Gaza: News, Stories & Official Statements

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini addresses the Joint Emergency Summit of the League of Arab States and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (UNRWA)
UNFPA statement on the dire situation of hospitals in Gaza (UNFPA)
Lives of one million children ‘hanging by a thread,’ as child health services almost collapse across the Gaza Strip (UNICEF)
Attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’: Relief chief (UN News)

In Dialogue with EU and European Partners, UNRWA Reiterates Call for Humanitarian Ceasefire and Respect of International Humanitarian Law in Gaza (UNRWA)
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OHCHR)
Children with cancer evacuated from Gaza for treatment to Egypt and Jordan (WHO)
World Health Organization Chief, Briefing Security Council on War in Gaza, Joins Calls for Immediate Ceasefire, Unfettered Humanitarian Access (Security Council)
OpEd by Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: An immediate Gaza humanitarian cease-fire can avert a much larger catastrophe (UNRWA)
Israel-Palestine crisis: Amid war crimes fears, UN rights chief renews calls to stop violence, free hostages (UN News)
After a month of siege, bombardments and a health system obliterated, pregnant women in Gaza are caught in a catastrophe (UNFPA)
Gazans in their own words: ‘We need everything. We need safety. We need peace’ (WFP)

Secretary-General’s video message to the International Humanitarian Conference for the Civilian Population in Gaza (SG)
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths Remarks at the International Humanitarian Conference for the Civilian Population in Gaza. (OCHA)
Statement of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Mr. Philippe Lazzarini at International Conference on Gaza (UNRWA)
Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, noon briefing, 9 November (UNSG)
ILO launches funding appeal to respond to critical needs of Palestinian workers and employers (ILO)
UNRWA launches US$481 million appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory (UNRWA)
Fourth Committee Approves Six Draft Resolutions, All by Recorded Vote, Addressing Middle East Situation and Palestinian Question (UNGA)
Second Committee Approves Three Resolutions, Including Text Demanding Israel Cease Exploitation of Natural Resources in Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syrian Golan (UNGA)
Israel-Palestine crisis: Silence the guns, UN relief chief tells Paris forum (UN News)
Gaza: ‘Humanitarian pauses’ will need coordination with the UN (UN News)
The carnage simply must stop – Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA (Washington Post)

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