Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school in Gaza
“UNRWA can confirm that one of our schools in the Nuseirat area (Middle Areas) was hit overnight / early morning by Israeli Forces. The school was possibly hit several times,”…
Amid ongoing Israeli incursions into Gaza, aid facilities shut ‘one after another’
“Humanitarian facilities in Rafah are forced to close one after another…The flow of humanitarian aid supplies into Gaza, already insufficient to meet the soaring needs, has dropped by 67 per…
Deep concerns over ‘inhuman’ detention of Gazans by Israeli authorities
In a new report on the situation in Gaza for May 2024, the authors cited testimonies “from medics and whistleblowers” that injured detainees have been held at a field hospital…
Gaza: Mass casualties reported in Israeli attack on camp for displaced
“Information coming out of Rafah about further attacks on families seeking shelter is horrifying,” the UN agency assisting for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said in a post on X, after reports…
Rights expert condemns death of Palestinian doctor in Israeli custody, urges independent inquiry
Dr. Adnan Al Bursh, 50, the head of the orthopaedic department at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, died on April 19, 2024, in Ofer prison, a detention facility in the…
450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues
“Empty streets in Rafah as families continue to flee in search of safety… UNRWA estimates that nearly 450,000 people have been forcibly displaced from Rafah since 6 May,” said the…
Gaza: 80,000 displaced from Rafah as Israeli bombardment intensifies, say UN aid teams
Most of those uprooted by Israeli military evacuation orders in eastern Rafah have already been displaced from other areas of Gaza; they are now leaving with everything they can carry…
Gaza: rights experts condemn AI role in destruction by Israeli military
“Six months into the current military offensive, more housing and civilian infrastructure has now been destroyed in Gaza as a percentage, compared to any conflict in memory,” said the experts,…
Gaza: UN aid teams still waiting for Israeli green light to relieve stricken northern hospital
In a stark assessment of the closure of 750-bed facility Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the World Health Organization (WHO) maintained that aid teams had been waiting for “days and…
Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began
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…