Inside an Unrwa warehouse full of aid blocked from Gaza

 

While aid has started to trickle into Gaza, the United Nations is calling for a ‘meaningful’ amount to be allowed in to meet the needs of 2.1 million people in the Palestinian territory. Israel imposed an 11-week blockade in early March, saying Hamas was seizing deliveries for fighters – a charge the group denies. While the blockade has been eased due to growing international pressure, humanitarian agencies say aid has yet to reach civilians

In Gaza over 8,000 children under five treated for malnutrition, says WHO

Israel's army has said it will start making a daily 'tactical pause' along a road in southern Gaza to allow aid deliveries through. Children are among those with the greatest needs in the territory. The World Health Organization said thousands of children under five have been diagnosed and treated for acute malnutrition.

Evidence that Israel is using starvation as weapon of war in Gaza says UN

There is plausible evidence that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war, according to the United Nations' most senior human rights official. Volker Turk said that would amount to a war crime. Humanitarian agencies have long been calling for an immediate ceasefire and large deliveries of aid in Gaza, where a famine is looming. Israel insists that it’s letting in all the humanitarian aid that is needed.

More than a million Palestinians ordered to leave Rafah, where can they go?

Aid agencies and Arab leaders are warning that Israel's planned assault on Rafah in southern Gaza could have disastrous consequences.

Gaza fighting continues: Can Israel be expected to allow humanitarian access?

The Israeli military says it has killed “numerous Palestinian militants” in fierce fighting in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. Hostilities continue unabated a day after the International Court of Justice in The Hague ordered Israel to do everything in its power to prevent genocide in the Gaza Strip.

Fresh airstrikes on Gaza as UN says 150,000 Gazans have nowhere to go

The United Nations is warning that 150,000 people in Gaza have nowhere to go, as Israel widens its air and ground offensive against Hamas — which has been classified a terror group by many countries. Dozens of people — mostly women and children — were killed in a new wave of Israeli airstrikes overnight.

Gaza communications blackout hampers aid deliveries | DW News

Palestinians inside Gaza have been cut off from the outside world and each other after telephone and internet lines went down on Thursday according to according to Gazan authorities and communications companies. The outage is hampering aid deliveries in the territory. Israel recently approved the temporary flow of aid into Gaza through its Kerem Shalom crossing.

Why Israel must provide evidence that Hamas is in al-Shifa hospital

 

Israel has allowed trucks carrying fuel into Gaza, as fears of spreading starvation and disease grow. Israel agreed to allow two fuel trucks per day into Gaza after pressure from the United States and dire warnings from the United Nations about the humanitarian situation in the territory.

Libya flood: How the country's divide is hampering humanitarian aid efforts

 

Libya's Red Crescent says more than 11,000 people are now known to have died in floods in the city of Derna. Large parts of the coastal city were swept away after torrential rain caused two dams to burst. The UN said many of the deaths could have been avoided if Libya had a functioning weather agency. There are concerns about disease spreading, with many bodies still lying in the ruins. Some aid and foreign rescue teams have arrived in Libya, but with the country divided and roads washed away, international help is struggling to reach those in need.

Why is the humanitarian situation for Palestinians worsening?

 

International aid agencies say funding cuts and rising prices causing crisis.

Living under Israeli occupation or siege and the constant risk of attack is the reality of daily life for Palestinians in their homeland.

But even that grim existence is becoming harsher – with a far-right Israeli government in power and funding cuts for international aid agencies and organisations.

How to help Afghans without benefiting the Taliban?

 

Nearly 10 billion dollars of Afghanistan’s reserves, held in the United States, remain out of reach for the Taliban because the White House won’t release the money. Meanwhile, half of Afghanistan’s population is facing hunger.

Why is Haiti unable to handle its humanitarian crisis? | Inside Story

 

Haiti’s prime minister is under mounting pressure as little help reaches survivors of a powerful earthquake.

It is a nation that has long suffered from natural disasters and political turmoil. Haiti is once again devastated – by a powerful earthquake.

The tragedy has been accelerated by a tropical storm on top of the pandemic. At least 2,000 people have been killed, many are displaced and hospitals are overwhelmed.