Risk of famine for children across Gaza, new report says
UNICEF and WFP warn of looming catastrophe as 71,000 children and more than 17,000 mothers are threatened by acute malnutrition.
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Israeli bombing wave kills dozens in Gaza including at least 22 children, say reports
Bombardment signals new escalation after Netanyahu said Israel would ‘go in with full force to complete the operation’
Israeli security cabinet’s decision to resume land registration in Area C of the occupied West Bank is deeply troubling
The UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is alarmed by reports that the Israeli security cabinet on 11 May decided to resume land registration in Area C of the occupied West Bank. The registration, which was suspended in 1968, appears to be the latest tool used by Israel to acquire Palestinian land and consolidate the unlawful annexation of the West Bank.
A grim lottery: as Israel bombs hospitals, some Gaza children are granted rare exit permits
The al Astal brothers are among the unlucky Palestinians who are fighting their own battle against cancer while stuck in a war zone
As Gaza Starves, Israel Attacked UNRWA Food Distribution Center
Israel is targeting Palestinians’ slim means of accessing food, bombing two makeshift kitchens and UNRWA’s distribution center in Jabalia in the past few days
Food security experts warn Gaza at ‘critical risk of famine’ amid Israeli blockade
Report by UN-backed consortium of specialists tells of ‘major deterioration’ since its last assessment in October
There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza
Babies such as Siwar Ashour are suffering from malnutrition as crucial supplies run out amid Israel’s total blockade on aid
Children so malnourished they’re losing their sight: Inside Israel’s aid blockade on Gaza
The blockade has led to famine-like conditions for the two million people living on the Strip, and at least 9,000 children have been admitted for treatment of acute malnutrition since the start of the year
Palestinians awoke to bulldozers. Their village was destroyed by noon
Within hours, Israeli forces demolished homes, wells, and even caves in the West Bank hamlet of Khilet al-Dabe’, leaving families with nowhere to shelter.
Israel claims to care about Palestinian students — so it shuts down their schools
The Education Ministry ordered UNRWA-run schools in East Jerusalem to close, citing ‘student welfare.’ 800 may lose their classrooms this month.