Archive for June 3rd, 2025

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03/06/2025

“Sometimes I need pads and soap more than I need food” – How Gaza’s Women and Girls Cope with Their Periods in a War Zone

Human Wrongs Watch

By the UN Population Fund*

GAZA STRIP, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 2 June 2025 – “Sometimes I need pads and soap more than I need food,” said Aisha*, a young displaced girl in Gaza, revealing a serious burden too often overlooked in crisis settings – menstrual health.

Three women are seen walking among the destruction of a displacement camp
Women and young girls in a destroyed displacement camp in Gaza. ©UNFPA Palestine/Media Clinic

Since 2 March 2025, Israel has imposed a total aid blockade on Gaza that has caused the complete depletion of hygiene supplies, including sanitary pads for menstrual health.

Almost 90 per cent of water and sanitation infrastructure in Gaza has been either destroyed or partially damaged, and fuel for water pumping and distributions has now run out. 

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03/06/2025

Gaza: UN Chief Urges Probe into Killings of Palestinians at Food Distribution Sites

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(UN News)* — The UN Secretary-General has condemned the reported killing and injury of Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza on Sunday 1 June 2025, calling for an investigation into the matter.

Vulnerable children receive nutrition support at a UNICEF-supported malnutrition screening and treatment point in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip (file, May 2025)
© UNICEF/Eyad El Baba | Vulnerable children receive nutrition support at a UNICEF-supported malnutrition screening and treatment point in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip (file, May 2025)

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03/06/2025

Dozens of Palestinians Massacred at US-Israel Backed Food Distribution Sites

Human Wrongs Watch

By Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)*

JERUSALEM – Dozens of Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured on 1 June 2025, as they waited for food at the newly-created Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution centres in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine, and close to the Netzarim Corridor, according to the Ministry of Health.

Aweil Project, South Sudan
MSF flag blowing in the wind at Aweil project base.© FREDERIC SEGUIN/MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams joined the mass casualty response in Nasser hospital, Khan Younis. Patients told MSF they were shot from all sides by drones, helicopters, boats, tanks and Israeli soldiers on the ground. 

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