UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemns an Israeli raid on an education center run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) outside Jerusalem.
WorldAt least around 25 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning, according to information from the Palestinian authorities there. The famine is getting worse and warnings are being issued about the worst situation so far for the civilian population in the war.
ConflictsIf Israel stops the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Gaza, 100,000 children risk not being able to attend school. It sows the seeds of more extremism, says Unrwa chief Philippe Lazzarini.
WorldCaution dominated when the EU and Israel met at the foreign minister level in Brussels. Criticism is heard – but primarily from the outside.
WorldThe situation in the established refugee camp Jenin on the West Bank is getting worse and worse, warns the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa.
WorldA harsh winter is awaiting in Gaza. There is a shortage of warm clothing and blankets, at the same time as much of the aid is not allowed into the strip. The UN is now warning that many may not survive the winter.
ConflictsThe government is doubling the targeted support to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the region to 800 million kronor. At the same time, the core support to the refugee organization Unrwa is being abolished. It is important for the government that the money does not end up on a bank account but reaches all the way, says Minister for Development Cooperation Benjamin Dousa (The Moderate Party) to TT.
Swedish politicsSome teachers who have worked for UN schools in Gaza are identified as active Hamas members and militiamen, in documents that Israel presents.
ConflictsAfter 50 days of Israeli siege, the remaining inhabitants in northern Gaza are forced to search for food among the rubble – since access to food and drinking water is non-existent, according to the UN's aid organization for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa).
ConflictsThe head of the UN's refugee agency in Palestine (Unrwa), Philippe Lazzarini, warns that there is no alternative to the UN's efforts in Gaza. There is no plan B, says Lazzarini to reporters in Geneva.
ConflictsThe catastrophic consequences for an entire generation of children in Gaza are impossible to overlook. We risk getting a completely lost generation, says Myriam Burger, who leads Save the Children's work on site in the war zone.
ConflictsThe announcement that the UN's aid organization for Palestine refugees, Unrwa, is banned in Israel was expected – and can have enormous consequences, according to Middle East expert Anders Persson. But my feeling is that the last word has not been said yet, he says.
WorldA large number of people have suffered severe burns after an Israeli air attack on a hospital in Gaza. Palestinians fleeing had taken shelter at the hospital when the bombs fell. A second phase of polio vaccination is simultaneously initiated in Gaza – but one of the locations was bombed by Israel late on Sunday.
ConflictsThe conflict in the Middle East is at the center of speculations about this year's peace prize, with UN organizations and Palestinian and Israeli peace activists among the favorites. For it's hardly likely that the Norwegian Nobel Committee will choose a Norwegian?
WorldThe conflict in the Middle East is at the center of speculations about this year's peace prize, with UN organizations and Palestinian and Israeli peace activists among the favorites. For it is hardly likely that the Norwegian Nobel Committee chooses a Norwegian?
WorldThe Palestinian Hamas highest leader in Lebanon has been killed in an Israeli attack. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, states that he was a UN employee but had been suspended since March.
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