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Three months on from the October 7 Hamas attacks and Israel's counteroffensive in Gaza, the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave is increasingly dire. The death toll continues to climb and the injured are struggling to receive adequate treatment in hospitals on the brink of collapse. While aid trucks are…

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The U.N. humanitarian chief is describing Gaza as “uninhabitable” three months into Israel’s war with Hamas

Join UNICEF's emergency communications specialist, Joe English, as he discusses the challenges of providing aid in Gaza and the desperate need for a ceasefire.

A quarter of its Gaza’s population could die within a year due to outbreaks caused by this unprecedented conflict, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Latest UN report warns the situation in the territory is rapidly deteriorating and calls for accountability.

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We have more than enough to go round, but large proportions of the population lack the basic necessities of life, says Michael Marmot of UCL

Spokesperson says attack on the Maghazi camp in central Gaza is a ‘massacre’ and warns that death toll is likely to rise further

In the midst of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens by the minute. UNICEF urgently calls for a ceasef...