‘Well-being of two million’ in Gaza at stake as emergency fuel runs dry: UN humanitarian coordinator
To avert hospital closures and raw sewage overflowing onto the streets of Gaza, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator on Wednesday called on Israeli authorities to allow UN-purchased emergency fuel back across the border of the Palestinian enclave. “Restricting the entry of emergency fuel to Gaza is a dangerous practice, with grave consequences on the rights […]
Constraints on movement in occupied territory at root of Palestinian hardship – UN report
Israeli constraints on movement and economics, along with the blockade on the Gaza Strip and internal political strife, are at the root of Palestinian suffering in the occupied territory, according to two separate United Nations reports released as the Israeli occupation enters its fiftieth year. “Occupation policies and practices remain the key cause of humanitarian […]
Israel tightens decade-long siege on Gaza
Israeli occupation authorities have tightened the more than decade-long Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip and cancelled hundreds of travel permits given for merchants, Israeli rights group Gisha revealed on Sunday. Israeli NGO Gisha, the Legal Centre for Freedom of Movement, reported information that indicated a “sharp decline in the number of valid merchant permits […]
Israeli forces and Saudi Arabia commit grave violations against children, say human rights organisations
A global network of human rights and humanitarian organisations – The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict – has called on UN Secretary-General António Guterres to list a number of parties, including Saudi Arabia and the Israeli army, as grave violators of children’s rights in the Secretary-General’s upcoming 2017 annual report on children and armed […]
The Gaza Strip “could be uninhabitable by 2020,” news agencies reported the UN warning
The Gaza Strip “could be uninhabitable by 2020,” news agencies reported the UN warning yesterday. In a report published for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) the nearly decade long Israeli siege on the Strip along with last summer’s Israeli military assault which demolished most of the enclave’s vital infrastructure were given […]
