MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Updates for 15 November

Thousands of families shelter in damaged and destroyed facilities in Khan Younis, in central Gaza, where UNRWA continues to provide essential services despite increasing challenges.

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Updates for 15 November

15 November 2024 Peace and Security

At least 100,000 people have been forced to leave northern Gaza, with UN colleagues on the ground reporting worsening conditions and Israel's continuous denial of aid delivery requests as displacement and the death toll rises there and in Lebanon amid constant airstrikes. App users can follow our live updates through the day here.

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Trucks carrying relief aid inside Gaza wait for authorisation to proceed. (file)

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Updates for 14 November

14 November 2024

Peace and Security

Israeli military operations are blocking, denying or impeding lifesaving aid requests in Gaza on Thursday as the war there and in Lebanon continues to kill, injure and displace civilians. In an interview at UN Headquarters, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said he would be reaching out to President-elect Trump, arguing the agency has a "positive and important role to play". App users can follow updates here.

A young man drags water through a temporary tented camp in Khan Younis, Gaza.

Gaza: Israeli war tactics condemned as aid still blocked from reaching north

14 November 2024

Peace and Security

Intense Israeli military operations have continued in Gaza as UN humanitarians reported that multiple attempts to deliver lifesaving aid to besieged areas in the north of the enclave had been either “denied or impeded”.