More than 10,000 children need treatment for acute malnutrition in Gaza City, where the Israeli army launched a major ground offensive on Tuesday, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, reported. The forced and massive displacement of families from Gaza City is a deadly threat to the most vulnerable,” said Tess Ingram, a UNICEF spokeswoman in…
The Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria, FOMWAN, has strongly condemned the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, labelling it a “genocide” and calling for global solidarity to end the bloodshed. The condemnation was issued on Wednesday, in Kaduna by the organization’s National Amirah, Mrs Rafiah Idowu Sanni, during a press conference to usher in…
Reuters Palestinians mourn people who were killed in an incident at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid distribution centre in Khan Younis, at Nasser hospital, southern Gaza) Reuters. Casualties from the incident were brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Twenty people trying to get food have been killed “amid a chaotic and dangerous surge” at…
The Israeli military said on Wednesday that its forces resumed ground operations in the central and southern Gaza Strip, as a second day of airstrikes killed no fewer than 48 Palestinians. The renewed ground operations came a day after over 400 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes in one of the deadliest episodes since the beginning…
The World Health Organization, WHO, on Wednesday said that a mass campaign to vaccinate children against polio in Gaza would resume on Saturday, with over half a million children targeted. In a statement, the WHO said the current environment in Gaza, including overcrowding in shelters and severely damaged water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure, which facilitates…
President Donald Trump of the United States says the US could help transform Gaza into a diamond. Trump stated this during a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House, brushing aside international outrage over his plan to take control of Gaza. “It’s going to be for the people in the Middle East….
The Federal Government has welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, expressing optimism that it will bring an end to the widespread civilian suffering in Gaza. The agreement, reached after 15 months of conflict, also provides relief for families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons. This was stated…
US President, Joe Biden has “stressed the urgency” of reaching a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House has said. In a call on Wednesday, which was also joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, Mr Biden is said to have stated the importance of removing “any remaining…
Jersey’s States Assembly has supported calls for “an immediate suspension of hostilities” leading to “a permanent ceasefire” in Gaza. Politicians unanimously agreed to a proposition from Deputy Montfort Tadier, after it had been amended by the External Relations Minister. Earlier, around 60 people had gathered in the Royal Square in St Helier to call for…
Israel stepped up strikes on the south of war-torn Gaza Wednesday, ahead of the expected delivery of medicines for hostages in exchange for humanitarian aid under a newly brokered deal. Air strikes and artillery fire targeted Khan Yunis throughout the night, said an AFP correspondent in the southern Gaza Strip’s biggest city. “It was the…