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 situation in the north of the Gaza Strip has been described as 'apocalyptic' by UN aid chief Joyce Msuya
Asia Palestine The Health Ministry of the Gaza Strip accused the Israeli army of being responsible for a drone attack during which a clinic where polio vaccines were being administered was hit
Asia Palestine 1000 women and children in need of medical care will soon be evacuated from Gaza to Europe, according to the head of the European section of the World Health Organisation
Asia Palestine As of 1 October, the World Food Programme, the UN agency that provides food assistance worldwide, had to stop sending food aid to the north of the Gaza Strip due to shelling by the Israeli army