World News in Brief: Updates from Gaza, the West Bank and Afghanistan, UN development reforms, change at the top of WFP

It comes as the agency that supports Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, reported a surge in military activity in recent weeks across the Strip, that’s caused increasing casualties and displacement.  “By God, we are very afraid and we keep sheltering inside the house,” said Ahmed Talal, who lives in the al-Shaaf area of al-Zeitoun, just 100 metres […]

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Gaza: 26 killed over Eid holiday, UN rights investigators report

The information was provided by its monitors in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) who condemned the increase in Israeli attacks as families prepared to observe Eid al-Adha.  They said 12 Palestinians were killed in three airstrikes on 26 May, while a teenage girl died of injuries sustained in a strike the previous day that also killed a woman and a young girl, initial […]

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Displaced in Gaza: From home comforts to the shattering horror of war

Dire conditions in Gaza marked by continuing violence, rodent infestations and the spread of infectious disease, are being made worse by blockages preventing essential medical supplies from entering the enclave. ‘I feel like I’m in prison’  Umm Ahmad lives with her family in a camp in western Gaza City, where she arrived after a journey […]

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