Gaza hostilities ‘must cease, emergency relief allowed in’

The return to hostilities in Gaza must cease and humanitarian aid and commercial essentials be allowed to enter the embattled territory, the emergency relief co-ordinator for the United Nations said yesterday.UN Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher spoke at a UN Security Council briefing after Palestinian health authorities said Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza, killing more than 400 people, […]

Unicef ‘deeply worried’ for the children

An intense wave of Israeli strikes yesterday prompted deep concern for the more than 1mn children in the Gaza Strip who “are bearing the brunt of this war”, a Unicef spokeswoman said.“We are deeply, deeply worried. Children’s lives are at risk in so many ways,” Rosalia Bollen, a spokeswoman for the United Nations children’s fund, […]

Gaza hospitals overwhelmed by hundreds of injured from Israeli barrage

Most Gaza hospitals shutMedics describe burns and injuries Israel's sudden onslaught of air strikes overnight overwhelmed Gaza hospitals already reeling from weeks of an aid blockade, medics and health authorities said on Tuesday, as ambulances ferried in hundreds of badly injured survivors. Video obtained by Reuters showed rescue workers running with stretchers across smoking debris, […]

Israeli strikes kill over 400 in Gaza, ceasefire on brink

Strikes widest in scale since January ceasefire'It was a night of hell' says Gaza City residentIsraeli military says campaign will expandEgyptian mediators say they are working to salvage truceIsraeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and killed more than 400 people, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, ending weeks of relative calm after talks to secure a permanent […]

EU Council, Saudi, Russia, France, UK condemn Israeli strikes on Gaza

European Council chief Antonio Costa on Tuesday called for an end to the renewed violence in Gaza, after Israel unleashed its most intense strikes since a truce established two months ago.’Shocked and saddened by the news coming from Gaza and the many civilian casualties following the Israeli airstrikes last night,’ said Costa, who heads the […]