17/09/2024
Gaza: Classrooms Turned to Rubble: UNRWA Describes Realities of Life in a War Zone
Human Wrongs Watch
By Ezzat El-Ferri
(UN News)* — A school that once served as a place of learning and play for hundreds of children is now a refuge filled with tents and makeshift shelters for those displaced by the ongoing conflict in Gaza, a senior official from the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has reported.
15/09/2024
Escalation in West Bank Signals Risk of Further Atrocities
Human Wrongs Watch
By Akshaya Kumar | Human Rights Watch*
12 September 2024 — In recent days Israeli security forces in the West Bank have reportedly blocked medical workers from getting to people in need, dug up roads making them impassable, and used airstrikes and drones launching missiles to kill dozens of Palestinians, including children.
15/09/2024
Gaza’s GDP Plummeted 81% in the Last Quarter of 2023, Leaving Its Economy in Ruins
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12 September 2024 (UNCTAD)* — The staggering scale of economic devastation and unprecedented decline in economic activity far surpasses the impact of all previous military confrontations.
© UNRWA | A family carries their belongings as they walk across rubble and ruin in Gaza.
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UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released a comprehensive report detailing the profound economic destruction that has gripped the Occupied Palestinian Territory in the aftermath of the Israeli military operation in Gaza that followed the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas.
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13/09/2024
The Deadly US Weapons of Civilian Destruction
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– As the devastating 11-month-old conflict in Gaza keeps escalating, with over 41,000 mostly civilian killings, and more than 92,000 Palestinians injured –in retaliation for the 1,200 killings inside Israel last October– the Israelis continue to defy the United States which maintains its uninterrupted flow of heavy weapons to Tel Aviv.
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Much of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed in the conflict. Credit: UNRWA
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13/09/2024
Tens of Thousands of Palestinians Already Living with ‘Chronic Conditions or Impairments’ Are Now at Heightened Risk Due to the Collapse of Critical Services: WHO
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Over 22,500 have suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ in Gaza
(UN News)* — More than 22,500 people – a quarter of those wounded in Gaza since Israel’s offensive began – have life-changing injuries, requiring rehabilitation services “now and for years to come”, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday [].
13/09/2024
United Nations Chief Condemns Death of 6 UN Palestine Refugee Agency Staff and 12 Others in Israeli Strike, Calls for Independent Probe
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(UN News)* — The UN chief on Thursday [] described the continued lack of effective protection for civilians in Gaza during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas as “unconscionable”.
08/09/2024
Private Donations Boost UN Support for War-Torn Gaza
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By Maria Carlino and Eileen Travers
(UN News)* — From celebrities to civil society, a growing number of people around the world are providing unprecedented support for UNRWA, the UN agency supplying a lifeline to two million Palestinians trapped in war-torn Gaza.
04/09/2024
United Nations Reports ‘Lethal Tactics’ by Israeli Forces in West Bank
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(UN News)* — Israeli forces continue to employ “lethal war-like tactics” in the West Bank, including airstrikes, with people being killed, injured and displaced, the UN Spokesperson said on Tuesday [].
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