Gaza: News, Stories & Official Statements

Gaza: UN experts call on international community to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people (OHCHR)
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Humanitarian chiefs will not take part in unilateral proposals to create “safe zones” in Gaza (IASC)
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk briefs States on his visit to the Middle East (OHCHR)
Gaza faces widespread hunger as food systems collapse, warns WFP

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on her visit to Gaza (UNICEF)
Statement by the UN Human Rights Office – OPT on access to humanitarian assistance to Gaza (OHCHR)
Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – Full Transcript of Press Encounter, Geneva (OCHA)
The carnage in Gaza cannot be allowed to continue. Here are the steps to rein it in (OCHA)
United Nations Security Council Resolution on the situation in Gaza puts children first (OSRSG Children and Armed Conflict)
Gaza continues to have huge needs for fuel amid siege and war (UNRWA)
UN emergency relief chief unveils 10-point plan ‘to rein in the carnage’ (UN News)
“A day I won’t forget” – An Israeli paediatrician and her 8-year-old daughter look back on October 7 (WHO)
Gaza: ‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’, children’s suffering must stop, UN humanitarians say (UN News)

Secretary-General Calls for Immediate Humanitarian Ceasefire in Gaza (SG).
Humanitarian operations will grind to a halt in the Gaza Strip due to lack of fuel (UNRWA)
Desperate calls and urgent appeals go unanswered as civilians are caught in collapsed buildings or trapped by ongoing ground battles (OHCHR oPt)
Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the renewed escalation of violence in Darfur, Sudan (UN)
Besieged Gaza hospital misery continues while rainfall prompts new health scare (UN News)
Born into war: about 15,000 babies expected to be born into crisis in Gaza by end of 2023 (UNFPA)

UNRWA guesthouse in Southern Gaza receives three direct hits from Israeli Forces’ naval bombardment (UNRWA).
Shelling of United Nations Compound in Gaza City (UNDP)
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the Member State information session on Health Emergencies (WHO)
Gaza City: Babies dying in hospital amid scenes of devastation (UN News)
UNRWA lowers flags in global UN mourning for killed UNRWA colleagues in Gaza (UNRWA)
Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza (UN News)

WHO loses communication with contacts in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza amid reports of attacks (WHO)
UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO Regional Directors call for immediate action to halt attacks on health care in Gaza (WHO)
Statement by the Director-General on the food security situation in Gaza (FAO)
UN agencies make plea for international action to end hospital attacks (UN News)

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