Gaza: conditions ‘unspeakable’ as one million people flee Rafah: UNRWA
The city of Rafah on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt had been home to well over a million forcibly displaced by nearly eight months of daily bombardment by the Israeli…
Guterres ‘heartbroken’ by images of deadly strikes on Rafah camp
Mr. Guterres repeated his longstanding call for a ceasefire in the embattled enclave and the release of all hostages. “He is heartbroken by the images of the killed and injured,…
Gaza: Rafah camp attack heightens focus on dwindling health resources
Many of those injured suffered terrible burns, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which will require intensive treatment, electricity and high-level medical services, all of which are scarce after…
Gaza: World court orders Israel to halt military operations in Rafah
This follows a request from South Africa in a pending case accusing Israel of violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention. Reading the new provisional measures in an open session…
World News in Brief: UN aid chief on Rafah, Gaza fuel shortage, rising hunger in Haiti
“With today’s adoption of Security Council resolution 2730 calling for the protection of humanitarian workers and the International Court of Justice’s order to open the Rafah crossing to provide aid…
Gaza: Rafah aid situation increasingly desperate, UN teams warn
Hostilities across Gaza reportedly continued on Wednesday, fuelling already alarming aid access problems and dire food insecurity as the main entrance routes for relief convoys remained closed or too dangerous…
Rafah exodus passes 810,000, says UNRWA
“Every time families are displaced their lives are at serious risk. People are forced to leave everything behind looking for safety. But, there’s no safe zone,” the UN agency for…
Gaza: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah
“Once again, nearly half of the population of Rafah or 800,000 people are on the road,” Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote in post on the social media platform X. formerly Twitter.…
Gaza: World court opens hearings on request to halt Israel’s Rafah incursion
Linked to South Africa’s ongoing case accusing Israel of violating its obligations to the Genocide Convention, the new request, filed on 10 May, asked the ICJ’s 15 judges to order…
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…