Gaza: ‘Children are dying from hunger’, says UN aid coordinator

“Hunger has reached catastrophic levels,” Jamie McGoldrick, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told journalists at UN Headquarters on Wednesday, describing a two-day visit to war-ravaged Gaza. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/03/1147312
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Gaza: ‘Children are dying from hunger’, says UN aid coordinator
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Gaza ceasefire ‘in everybody’s interest’: UN humanitarian coordinator

13 Dec 2023

A ceasefire in Gaza is “the only way forward” and “in the interest of everybody” as the war there threatens peace and security for both Palestinians and Israelis for years or even decades to come, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said on Wednesday. 

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Gaza children living in ‘hell on earth’, UN chief says, urging immediate end to fighting 

20 May 2021

The past ten days have witnessed a “dangerous and horrific” surge in deadly violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), particularly Gaza, and in Israel, the UN chief told the General Assembly on Thursday. 

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Ceasefire can’t hide scale of destruction in Gaza, UN warns, as rights experts call for ICC probe

21 May 2021

The humanitarian community has welcomed the ceasefire agreed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel but warned that the destruction in Gaza will take years, if not decades, to fix.