28 June
Over and above the difficulty of actually getting into Gaza, aid teams now face the crushing realization that with a shortage of fuel and dwindling supplies, there is a limit to what they can do to help all those in need, UN aid worker Louise Wateridge told UN News on Friday. (UN News)
27 June
At least 557,000 women in Gaza are facing severe food insecurity. (UN Women)
26 June
FAO sounds alarm over high risk of famine across the whole Gaza Strip amidst humanitarian access constraints (FAO)
25 June
The latest food security assessment on Gaza confirms the concerns of the World Food Programme about the ongoing levels of severe hunger across the Gaza Strip and shows the critical importance of sustained access to all areas of Gaza. (WFP)
- UNRWA – Press conference: Philippe Lazzarini (UN Geneva/UNRWA)
- Gazans “holding on by a thread”, UN aid worker’s harrowing testimony shows (UN Geneva/OCHA)
- Starvation on top of displacement: Palestine Refugees deprived of basic needs as war rages on in Gaza (UNRWA)
- End-of-Mission Statement of the UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices (United Nations Special Committee)
- Tor Wennesland Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Briefing to the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East, reporting on UNSCR 2334 (2016) (UNSCO)
- Statement on the killing and arbitrary detention of health workers in Gaza (UN Human Rights Office – OPT)
24 June
Statement by Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General at the Meeting of the Advisory Commission (UNRWA)
17-23 June
Gaza is “a world of devastation” and still in the grip of war after nearly nine months of conflict, UN humanitarians back from the enclave have reported. (UN News)
Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza have left the enclave’s most vulnerable individuals struggling to carry on amid stifling heat, heavy fighting, disease spread and a breakdown in law and order, UN humanitarians warned (UN News)
More News:
- Secretary-General’s Press Encounter on the Middle East (OSSG)
- Humanitarian aid delivery into Gaza continues to be constrained (UNRWA)
- World Refugee Day, Palestine Refugees in Gaza are struggling to survive a humanitarian tragedy that, for the older generations, is a chilling echo of their past dispossession. (UNRWA)
- UN report: Israeli use of heavy bombs in Gaza raises serious concerns under the laws of war (UN Human Rights Office)
- The environmental impacts of the war in Gaza are unprecedented, according to a preliminary assessment published today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
14 June
WHO remains concerned about the escalating health crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory, including the West Bank, where attacks on health infrastructure and increased restrictions on movement are obstructing access to health care.
“The people want this war to end and so do we” says WFP Deputy Executive Director from northern Gaza (WFP)
