Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza — Global Issues

Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza — Global Issues

The situation is unfolding as “lives are hanging by a thread”, including those of babies in incubators at hospitals that depend on fuel for electricity, Andrea De Domenico, Head of OCHA’s office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told journalists in New York on Monday. “Humanitarian ceasefire, fuel supplies – all…

Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza — Global Issues

UN agencies make plea for international action to end hospital attacks — Global Issues

The regional directors of the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA), children’s agency UNICEF and health agency WHO, said they were “horrified” at latest reports which indicate many have been killed – including children – in facilities across Gaza city and other northern areas of the Strip. The Palestinian…

Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza — Global Issues

‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief tells emergency summit in Saudi Arabia — Global Issues

Philippe Lazzarini was addressing an emergency summit convened by the League of Arab States and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation where he called for urgent support for civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on three fronts. He called on leaders at the Arab-Islamic summit to “act now to change the trajectory”…

Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza — Global Issues

Amid war crimes fears, UN rights chief renews calls to stop violence, free hostages — Global Issues

“Water is scarce and fear is pervasive” in Gaza, Mr. Türk told journalists in Amman, recounting a conversation he had minutes earlier with a colleague in Gaza who had to flee Israeli bombardments with his family. “His children, aged nine and seven, are asking him questions he does not know…

Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza — Global Issues

Gaza conflict could spark rise in poverty, UN agencies warn — Global Issues

The assessment by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) looks at preliminary socio-economic impacts, warning that poverty could spike while Gross Domestic Product (GDP) could plummet by 8.4 per cent, which translates into a loss of $1.7 billion. Lamenting the loss…

Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza — Global Issues

‘Nowhere and no one is safe’ in Gaza, WHO chief tells Security Council — Global Issues

6:00 PM That’s it from this latest UN Security Council meeting on the Israel-Palestine crisis, where consensus among the body’s 15 members remains elusive. Here are the main highlights from today’s humanitarian briefings: HIGHLIGHTS Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO), called for a ceasefire to save…

70 UN Ambassadors in Geneva call for international action on Gaza — Global Issues

70 UN Ambassadors in Geneva call for international action on Gaza — Global Issues

More than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in just one of month of conflict, they said, citing local health authorities. Children, women and the elderly account for 75 per cent of the victims, and upwards of 26,000 people have been injured. “Furthermore, according to multiple sources, the number of Palestinian…

Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza — Global Issues

Silence the guns, UN relief chief tells Paris forum — Global Issues

Echoing his remarks with French President Emmanuel Macron looking on, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, stressed the “heart-breaking” plight of children in the territory, whom he saw last week “pleading for a piece of bread and a sip of water”. Mass displacement has…

Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza — Global Issues

$20 million appeal to support Palestine labour market — Global Issues

The funding appeal – launched on Thursday in Geneva – will be used to implement a three-phase programme to provide immediate relief and support longer-term job and business recovery, as well as social protection. “The hostilities have resulted in – and continue to cause – both a tragic loss of…