Civilians in Ukraine describe continued Russian attacks in north-eastern regions

Civilians in Ukraine describe continued Russian attacks in north-eastern regions

The spokesperson for the UN human rights office (OHCHR), Liz Throssell, said that people left the Kharkiv region frontline and have been forced to stay in “cold, dark basements, with no electricity” due to aerial bombardments, drone and missile strikes, and artillery shelling. Displaced civilians Ms. Throssell reported that many homes and civilian infrastructure have…

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No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza

No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza

“Life is very difficult here,” hospital manager Dr. Haidar Al-Qudra told UN News. Currently, only 12 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are “partially functioning”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with the rest destroyed by Israel’s near constant bombardment of the enclave. As the war in Gaza enters its fifth month, Israeli forces continue to…

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UN workers delivering aid to Gaza hospital describe ‘bloodbath’ in overflowing emergency department

UN workers delivering aid to Gaza hospital describe ‘bloodbath’ in overflowing emergency department

According to the team, Patients with trauma injuries were being sutured on the floor, limited to no pain management is available at the hospital, and the emergency department is so full that workers must take care not to step on patients on the floor.  Al-Shifa Hospital, formerly the most important and largest referral hospital in…

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