Gaza: Frustration mounts as UN convoy is blocked outside stricken hospital

UN relief agencies operating in war-torn Gaza voiced deep frustration on Tuesday over continuing aid access restrictions placed on them by the Israeli military, after ambulances carrying patients away from a stricken hospital at the weekend were stopped for several hours while health workers were searched and detained. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/02/1146977
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Gaza: Frustration mounts as UN convoy is blocked outside stricken hospital
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Gaza hospitals hanging on by a thread: UN humanitarians

30 Oct 2023

With the Israel-Palestine crisis in its fourth week, UN aid teams on Monday highlighted the mounting pressure on north Gaza hospitals where patients and health workers remain, amid reports of expanded Israeli ground operations.

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Gaza: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions

04 Apr 2024

UN officials launched assessment visits to Gaza and its agencies will resume night-time aid deliveries on Thursday after a 48-hour pause following Israeli forces killing seven World Central Kitchen relief workers in a convoy delivering food in the enclave, where intense Israeli bombardment and ground operations continue.

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Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza’s north cut off from aid; death toll rising

02 Nov 2023

The number of people killed in Gaza is nearing the 9,000 mark amid mounting concerns over the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on a densely-populated refugee camp near Gaza City, while a key hospital has stopped operations and UN humanitarians are unable to deliver aid to the north as the ground war intensifies.