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The UN special rapporteur on Palestine slammed Tuesday Israel’s decision to deny visa to UN staff, saying “baseless attacks” on the organization proves “moral cowardice.” “Baseless attacks agst the UN only proves moral cowardice. The UN has been weakened by decades of ISR impunity for breaches of Intl Law, incl colonisation of occup.territory & Pal.…
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said the US veto of a UN Security Council resolution demanding a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza makes it complicit in what he described as war crimes against Palestinians. He also said he held the US responsible for the bloodshed of Palestinian children, women and the elderly in the Gaza…
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The situation in Gaza is “apocalyptic” and there is a “heightened risk” of atrocity crimes being committed, the UN human rights chief has warned. Speaking at a news conference in Geneva, Volker Turk urged Israel and Hamas to urgently take measures to stop such violations being committed. “My humanitarian colleagues have described the situation as…
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The families of hostages being held by Hamas have said there is “solid intelligence” that some of their loved ones are in “immediate danger” due to deteriorating health conditions. In a letter to the Israeli Security Cabinet, representatives of the families demanded the government take urgent action to bring the remaining 138 hostages home. “We…
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Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, have released a statement condemning what it claims was a “deliberate attack” on one of its humanitarian convoys inside Gaza that resulted in one person being killed. “On 18 November 2023, an MSF staff member’s relative died and another one was injured in an attack…
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The UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Thursday that a lack of fuel would be the “main reason” for deaths in the Gaza Strip if fuel is not supplied to the besieged region. “We need a cease-fire now, and fuel,” Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees…
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-‘WWII air raids reminded me of what my grandmother in Japan told me about what war is in my childhood,’ says Maiko Shirane-‘Civilian places, such as healthcare facilities, should not be bombed. They must be protected even in wartime. Nothing can be done without a ceasefire’ TOKYO Maiko Shirane, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Japan representative,…
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The UN on Thursday expressed regret over Israeli statements regarding its resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses in the Gaza Strip. “We regret the statements that we saw from the Israeli government on the resolution,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at his daily press briefing. His remarks came a day after the UN Security Council…
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World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that WHO has lost touch with its staff, health facilities, health workers, and the rest of its humanitarian partners on the ground in Gaza. He called for immediate protection of all civilians and full humanitarian access. Taking to X, Ghebreyesus stated, “We have lost touch with…
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UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis on Thursday denounced attacks by Hamas on Israel but condemned the “indiscriminate” attacks by Israel against Palestinians. Francis said Hamas’ attacks were “shocking” and “has no place in our world,” in opening remarks to the Assembly’s emergency session on the conflict. “Similarly, I condemn and reject the indiscriminate targeting…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called on Israel to stop its ongoing attacks on Gaza and get out of its “state of madness,” as it intensified its operations overnight. “The continuously increasing and intensified Israeli bombardments directed towards Gaza have once again targeted women, children, and innocent civilians, deepening the ongoing humanitarian crisis,”…
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The Turkish leader has criticised the UN Security Council for failing to pass a resolution calling for “humanitarian pauses” in the conflict and condemning all violence against civilians. The US voted down the draft text, expressing its “disappointment” that it made no reference to Israel’s right to defend itself. The resolution called for pauses in…
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Benjamin Netanyahu says he has provided Joe Biden with “conclusive evidence” that Israel did not cause the Gaza hospital blast and that Palestinian Islamic Jihad was behind the attack. In a video address after the US president’s departure from Tel Aviv, Mr Netanyahu said he instructed the national information system and the Israeli military to…
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The UK abstained from a UN Security Council vote on the Israel-Hamas war because it “needed to be clearer” on Israel’s rights to defend itself. The 15-member council voted on a draft resolution which would condemn Hamas and all violence against all civilians, as well as pushing for humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza. The…
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Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, has said he condemns the blast at al Ahli hospital, which officials say killed at least 500 people. He said he was “horrified” by the incident and said his heart is with the families of the victims. It comes as Israel and Palestinian officials have traded blame over…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday said that a plane with much-needed medical supplies for the people of the Gaza Strip had landed in Egypt. “A plane with WHO medical supplies to support the urgent health needs in Gaza has landed in Al Arish, Egypt – close to the Rafah crossing,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,…
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