Satellite imagery pointed to at least 53 schools “totally destroyed” since conflict erupted on 7 October 2023 and a near nine per cent increase in attacks on school premises since mid-February, according to a report by the UN Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) and NGOs the Education Cluster and Save The Children. The “high trend of attacks…
Locations in the north and south of the enclave were hit as Israeli ground forces also reportedly pushed into central areas, along with the firing of rockets by Palestinian armed groups into Israel, prompting concerns from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, about the safety of civilians uprooted time and again. Rafah governorate in…
The latest update from the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, confirmed rising casualties and devastation amid “heavy Israeli bombardment from air, land and sea”. “From the afternoon of (Saturday) 2 December to the afternoon of (Sunday) 3 December, at least 316 people were killed and at least another 664 injured in Gaza,” OCHA’s situation update…
“Over 1000 people have died and many more been injured following horrific acts of violence by Hamas on Saturday in Israel, and days of bombing by Israel in Gaza,” the WHO said in a statement on Tuesday. The UN agency has offered assistance to health officials in both Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. …
13 fighters of Tahrir al-Sham were killed and more than a dozen were injured in the Russian airstrike, Photo: File Damascus: In an operation in Syria, the Russian Air Force fired missiles at the positions of the extremist organization “Al-Tahrir al-Sham”, as a result of which 13 fighters were killed. According to the World News…
Laura Dolci’s husband, Jean-Selim Kanaan, had been deployed by the UN Office for Project Services to work as Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq. Twenty years after the attack and to mark World Humanitarian Day which is commemorated annually on 19 August, she remembers her husband. “In the terrorist attack against…
At least 54 people were killed, and 83 injured, in the attack, which occurred in Bajaur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. International media reported on Monday that the Islamic State has claimed responsibility. Speaking that day in New York, Deputy UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq said the Secretary-General extends his heartfelt condolences to the families of…
A Russian military vehicle hit by Turkish forces. A Russian military officer was killed in a vehicle hit by Turkish artillery bombardment in the northern region of Syria. The foreign news agency says that 4 other officials were injured in the bombing. Turkish military forces bombarded the road connecting the villages of Harbal and Umm…
The Israeli bombardment killed a 4-year-old Palestinian child who suffered from panic. According to foreign media reports, a 4-year-old child, Tamim Daoud, a resident of al-Rimal area of Gaza, lost his life when Israel bombed Palestine late at night. The eyes of Tamim Dawood and his family were opened by the sounds of late night…
As a result of Israel’s brutal bombing of Gaza, 20 martyrs, including women and children, have been retaliated against the Zionist state. According to Al Jazeera, a barrage of rockets has been fired from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel after repeated airstrikes on the besieged area by the Israeli army. Israel’s Iron Dome defense…
