This is Beirut, 30/11 15:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Gaza Strip Civil Defense announced on Saturday that three humanitarian workers were killed in an airstrike in Khan Younis (south), while the Israeli army stated it had targeted "a terrorist." The humanitarian workers, all Palestinians, were employed by the American NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK), according to the Civil Defense. The ...
This is Beirut, 18/11 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
UNRWA United Nations Philippe Lazzarini Gaza Humanitarian Aid
There is no alternative to the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, its chief insisted Monday, following Israel's order to ban the organization that coordinates nearly all aid in war-ravaged Gaza. "There is no plan B,” head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, told reporters in ...
This is Beirut, 15/11 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Looting of aid reaching Gaza has been made easier by Israel's army targeting the local police which would otherwise be able to prevent it, a group of non-governmental organizations said Friday. A report by the 29 NGOs, including Save the Children, Oxfam and Care, said that humanitarian aid entering the Palestinian territory had fallen to an ...
This is Beirut, 06/11 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
UNRWA United Nations Philippe Lazzarini Gaza Humanitarian Aid
The UN aid agency for Palestinians is facing its "darkest hour" and requires ongoing support from UN members after Israel's decision to ban the organization, its chief said on Wednesday. "Without intervention by member states, UNRWA will collapse, plunging millions of Palestinians into chaos," the head of the United ...
This is Beirut, 01/11 14:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Lebanon received its first shipment of humanitarian aid from France on Friday as part of the assistance pledged during the international conference to support Lebanon held in Paris on October 24. This aid is intended for displaced people who were forced to flee their homes due to the raging conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. French ...
Nisrine Merheb, 15/10 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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All we get from Iran is “words, words, and words.” Only the Arab nations are Lebanon's genuine supporters and saviors in this crisis! In just a few days, Lebanon will mark the end of the first bloody month of the brutal war waged by the Israeli Army. Southern Lebanon has become a scorched landscape, and the Beqaa has suffered equally ...
This is Beirut, 08/10 17:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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UN humanitarian officials called on Tuesday for urgent action to stop the escalating conflict in Lebanon from spiraling into a similar scene of devastation as seen in Gaza. "We need to do everything we can to stop that from happening," said Matthew Hollingworth, Lebanon country director for the United Nations' World Food Programme. Speaking from ...
This Is Beirut, 29/02 17:21 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
More than a hundred Palestinians have died during the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza on Thursday. The Israeli army and Hamas are blaming each other for the chaos that ensued. Israeli forces shot dead 104 people when a crowd rushed towards aid trucks on Thursday, the health ministry in Gaza said, in one of the worst single incidents of a ...
This Is Beirut, 27/02 19:26 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The United Nations stated on Tuesday that Israeli forces are consistently impeding access to individuals in Gaza, which is making the delivery of aid increasingly challenging in what has evolved into a chaotic conflict zone devoid of law and order. Israeli forces are "systematically" blocking access to people in Gaza, complicating the task of ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-29 20:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A convoy of humanitarian aid from the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees was attacked by Israel in Gaza. The UN denounces the conditions under which humanitarian aid is delivered, which contravene international law. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday that the Israeli army had fired on one of its aid convoys in the Gaza ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-23 12:06 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israeli forces continue their offensive in Gaza, disregarding a UN Security Council resolution calling for immediate aid delivery. The latest strike on a house in Nuseirat refugee camp leaves 18 dead, while the international community demands urgent humanitarian access to the besieged Palestinian territory. Israel pressed its Gaza offensive ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-20 23:26 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Expectations grew over Israel and Hamas' move towards a new ceasefire and an agreement for the release of hostages in the Gaza conflict on Wednesday. These developments followed discussions in Europe and a visit to Egypt by the leader of the Palestinian militant group. Hopes rose that Israel and Hamas may be inching toward another truce and ...