Updated on: Aug 25, 2025 03:13 am IST Israel’s offensive has killed at least 62,686 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to figures from the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza. Gaza’s civil defence agency reported at least 42 people killed in Israeli attacks on Sunday, as the Israeli army prepared for a new assault on…
United Nations official says Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing ‘hell in all shapes’ as Israel steps up its Gaza City assault. Bones and skin are all that is left of seven-year-old Mai Abu Arar. The Palestinian girl is one of tens of thousands of children facing malnutrition in Gaza as Israel’s man-made famine deepens with…
Following the Friday announcement by a U.N.-designated food crisis authority that Gaza City is experiencing famine, which Israel refuted, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the group is “an independent organization, they’re technical people, they’re not political people.” She added that “it is kind of obscene” to be…
(Reuters) -The World Health Organization said a staff member was released on Sunday more than four weeks after being detained in Gaza by Israeli forces. “Extremely relieved that our colleague, detained since 21 July in Gaza, was released this morning,” agency Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on X. He reiterated a call…
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said Friday that famine was occurring in Gaza City and that this was likely to spread to the southern cities of Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid. Source link
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at a famine declaration in parts of Gaza, a severe spike in oil prices in Russia, and China’s guest list for an upcoming security meeting. ‘Catastrophic Conditions’ “Just when it seems there are no words left to describe the living hell in Gaza, a new one has…
Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, and it will likely spread across the enclave, a United Nations-backed global hunger monitor has said. On Friday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system said 514,000 people, close to a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza, are experiencing famine, with the number due to…
A United Nations-backed global hunger monitor has determined that famine is now occurring in Gaza City and its surrounding area. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) had previously warned that Gaza was on the verge of famine, but now says for the first time that the events of the past few months – including…
Gaza City – In a sweltering tent at Gaza’s port, 45-year-old Iman al-Rahel readies her family for lunchtime. She sends her 13-year-old son, Yazen, to fetch food from the nearby takiyya, or community kitchen. “I think they’re serving rice today,” she whispers to her daughter, a faint smile easing across her tired face. But that…
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israel’s preparation to enter Gaza City, NATO’s discussions about security guarantees for Ukraine, and M23 attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Preparing for a New Offensive The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will call up around 60,000 reservists to supplement its forces as it prepares…