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UN Security Council To Vote On New Gaza Ceasefire Resolution

The UN Security Council will vote Monday on a new draft resolution on an "immediate" ceasefire in Gaza, after Russia and China vetoed an earlier text proposed by the United States.

International Business Times · Mar 25, 2024

Israel besieges two more Gaza hospitals, Palestinian Red Crescent says

Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire and forcing the evacuation from one hospital of most patients and displaced people sheltering there, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.

France 24 · Mar 24, 2024

UN chief says blocked Gaza aid is a ‘moral outrage’, calls for war to end

On visit to Rafah crossing, Antonio Guterres urges Israel to give people in Gaza unfettered access to humanitarian aid.

Al Jazeera · Mar 23, 2024

‘Catastrophic levels of hunger’ in Gaza mean famine is imminent, says aid coalition

More than a million people are at risk, according to report, as Oxfam says Israeli authorities are blocking relief deliveries

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024

Australia to unfreeze UNRWA funding as Israel attacks Gaza aid seekers

Australia to restore $6m in funding to embattled UN agency for Palestinian refugees and pledges additional Gaza aid.

Al Jazeera · Mar 15, 2024

Middle East crisis: Netanyahu is ‘major obstacle to peace’ and should call election, says Schumer – as it happened

US Senate majority leader says that Israel has lost its way in its war on Gaza

The Guardian - AU · Mar 14, 2024

EU claims starvation used as 'weapon of war' as aid efforts to Gaza persist

Donor nations, aid agencies and charities are pushing forward with efforts to rush food to Gaza by land, air and sea after the European Union's top diplomat said starvation had become "a weapon of war" in the devastated Palestinian enclave.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 14, 2024

Spanish Ship En Route To Gaza With Desperately Needed Aid

A Spanish aid boat was en route to Gaza on Wednesday, opening a new maritime corridor intended to allow deliveries of desperately needed food to the Palestinian territory ravaged by months of war between Israel and Hamas.

International Business Times · Mar 13, 2024

Palestinian aid agency funding will stay frozen until reports received, says UK

US, UK and Australia and others will decide on Unrwa support only after seeing reports on Israeli claims, says Foreign Office minister

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024

Middle East crisis: Hamas set to stay in Cairo for ceasefire talks; Israel says Hezbollah ‘aggression’ bringing ‘critical point’ nearer – as it happened

Leaders from Hamas expected to hold further talks with mediators; Israel defence minister warns of military escalation with Lebanon

The Guardian - AU · Mar 5, 2024