Category: Columns

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The humanitarian need in Gaza (but we mustn’t forget the West Bank) is already immense and growing. Already more than 250,000 Palestinians, greater than 10% of Gaza’s population, are displaced and largely sheltering in unsuitable shelters (mostly UN schools)

Joint statement by UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA and UNRWA on Women and newborns bearing the brunt of the conflict in Gaza

East Jerusalem/Geneva/New York, 3 November 2023 – Women, children and newborns in Gaza are disproportionately bearing the burden of the escalation of hostilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, both as casualties and in reduced access to health services, warn the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA), and the World Health Organization (WHO).