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Gaza’s dire humanitarian crisis explained

Israel’s strikes and blockade are pushing Gaza’s essential services and resources to the brink of collapse.

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UN begins shipping aid for Gaza to Egypt amid uncertainty

The UN says it needs guarantees and security before it can stockpile significant amounts of aid at the Rafah crossing.

Al Jazeera

US-led diplomatic effort fails to ease Palestinians’ plight in Gaza

Antony Blinken returns to Israel after Gulf tour and Joe Biden reportedly considering a visit amid humanitarian fears

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Iran warns of ‘pre-emptive action’ as Gaza ground assault looms – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Israel-Hamas war: Biden says Gaza occupation would be ‘big mistake’ – as it happened

US president says he is ‘confident’ Israel will act under the rules of war; Thousands of patients at risk in Gaza, says UN humanitarian office

The Guardian - AU

Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day 10

Israel evacuates 28 communities near Lebanon; number of known hostages taken by Hamas rises to 199; Palestinian death toll now at least 2,750

The Guardian - UK

What Gaza infrastructure has been damaged since Israel declared war?

Here is a quick look at how much of Gaza’s infrastructure has been damaged by Israeli attacks.

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The humanitarian crises being ignored

When was the last time you heard or read or saw anything about the devastating war still ongoing in Sudan?

Salon

Israel says 6,000 bombs dropped on Gaza as war with Hamas nears a week

Air strikes pound Gaza for sixth day as deaths and fears of humanitarian disaster in besieged Palestinian enclave mount.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian death toll passes 1,500 – as it happened

UN spokesperson says such a movement would have ‘devastating humanitarian consequences’ as Israel prepares for a ground offensive; Palestinian death toll rises to 1,537, according to Gaza’s health ministry

The Guardian - AU

‘No safe place’ in Gaza as Israeli attacks overwhelm hospitals

Nearly 800 Palestinians and more than 900 people in Israel killed in four days of fighting after Hamas’s attack.

Al Jazeera

UN airs concerns for civilians as Israel steps up military response in Gaza to deadly Hamas attacks

The United Nations is expressing growing concerns about humanitarian needs in Palestinian areas as Israel ratchets up a muscular military riposte and lockdown of Gaza after the weekend attack by Hamas militants who killed and kidnapped hundreds of civilians in Israel

The Independent UK

Powerful earthquake kills more than 100 people in western Afghanistan

The death toll is expected to rise as rescue efforts continue after the magnitude 6.3 earthquake.

Al Jazeera

Libya's top prosecutor says 8 officials jailed as part of investigation into dams' deadly collapse

Libya’s chief prosecutor says he has ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending his investigation into the collapse of two dams

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Libya floods: Conflicting death tolls, Greek aid workers die in crash

The city of Derna in eastern Libya is still digging out and counting the dead after floods struck more than a week ago.

Al Jazeera

A week after deadly Libya floods, aid effort gathers pace

Tens of thousands of survivors are homeless and badly need clean water, food and shelter, UN agencies warn.

Al Jazeera

Morocco earthquake: Why authorities accepted limited foreign aid

So far, search-and-rescue teams from only four countries have been allowed to operate after a devastating earthquake.

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UN says Syria cross-border aid conditions ‘unacceptable’

UN raises concerns with Damascus’s terms for aid deliveries via Bab al-Hawa to rebel-held areas in northwest Syria.

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As Sudan war rages, rival sides accused of looting, diverting aid

Aid workers, medics and experts say army and RSF both steal aid, restrict access and impose rent-seeking impediments.

Reuters

Aid agencies in Sudan grapple with looting, bureaucracy to deliver relief

Aid workers in Sudan say fierce fighting, rampant looting and reams of red tape are hampering efforts to deliver vital humanitarian supplies to the millions of people who now rely on a relief effort since a conflict erupted in mid-April.

Al Jazeera

UN conference pledges fall short of $7bn goal for Horn of Africa

The 2.4bn raised was less than the $7bn the UN says is needed to provide help to millions at risk in the region.

Radio France Internationale

UN Security Council to meet on Sudan as a million are displaced by violence

The United Nations has called an emergency Security Council meeting on the fighting in Sudan, which has displaced an estimated one million people since it broke out a month ago.

The Independent UK

Myanmar says official death toll from Cyclone Mocha at least 145, says aid is being provided

Myanmar says the death toll from a powerful cyclone this week has burgeoned to at least 145, including 117 Muslim Rohingya

Bangkok Post

Myanmar cyclone relief faces hurdles

SITTWE, Myanmar: Residents in the capital of cyclone-ravaged Rakhine state queued for rice and drinking water as the United Nations negotiated with the internationally isolated Myanmar junta for access to hard-hit areas.

Reuters

Almost 250,000 flee floods in Somali city that 'became like an ocean'

Floods have caused almost a quarter of a million people to flee their homes after the Shabelle river in central Somalia broke its banks and submerged the town of Beledweyne, even as the country faces its most severe drought in four decades, according to the government.

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