Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to Italy on Wednesday to attend the annual G7 leaders’ summit, which is taking place as two major geopolitical conflicts weigh on the international community. The three-day summit kicks off on Thursday in Apulia, Italy, where leaders of the seven wealthy democratic nations are expected to discuss the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars, the […]
No More ‘Normal-Sized Babies’ In Gaza: UN Official
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is a “nightmare” for mothers and babies, with doctors reporting small and sickly newborns, stillbirths and women forced to undergo C-sections without adequate anaesthesia, a UN official said Friday. “I’m personally leaving Gaza this week terrified for the one million women and girls of Gaza… and most especially for the 180 women who are […]
Israel Pounds Gaza As US Vetoes UN Truce Resolution
Israel kept up its bombardment of the war-torn Gaza Strip on Tuesday as Washington vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that called for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory, where concern grew about a growing humanitarian crisis. Global powers trying to navigate a way out of the spiralling crisis have come up short, with a so-far fruitless push by […]
WHO, Partners Provide Fuel, Supplies To 2 Gaza Hospitals In High-Risk Missions
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners have delivered fuel and other essential supplies to two hospitals in northern and southern Gaza this week. The UN agency, in a statement on Wednesday, said the teams that undertook the high-risk missions witnessed intense hostilities in their vicinity, as well as high patient loads and overcrowding caused by people seeking refuge. […]
Hunger Rises In Gaza As UN Prepares To Vote On Ceasefire Resolution
Israeli tanks and warplanes carried out new strikes on southern Gaza on Tuesday, and the U.N. said aid flows to Palestinians facing growing hunger had largely dried up because of the intensity of fighting in the Israel-Hamas war, now in its third month. In Khan Younis, southern Gaza’s main city which Israel troops began storming last week, residents said […]
Gaza: UN Welcomes Deal For Pause In Fighting, Hostage-Release Pact
A deal on Wednesday to release hostages taken during the Hamas terror attack on Israel has been welcomed by UN chief António Guterres, who added that the UN stood ready to “maximize” the positive humanitarian impact of the agreement. “This is an important step in the right direction, but much more needs to be done,” Mr. Guterres said via […]
Gaza Now A ‘Graveyard’ For Thousands Of Children – UN
By Odunitan Omobomi 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. Israel has heavily bombarded Gaza since Hamas gunmen stormed across the border on October 7, killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping at least 240 others, according to Israeli officials. […]
WHO: We’ve Lost Touch With Our Staff In Gaza, Evacuation Of Patients Impossible
Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), says the agency has lost touch with its staff in Gaza. In a post on X(formerly Twitter) on Friday, Ghebreyesus said the staff includes health workers and humanitarian partners who are on the ground. He said the situation is worrisome because their safety and the health of vulnerable people […]
Lack Of Fuel Threatens UN Food Aid To Gaza, WFP Says
The U.N. food agency said on Friday that “severe fuel shortages” may force it to stop supplying emergency food aid to thousands of displaced families in the Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip. “Only two of our contracted bakeries have fuel to produce bread at the moment and tomorrow there might be none,” World Food Programme (WFP) Representative Samer Abdeljaber […]
UN Says Israel Wants 1.1 Million Gazans Moved South
Israel’s military chief said “Now is the time for war” as his country amassed tanks near the Gaza Strip ahead of a planned ground invasion to annihilate the Palestinian militant Hamas group that rules the enclave and was behind deadly weekend attacks. Israel has pounded Gaza from the air since the weekend incursions, the deadliest by Palestinian militants in […]