Gaza today: Scorching heat, visible signs of wasting and heavy fighting

Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza have left the enclave’s most vulnerable individuals struggling to carry on amid stifling heat, heavy fighting, disease spread and a breakdown in law and order, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/06/1151251
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Gaza today: Scorching heat, visible signs of wasting and heavy fighting
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World News in Brief: New relief window in Gaza, sexual violence in Sudan, new action against chemical weapons

World News in Brief: New relief window in Gaza, sexual violence in Sudan, new action against chemical weapons

30 Nov 2023

A last-minute extension of the pause in fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Thursday offered hope that UN humanitarians and aid partners will be able to pursue their efforts to reach the enclave’s most vulnerable people.

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Gaza: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah

Gaza: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah

25 Apr 2024

Unexpected blistering temperatures across Gaza have added to the daily misery faced by the enclave’s people and sparked new fears of disease outbreaks amid a lack of sufficient clean water and waste disposal, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.

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Gaza: Worst famine fears realised as 10th child reportedly ‘starves to death’

Gaza: Worst famine fears realised as 10th child reportedly ‘starves to death’

01 Mar 2024

Repeated warnings from humanitarians over desperate food insecurity and imminent famine in Gaza came into focus on Friday amid reports from the enclave’s authorities that a tenth child had died from malnutrition and dehydration.