A senior officer at the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), Pehr Lodhammar, has stated during a briefing in Geneva that the extensive rubble and unexploded ordnance left behind by the conflict between Israel and the Hamas terror group in the Gaza Strip may require approximately 14 years to clear. Lodhammar reported that the war […]
More than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have sought refuge in Rafah
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shared in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that 15 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip on Sunday. The trucks were allowed in through the Kerem Shalo
US officials have again raised concerns with their Israeli counterparts
United Nations leaders demanded a “clear, transparent and credible” investigation Tuesday after mass graves containing the bodies of hundreds of men and women were discovered on the grounds of two major hospitals in Gaza that were previously under assault by the Israeli military. The mass graves contained some people stripped naked with their hands tied,
The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, expressed her regret and ‘condemnation for her inability to conduct a field visit to the Gaza Strip’ after Israel rejected her visit. While Albanese is on a regional tour that includes Jordan and Egypt, the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, welcomed her at the General Secretariat headquarters on 21 April. The meeting, attended by Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Sameh...
Israeli prime minister argued such protests are the ‘canary in the coal mine’
The Palestinian civil defence in Gaza said it uncovered 283 bodies from a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis.
Level of violation of international order seen in past year ‘unprecedented’, human rights group says
The UN’s human rights chief has said he is “horrified” by the destruction of Gaza’s Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals and the reports of “mass graves” being found at the sites after Israeli raids. Volker Türk called for independent investigations into the deaths. Palestinian officials said they had exhumed the bodies of almost 300 people at […]
Palestinian officials say more than 300 bodies have been found at Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals.
The head of the United Nations Mine Action Service in Iraq stated that Israel’s attacks in Gaza have created 37 million tons of rubble, filled with unexploded bombs. Pehr Lodhammar mentioned that 65% of the destroyed buildings in Gaza were residential, and clearing the rubble will take about 14 years. Large parts of the Gaza […]