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UN Cancels Polio Vaccinations In Gaza Due To Airstrike Damage

UN cancels polio vaccinations in Gaza due to airstrike damage. Urgent plea for end to violence in the region.

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Rescuers Say Israeli Strike On Gaza School Kills 28

Rescuers in Gaza said Israel conducted a deadly air strike Thursday on a school housing families displaced by the war, though the Israeli military said it was a Hamas command centre.

International Business Times

At least 22 people killed in deadliest Israeli strike on central Beirut since start of war, officials say – as it happened

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UN agency for Palestinians warns Gaza aid work may 'disintegrate' if Israeli legislation passes

The head of the U_N_ agency for Palestinian refugees is warning that if pending Israeli legislation is adopted, all humanitarian operations in Gaza and the West Bank may “disintegrate.”

The Independent UK

UN Official Warns Of Humanitarian Response Disintegration In Gaza

UN official warns of potential crisis in Gaza if UNRWA is banned from Israeli territory, highlighting the urgent need for diplomatic efforts to ensure huma...

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Bolivia joins South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel

South American state ‘has a responsibility to condemn the crime of genocide’, it says in its filing.

Al Jazeera

400,000 trapped in hell of northern Gaza, UN says, as death toll passes 42,000

Up to 51,000 children in the besieged Gaza strip could be unaccompanied or separated from their parents

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At least 400,000 people trapped by Israel’s latest Gaza offensive, says Unrwa

Raid centred on Jabaliya camp is worsening hunger and threatening polio vaccine campaign, says Philippe Lazzarini

The Guardian - UK

Top Hamas commander killed in Lebanon was UNRWA employee placed on administrative leave

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says the top Hamas commander killed in Lebanon was one of its employees but had no function as he was placed on administrative leave since March

The Independent UK

Israel-Gaza war: UN worker killed in West Bank during Israeli operation – as it happened

UN Palestinian relief agency says employee was first to be killed in the territory in more than a decade, but Israeli military says he was a ‘terrorist’

The Guardian - AU

Israel seeking to close down Unrwa, says agency’s chief after school bombing

Philippe Lazzarini says closure would have ‘devastating consequences’ and calls for investigation into deadly strike

The Guardian - UK

UNRWA Head Warns Of Education Crisis For Gaza Children

UNRWA Commissioner-General highlights urgent need to address education crisis in Gaza post-conflict to prevent long-term consequences on Palestinian children.

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UNRWA head accuses Israel of buying Google ads to block donations to agency

Commissioner-general says Israeli government has undertaken a defamation campaign against the UN agency.

Al Jazeera

Baby in Gaza partly paralysed from polio in territory’s first case for 25 years

WHO says infant in stable condition as it prepares to vaccinate more than 640,000 children amid war

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Israel kills dozens of displaced Palestinians in Gaza amid more evacuations

At least 50 Palestinians killed as Israeli military orders new evacuations in central and southern parts of the enclave.

Evening Standard

UN agency fires nine staff members over possible links to October 7 attack

They have been fired from its agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA

The Independent UK

UN fires additional staffers after probe finds potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel

The U.N. says it has fired additional staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel

International Business Times

UN Says Nine Employees 'May Have Been Involved' In Oct 7 Hamas Attack

The United Nations said Monday that nine employees of its agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) "may have been involved" in the October 7 attack on southern Israel by Hamas, which sparked war in Gaza, and have been fired.

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UNRWA Commissioner-General Warns Of Impact Of Israeli Evacuation Orders

UNRWA reports on the impact of Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza, causing widespread displacement and instability.

The Guardian - UK

Scores killed in Israeli attacks, medics say, after IDF orders evacuation of Gaza humanitarian zone

Hundreds also wounded in assault on parts of Khan Younis, including area designated a humanitarian zone by IDF

Al Jazeera

‘Reprehensible’: UN slams Israeli spokesman’s comments on UNRWA chief

Israeli government official calling Phillipe Lazzarini a ‘terrorist sympathiser’ also puts his safety at risk, UN says.

International Business Times

Hamas Says Pulling Out Of Gaza Truce Talks After Israeli Strike Targeting Deif

A Hamas official on Sunday said the group is pulling out of Gaza truce talks, following an Israeli strike that targeted the militants' commander Mohammed Deif, who was "fine" despite the attack according to another Hamas figure.

Al Jazeera

Despite UN appeal, US and UK don’t fund ‘critical lifeline’ to Palestinians

Israel has tried for years to dismantle the UNRWA, which helps Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere.

The Guardian - AU

Israel-Gaza war: IDF says 7 October mastermind ‘struck’ in Gaza attack reported to have killed 90 – as it happened

Hamas says 90 people killed and almost 300 injured in attack – but it is unclear if Mohammed Deif is among them

The Independent UK

UN chief urges funds for Palestinians, saying Israel is forcing Gazans 'to move like human pinballs'

The United Nations chief is appealing for funding for the beleaguered U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East

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