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Gaza ceasefire improves aid access, but children still face deadly conditions

·January 29, 2026·3 min read

That’s the assessment of two senior officials from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP), speaking on Monday to journalists in New York following a week-long visit to the enclave and the occupied West Bank. The two agencies have brought more than 10,000 trucks of aid into Gaza since the 10 October truce between Israel and Hamas, representing some 80 per...

World News in Brief: Deadly shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, Duterte trial update, final hostage remains recovered in Gaza, FAO boosts farming in Haiti

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·January 29, 2026·3 min read

In Lampedusa, Italy, three deaths have been confirmed following a search and rescue operation involving a boat that departed from Sfax, Tunisia. Survivors from the same operation reported that another boat departed from the same location and at the same time as theirs but never arrived. Separately, reports indicate that...

UN says Gaza crisis remains dire, children hardest hit

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·January 28, 2026·1 min read

Briefing reporters in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric described the situation as still “dire” for hundreds of thousands of families across the Strip who remain in urgent need. UN health partners have expanded basic services in recent days. As part of a catch-up vaccination campaign launched last week, more...

Gaza reconstruction talks must not distract from massive needs, say UN aid agencies

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·January 23, 2026·3 min read

“It’s absolutely critical to unlock the congestion…at crossing points and to reopen critical lifelines like the Jordan corridor,” said Juliette Touma, Director of Communications at UNOPS, the United Nations Office for Project Services. Briefing journalists, Ms. Touma highlighted that although the 3 October ceasefire agreement had brought some respite to...

Gaza: War crimes probe pledges to continue work for justice and accountability

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·January 22, 2026·2 min read

“The Board of Peace has been set up pursuant to a plan that was submitted to the Security Council that has been voted upon and accepted,” said Srinivasan Muralidhar, Chair of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and in Israel. “As a Commission of...

Cold kills another infant in Gaza as West Bank displacement intensifies

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·January 22, 2026·2 min read

The baby girl – just three months old – was found frozen to death on Tuesday morning at her home in Gaza City, according to media reports. This brings the total number of cold weather deaths this season to nine, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq told journalists in New York. In response, the UN aid coordination office OCHA, again...

Gaza humanitarian crisis ‘far from being over,’ UN aid coordination office warns

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·January 19, 2026·2 min read

“The humanitarian situation and crisis in Gaza is far from being over,” Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Friday in an update to journalists in Jerusalem. “For the Palestinians in Gaza, their lives continue to be defined by displacement, trauma, uncertainty, and deprivation.” This has...

World News in Brief: Gaza education update, the General Assembly at 80, Venezuela’s humanitarian needs

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·January 17, 2026·2 min read

Ten additional temporary learning sites in Gaza Governorate have been renovated so far this month, and more than 440 spaces are operational overall, serving roughly 270,000 pupils supported by more than 6,300 teachers. The UN and partners continue to push for the lifting of restrictions on education supplies, including stationery, so that more children can get back to learning. Humanitarians...

In Gaza, 800,000 people now live in dangerous locations prone to flooding

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·January 15, 2026·1 min read

In her family’s shelter, the ground is soaked and her children cannot sleep. “Our situation is extremely difficult, and we want someone to help us, at least by providing us with a tent that shelters us and is a proper tent,” Amina told the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) earlier...

Gaza: A ceasefire that still kills children is not enough, says UNICEF

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·January 13, 2026·2 min read

“That’s roughly a girl or a boy killed here every day during a ceasefire,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters in Geneva. “These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones,” he said, speaking from Gaza City. “They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re...

Gaza: Storms worsen already dire humanitarian situation, UN warns

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·January 13, 2026·1 min read

Briefing correspondents in New York, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reported that ongoing rainstorms are damaging and destroying fragile shelters, leaving large numbers of displaced people exposed to the cold. “To help address immense shelter needs, during the past week our partners delivered supplies to 28,000 families, including 1,600 tents, 16,000 tarpaulins...

World News in Brief: Repression in Uganda, fighting in Syria’s Aleppo continues, Gaza and West Bank updates

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·January 10, 2026·2 min read

In a new report released on Friday, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said that since the 2021 elections, authorities have enacted or amended laws that entrench repression and impunity, targeting political opposition, journalists, human rights defenders and those with dissenting views. High Commissioner Volker Türk urged Ugandan authorities to...