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In rare move, UN chief invokes Article 99 of Charter over Israel’s war on Gaza
Dec 07, 2023 09:44United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter not used in decades, in a rare move to formally warn the UN Security Council of global danger from Israel’s brutal war on the besieged Gaza Strip.
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UN warns of 'apocalypse' in Gaza amid Israel's unrelenting bombardment
Dec 06, 2023 13:32The UN human rights chief says Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are living in "utter, deepening horror" as he pleaded for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the ongoing Israeli aggression on the besieged Palestinian territory.
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UN food agency warns of ‘catastrophic hunger crisis’ in Gaza after truce collapse
Dec 06, 2023 05:17The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has warned that Israel’s resumed war on the Gaza Strip will intensify the “catastrophic hunger crisis” for more than two million Palestinian civilians in the besieged territory.
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Israel revokes UN humanitarian official’s visa for not condemning Hamas
Dec 06, 2023 03:25Israeli authorities have decided to revoke the residence visa of the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the Palestinian territories, Lynn Hastings, for not condemning the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas over its October 7 operation into the Occupied Territories.
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‘No safe zones’ as Israelis intensify bombings on Gaza: UN
Dec 05, 2023 13:30UN officials have sounded the alarm once more, saying there are “no safe zones in Gaza” while the situation is getting worse by the hour.
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Iran blasts ‘ethical fiasco’ of intl. community on Gaza, warns of new murders
Nov 30, 2023 12:38Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called on the international community to place on its agenda the trial and administer of justice for the perpetrators of atrocities in the besieged Gaza Strip.
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UN food agency warns Gaza at risk of famine after weeks-long Israeli bombardment
Nov 30, 2023 03:53The UN World Food Program (WFP) has warned of the possibility of a famine in the Israeli-bombarded Gaza Strip, stressing that supplies are woefully insufficient to address the hunger levels observed by WFP staff in the UN shelters and communities.
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Palestinian FM pleads for international protection, says nation faces ‘existential threat’
Nov 29, 2023 14:15The Palestinian Foreign Minister has pleaded with the world to provide international protection to the Palestinian people, who "are faced with an existential threat."
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Iran urges UN to revive resolution equating Zionism with racism, racial discrimination
Nov 29, 2023 05:01Iran's UN envoy has reiterated the Islamic Republic’s vehement condemnation of the Israeli genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip, calling on the world body to revive its 1975 resolution that termed Zionism as a form of racism and racial discrimination.
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Palestinian NGOs reject ‘inconclusive’ report on Gaza’s al-Ahli hospital bombing
Nov 28, 2023 12:51Palestinian human rights groups and civil society organizations have dismissed an “inconclusive” report by an international non-governmental organization regarding the Israeli regime’s massacre of hundreds of civilians in a single attack against al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City.