Asia Palestine Since October 2023, 659.000 children have been unable to attend school in Gaza because of damaged or completely destroyed facilities, UNICEF reported
Asia Palestine Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda and AJ+ won the Emmy in the category Outstanding Hard News Feature Story for the documentary It's Bisan from Gaza - and I'm Still Alive
Asia Palestine The school year in the Gaza Strip has not started and classes will remain close for the second year in a row; humanitarian organisations are running various informal education projects and teachers have started classes in their homes or refugee camps
Asia Palestine The Palestinian territories have seen an 85% drop in illiteracy rates over the past two decades, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said
Asia Palestine Hamas called on Arab and Muslim countries and organisations to condemn and express outrage against Israeli forces for burning copies of the Koran in a Gaza mosque
Asia Palestine WHO and UNICEF called for a 7-day pause in the fighting in the Gaza Strip to allow the vaccination of 640.000 children against polio, after a case was found in a 10-month-old child after more than 25 years
Asia Palestine The death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 40.000; authoritative research in recent months has stated that the estimate of health officials is downwards and the number is much higher, possibly reaching 185.000 according to Lancet's study
Asia Palestine The Palestinian Foreign Ministry asked the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for saying it might be "justified and moral" to starve Palestinians in Gaza
Asia Palestine Belal Muhammad made history by becoming the first mixed martial arts fighter of Palestinian origin to win a UFC title, snatching the welterweight crown from British champion Leon Edwards
Asia Palestine "What is happening in Gaza is the most documented genocide in history," Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour said at a UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East
Asia Palestine The Israeli government reportedly approved 5.295 new housing units in a series of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, as well as recognising three new settlement outposts in the Palestinian territory, according to Israeli NGO Peace Now
Asia Palestine A new UN report has revealed the extent of the forced starvation crisis imposed by Israel in the ongoing war; thousands of children are affected and at least four have died of starvation this week alone
Asia Palestine UN agencies have warned that more than 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of hunger by the middle of next month if hostilities continue