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‘No time to lose’ in Gaza, as ceasefire offers fragile respite

·February 17, 2025·2 min read

The UN is racing against time to expand humanitarian relief and prepare for the monumental task of rebuilding Gaza, as a fragile ceasefire holds but tensions loom over a potential resumption of fighting. “There is no time to lose,” said the head of the office responsible for UN reconstruction efforts...

UN chief welcomes continued Gaza ceasefire and hostage release

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·February 16, 2025·1 min read

A note to media correspondents was released by the UN on Sunday, a day after the release of three Israeli hostages from Gaza, in exchange for 369 Palestinians held in Israel’s jails. The exchange forms part of the first phase of a ceasefire deal between the two sides which came...

Gaza: 10,000 aid trucks reached enclave since ceasefire began

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·February 10, 2025·2 min read

Announcing the development, the UN’s top aid official, Tom Fletcher, said that the trucks contained lifesaving food, medicine, and tents – all desperately needed by Gazans after more than 15 months of constant Israeli bombardment. The UN emergency relief chief’s comments came as he prepared to join an aid convoy...

Gaza: More than a million receive food aid since the start of the ceasefire

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·February 5, 2025·3 min read

The temporary agreement to stop the fighting and release hostages brought an end to some 15 months of conflict and destruction in the Strip, following the brutal Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel of 7 October 2023. The truce came into force on 19 January and OCHA said the surge in...

West Bank violence undermining Gaza ceasefire: UNRWA

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·February 4, 2025·1 min read

It comes a day after Israeli Security Forces (ISF) carried out a series of controlled detonations at the Jenin refugee camp, located in the northern West Bank, destroying large areas there “in a split second”. UNRWA said it received no prior warning of the explosions “as contact between staff and...

Israel UNRWA ban will undermine Gaza ceasefire, Security Council hears

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·January 29, 2025·5 min read

Briefing ambassadors in New York on Tuesday, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini warned that the laws passed in October last year in the Knesset jeopardize the lives of millions of Palestinians and risks undermining the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. They require that UNRWA cease its activities in the territory of the...

UN officials call for ceasefire compliance after 15 people killed in Lebanon

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·January 26, 2025·3 min read

The timelines envisaged in the November ceasefire agreement “have not been met”, according to a joint statement by UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and head of the UN peacekeeping mission, UNIFIL, and force commander Aroldo Lázaro. The agreement between Israel and armed group Hezbollah had been reached after...

Middle East crisis: Updates for 23 January, UN relief chief says ‘we can save more lives’ if Gaza ceasefire holds

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·January 24, 2025·1 min read

Following the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, the UN Security Council is meeting in New York to hear from the Secretary-General and foreign ministers from the Middle East and beyond. UN chief António Guterres told the meeting there must be “irreversible action” to realise the two-State...

UN scales up humanitarian response in Gaza as ceasefire offers respite

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·January 23, 2025·1 min read

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Wednesday that large volumes of aid continue to flow into Gaza through the Erez and Zikim crossings in the north, and Kerem Shalom in the south – reaching areas that had been inaccessible during the conflict. Humanitarian partners...

UNRWA chief: Ceasefire is the start, not the solution

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·January 20, 2025·2 min read

Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Lazzarini emphasised that the agreement is only the first step in addressing the region’s overwhelming humanitarian challenges. He joined UN Secretary-General António Guterres in urging all parties to fully implement the ceasefire and ensure unrestricted humanitarian access to meet urgent...

Guterres welcomes start of ceasefire in Gaza as UN ramps up food deliveries

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·January 19, 2025·3 min read

“We stand ready to support this implementation and scale up the delivery of sustained humanitarian relief to the countless Palestinians who continue to suffer,” the UN chief said in a social media post. He added: “It is imperative that this ceasefire removes the significant security and political obstacles to...

Gaza ceasefire could boost aid deliveries to 600 trucks per day: WHO

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·January 17, 2025·2 min read

“The target is to get between 500 and 600 trucks in per day over the coming weeks,” said Dr Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative in the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT). This would represent “a huge increase” from the 40 to 50 lorries reaching Gaza in recent months and be similar to...