Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 83 Israel is in the middle of a major raid in Ramallah as Gaza continues to be hit – here are the latest updates. Al Jazeera · Dec 28, 2023
'Harrowing': WHO Decries Deadly Strike On Gaza Refugee Camp World Health Organization staff visited Monday a Gaza hospital receiving casualties from deadly strikes on a refugee camp, hearing distressing stories of entire families killed and seeing dying children. International Business Times · Dec 25, 2023
50,000 women pregnant in Gaza amid ‘decimation’ of its health system WHO chief says the enclave’s infrastructure is being destroyed as UN agency warns of soaring healthcare needs. Al Jazeera · Dec 24, 2023
Israeli strikes kill UN staff, more than 70 of his extended family in Gaza Issam Al Mughrabi, his wife and children killed along with more than 70 of his family members, the UN says. Al Jazeera · Dec 24, 2023
UN warns patients and staff trapped in Gaza hospital under siege must be protected The majority of medical facilities are non-operational while the others are only partially functional The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023
Italy, France and Germany called on the EU to impose ad hoc sanctions against Hamas and its supporters – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2023
Israel rejects claims it is trying to force Palestinians out of Gaza WHO chief says Gaza’s health system is ‘on its knees and collapsing’ amid intensifying ground offensive The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023
WHO calls for immediate passage of humanitarian relief into Gaza Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he hopes resolution will be starting point for further UN action on crisis. Al Jazeera · Dec 11, 2023
WHO resolution on the Israel-Hamas conflict hopes for 'health as a bridge to peace' The health organization's director-general says needed humanitarian aid isn't possible without a cease-fire but the resolution provides a platform to build from. WEKU · Dec 10, 2023
Gaza's 'catastrophic' health situation almost impossible to improve, says WHO Gaza hospitals have come under bombardment and some have been besieged or raided as part of Israel's response to Hamas' deadly October 7 attacks Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2023
Why is Israel at war with the UN? Over the course of its war with Hamas in Gaza, Israel has repeatedly clashed with the United Nations. Al Jazeera · Dec 6, 2023
Israel says fighting in Gaza is most intense since start of ground offensive IDF steps up attacks in north and south and says it has raided Hamas HQ, as increase in civilian deaths reported The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2023
Israel-Hamas war: List of key events, day 60 Here are the latest updates as the war nears the completion of two months. Al Jazeera · Dec 5, 2023
Israel bombs Gaza as pressure mounts to protect civilians Israel struck Gaza targets Sunday in its war on Hamas sparked by the 7 October attacks, as international concern deepened over the mounting civilian death toll on the third day of fighting after a truce ended. Radio France Internationale · Dec 3, 2023
The National (Scotland) · Dec 3, 2023 Humza Yousaf says family in Gaza remain stuck in ‘petrifying’ situation HUMZA Yousaf has said his brother-in-law in Gaza remains stuck in a “petrifying” situation as Israeli bombing continues following the end of a…
The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2023 Earth is running a fever. And UN climate talks are focusing on the contagious effect on human health With Planet Earth running a fever, U.N. climate talks have turned their focus on contagious effects on human health
WEKU · Dec 2, 2023 In Gaza, renewed fighting dims hopes of a longer-term pause for humanitarian aid A seven-day break in the fighting had allowed a significant increase in the delivery of badly needed food, fuel and medical supplies. But the flow of aid was halted by the resumption of airstrikes.
Al Jazeera · Nov 20, 2023 Group of 28 premature Gaza babies evacuated to Egypt amid Israeli attacks Group of 28 infants evacuated from the besieged al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City arrive in Egypt.
Radio France Internationale · Nov 19, 2023 France to send more medical supplies and hospital ship to Gaza France will send more medical supplies and a second hospital ship to Gaza and is ready to welcome injured children in need of emergency care, President Emmanuel Macron's office said in a statement on Sunday. The UN has described the civilian death toll in Gaza as "staggering and unacceptable" and…
WEKU · Nov 16, 2023 WHO says we can 'write the final chapter in the story of TB.' How close are we? The pandemic brought notable setbacks in the effort to eradicate tuberculosis, which is likely to regain its notorious title of deadliest infectious disease in 2023. But there are signs of progress.
Fortune · Nov 15, 2023 WHO launches ‘first global initiative to tackle the epidemic of loneliness,’ with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy as co-chair “For too long loneliness has existed behind the shadows, unseen and under-appreciated,” draining communities of their wellbeing, Murthy said. “Now we have an opportunity to change that."
Al Jazeera · Nov 15, 2023 ‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’: World reacts to Israel’s al-Shifa raid Criticism of Israel’s attack on Gaza’s largest hospital is adding to global disquiet over its war on the enclave.
Al Jazeera · Nov 13, 2023 Death and disease as Israeli troops approach Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital Medics say al-Shifa’s patients, including newborns, are dying due to the lack of fuel as Israeli forces encircle it.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2023 Israeli forces at gates of Gaza’s main hospital with hundreds trapped Health officials say patients dying due to energy shortages as fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies
The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023 Live updates | Fighting outside Gaza's largest hospital prompts thousands to flee Fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants outside Gaza’s largest hospital has prompted thousands of people to flee from the sprawling medical facility, but hundreds of patients and others displaced by the war remained inside, health officials said Monday