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UNRWA chief steps down, seeks probe into killing of hundreds of staff in Gaza

The outgoing chief of UNRWA – the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees – has called for an independent probe into the deaths of hundreds of staff in Gaza, warning that unchecked violence and impunity risk fuelling a wider regional crisis.

Radio France Internationale

Israel has crushed Unrwa in Gaza – and the rest of the world has done nothing

I bow out of my role for the organisation at a perilous time for the international law. There are consequences not just for Palestinians, but the wider Middle East, says Unrwa commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini

The Guardian - UK

UNRWA says facing 'unprecedented attack' as Israel demolishes building at east Jerusalem HQ

Israel has repeatedly accused UNRWA of providing cover for Hamas militants, claiming that some of its employees took part in the group's 7 October 2023 attack on Israel.

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Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov will head Gaza peace board, Netanyahu says

Mladenov is a former Bulgarian defence and foreign minister who served as the UN envoy to Iraq before being appointed as the UN Middle East peace envoy from 2015-2020.

Euronews

Unrwa has the capacity and expertise to support a postwar Gaza. We want to help make this peace work

With a ceasefire in place, rebuilding must begin, justice be delivered and healing seriously addressed by Palestinian and Israeli societies, says the commissioner-general of Unrwa Philippe Lazzarini

The Guardian - UK

Hamas has radicalised children in UNRWA schools in Gaza, watchdog NGO report claims

A report presented in Berlin by the organisation UN Watch has found financial and personnel links between the UN aid agency and Hamas.

Euronews

International law isn’t dead. But the impunity seen in Gaza urgently needs to be addressed

Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) says that Gaza is “becoming the graveyard of international humanitarian law”.

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Middle East crisis: at least 21,000 children disabled in Gaza during war, says UN committee – as it happened

More than 40,000 have suffered ‘new war-related injuries’ with more than half left disabled, says UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The Guardian - UK

Israel has destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in Gaza City: Civil Defence

Israeli attacks kill 51 Palestinians across Gaza, as Netanyahu’s government ignores international pleas to halt war.

Al Jazeera

Amid Gaza famine, Palestinian girl struggles to survive

UN official says Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing ‘hell in all shapes’ as Israel steps up its Gaza City assault.

Al Jazeera

Israeli forces kill 62 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn, medics say

Dozens killed on Saturday include 38 Palestinians seeking aid at controversial distribution sites, according to sources.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian boy, 17, dies of Israel-induced starvation in Gaza

Atef Abu Khater’s weight dropped to just 25kg (55lbs) before he died of malnutrition, his family says.

Al Jazeera

Trump envoys praise ‘incredible’ aid efforts during Gaza visit after UN says nearly 1,400 Palestinians killed seeking food

Three Palestinians were killed at a Gaza aid site just hours after a visit to Rafah by Steve Witkoff and Mike Huckabee

The Independent UK

Israeli forces kill 63 Palestinians in Gaza within hours of ‘humanitarian pause’, health officials say

Six more people starve to death as hunger and malnutrition crisis continues to worsen

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Evening Standard

Military pause not enough to ease Gaza suffering, Lammy warns

The Foreign Secretary called for access to aid to be ‘urgently’ widened over the coming hours and days.

Evening Standard

Gaza ceasefire must be secured, PM to tell Trump amid stalled negotiations

The Prime Minister will meet Donald Trump during his visit to Scotland amid mounting global anger over the humanitarian conditions in Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Israeli attacks, forced starvation kill more than 70 Palestinians in Gaza

In the face of global anger, Israel announces planned humanitarian pause in civilian centres to enable aid distribution.

The Guardian - UK

At least 57 killed in Gaza in 24 hours as Israel withdraws from ceasefire talks

Israeli PM looking at ‘alternative options’ to the discussions in Doha after removing his negotiators

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UN Slams Gaza Airdrop Aid as 'Inefficient and a Distraction' Amid Starvation Crisis

A UN agency commissioner condemned Israel and Western leaders for planning to airdrop aid into Gaza while dozens of Palestinians, mostly children, have died, as 6,000 truckloads of aid remain stranded in Egypt and Jordan awaiting proper humanitarian distribution.

Al Jazeera

UK to airdrop aid in Gaza, evacuate children needing medical care

UNRWA chief says aid airdrops a dangerous ‘distraction’, could kill starving Palestinians.

The Independent UK

Israel resumes aid airdrops into Gaza – as UK says it is working on its own plans

‘Airdrops will not reverse the deepening starvation,’ says UN official

Al Jazeera

‘We are dying’: Palestinians slam world’s inaction as hunger ravages Gaza

Gaza hospitals report 10 more deaths from starvation as Israel’s blockade plunges enclave into worsening crisis.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: ‘Hungry aid staff fainting’ as starvation spreads in Gaza and truce hopes fade

UN agency says ‘entire humanitarian system is collapsing’ as ceasefire talks fail. Plus, South Park creators ‘terribly sorry’ about naked Donald Trump

International Business Times

Aid Groups Warn Of Starving Children As European Powers Discuss Gaza

Aid groups warned of surging numbers of malnourished children in war-ravaged Gaza as a trio of European powers prepared to hold an "emergency call" Friday on the deepening humanitarian crisis.

The Independent UK

UN says one in five children in Gaza now malnourished

UN says more than 100 people have died of hunger as Palestinians described as ‘walking corpses’

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