up in hospital corridors, parking lots and courtyards, as families seek safety in and around medical facilities — places that should be protected under international humanitarian law. Al-Qudra said that Gaza’s health sector faces catastrophe unless fuel and medical supplies …

Gaza ‘graveyard’ for thousands of children: UNICEF amid Israel airstrikes
1 year, 1 month ago

Gaza ‘graveyard’ for thousands of children: UNICEF amid Israel airstrikes

Live Mint  

UNICEF, a United Nations agency, said on Tuesday that the Gaza Strip has become the graveyard for children and thousands of kids have died in just two weeks, while flagging the lack of “clean water, mass displacement, the overcrowding, and the damage to water and sanitation infrastructure” in the coming days amid the relentless airstrikes by Israel. As Benjamin Netanyahu-led …

‘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 …

More children’s deaths in Gaza in 3 weeks than annual total since 2019: NGO
1 year, 1 month ago

More children’s deaths in Gaza in 3 weeks than annual total since 2019: NGO

Al Jazeera  

More children have died in Gaza since October 7 than from conflicts around the world in each of the last four years. More children have now been killed in Gaza in the last three weeks than the total killed in conflicts around the world in every year since 2019, the nongovernmental organisation Save the Children has said. Figures released by …

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 …

Child casualties in Gaza a ‘stain on our conscience’: UNICEF
1 year, 2 months ago

Child casualties in Gaza a ‘stain on our conscience’: UNICEF

Al Jazeera  

As Israel bombs Gaza, UNICEF calls for unimpeded humanitarian access to enclave where half the population is below the age of 18. The United Nations Children’s Agency has decried the “staggering” number of children casualties in Gaza, where officials say Israeli bombardment has killed thousands. “Even more frightening is the fact that unless tensions are eased, and unless humanitarian aid …

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.” …

No place is safe in Gaza after Israel targets areas where civilians seek refuge, Palestinians say
1 year, 2 months ago

No place is safe in Gaza after Israel targets areas where civilians seek refuge, Palestinians say

Associated Press  

DEIR al-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Even the “safe zones” of Gaza aren’t safe for Palestinians. Intense Israeli strikes Tuesday destroyed homes, hit a U.N. school sheltering the displaced and killed dozens of people in south and central Gaza. “The situation is very, very difficult with artillery shelling and aerial bombardment on homes and defenseless people,” said Abu Hashem Abu al-Hussein, …

Gaza’s dire humanitarian crisis explained
1 year, 2 months ago

Gaza’s dire humanitarian crisis explained

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s strikes and blockade are pushing Gaza’s essential services and resources to the brink of collapse. Here’s what we know about how recent Israeli attacks have made daily life in Gaza even more difficult: Medical services The United Kingdom-based Medical Aid for Palestinians group says hospitals in Gaza are facing a “catastrophic” shortage of medical supplies, amid Israel’s “total blockade”. …

Gaza’s terrified children all too aware Israel’s bombs steal their joy
1 year, 2 months ago

Gaza’s terrified children all too aware Israel’s bombs steal their joy

Al Jazeera  

About 500 children have been killed by Israeli air attacks – one-third of Palestinian fatalities in the Gaza Strip. “Mai thinks her dad will be hit by a missile whenever he’s not at home with her,” Salem said. “I also try to calm her down by letting her talk to her dad on the phone, but sometimes he can’t respond …

Under heavy bombing, Palestinians in Gaza move from place to place, only to discover nowhere is safe
1 year, 2 months ago

Under heavy bombing, Palestinians in Gaza move from place to place, only to discover nowhere is safe

Associated Press  

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Over 180,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are packed into U.N. shelters as Israeli warplanes pound the tiny territory of 2.3 million people after their Hamas militant rulers launched an unprecedented weekend attack on Israel. Israeli bombs that struck Gaza’s flagship Islamic University, government ministries and high-rises in Rimal, starting Monday afternoon, also blew out …

‘No safe place’ in Gaza as Israeli attacks overwhelm hospitals
1 year, 2 months ago

‘No safe place’ in Gaza as Israeli attacks overwhelm hospitals

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 800 Palestinians and more than 900 people in Israel killed in four days of fighting after Hamas’s attack. Israel’s intense aerial attacks on the Gaza Strip have continued for a fourth straight day after Hamas, the group running the besieged enclave, sent thousands of rockets and fighters inside Israel in an unprecedented attack. Reporting from Gaza’s largest hospital, Al …

Children in Gaza experience ‘trauma beyond their endurance’
1 year, 7 months ago

Children in Gaza experience ‘trauma beyond their endurance’

Al Jazeera  

Parents say they are at a loss in dealing with the trauma of their children who should be playing, not grieving. Gaza City, Gaza – Toqa al-Dalo cries relentlessly in a state of shock after hearing about the death of her best friend in Israel’s first air attack on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. “I can hardly believe what happened,” …

Gaza children bearing the brunt in Israel-Hamas conflict
3 years, 7 months ago

Gaza children bearing the brunt in Israel-Hamas conflict

Associated Press  

GAZA CITY, Gaza — Suzy Ishkontana hardly speaks or eats. The Ishkontana family was buried under the rubble of their home early Sunday, after massive bombing raids of downtown Gaza City that Israel said were targeting a Hamas tunnel network. Israel and Hamas have fought similar conflicts in 2009, 2012 and 2014, each time wreaking heavy destruction The Norwegian Refugee …

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