The head of the World Health Organization, WHO, fought back tears when he on Thursday urged to show mercy in its war against Gaza. I beg you to show mercy. It is good for you and good for the Palestinians. It is good for humanity, he said in a speech at WHO's annual meeting.
ConflictsAround 100 UN trucks with emergency aid have been permitted to roll into Gaza on Tuesday. The UN estimates that 14,000 infants are suffering from acute malnutrition.
ConflictsIsrael is to allow a very limited amount of emergency aid into Gaza after nearly eleven weeks of blockade. The plan is then to bypass trusted aid organizations and let private security firms handle the deliveries. A deliberate delaying tactic, according to aid profile Jan Egeland.
ConflictsSeveral trucks have entered Gaza with emergency aid – the first in nearly three months. The news comes after the World Health Organization (WHO) has alerted that two million Gazans are starving. Following Israel's announcement that it will take control over the entire Gaza Strip, Western countries are threatening with sanctions.
ConflictsThe international community must act due to the humanitarian situation under Israel's blockade of Gaza and the country's plans for the area, believes the human rights organization HRW. "Israel's blockade has exceeded military tactics and become a tool for extermination," says HRW chief Federico Borello.
ConflictsIt was to become one of the last decisions of Francis. Shortly before he passed away, the Pope asked the Catholic aid organization Caritas to convert his "pope mobile" into a mini clinic for children in war-torn Gaza.
ConflictsCondemnations of Israel's blockade of aid shipments to Gaza are now coming from WHO and the UN's aid organizations. They warn that an acute shortage of food and medical aid can cost human lives.
ConflictsIsrael's attack on hospitals and blockade of aid to the Gaza Strip has caused healthcare to collapse. The chronically ill are being mercilessly affected – hundreds of dialysis patients are said to have already died due to lack of treatment. And the dialysis that exists is not enough. It only just pulls me back from the brink of death, says Mohammad Attiya.
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