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Oct 9, 2023 · The Gaza Strip has a population of about 2.3 million people living in one of the most densely populated areas in the world. It is located between Israel and Egypt on the Mediterranean coast.
Jan 30, 2024 · Ajith Sunghay is the head of the UN Human Rights Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Following an attack by Palestinian gunmen in southern Israel on 7 October 2023 and a subsequent Israeli military campaign in Gaza, the Office expanded its monitoring and reporting work, as well as its protection response, to deal with the grave human rights and humanitarian crisis.
Oct 13, 2023 · Humanitarians expressed deep concern on Friday for all civilians in the Gaza Strip following Israel’s order for the entire population there to leave the north, amid ongoing airstrikes and a deepening crisis. The UN chief told reporters outside the Security Council the world had to unite around the principle of protecting civilians and "finding a lasting solution to this unending cycle of death and destruction."
Jan 15, 2024 · Israeli strikes hit Gaza City and soldiers battled militants in southern Gaza on Monday as the heads of three major U.N. agencies said the enclave desperately needs more aid to ward off famine and disease outbreaks. More than 100 days into Israel’s war against Hamas, Palestinian authorities said the death toll in the enclave passed 24,000.
2 days ago · Gaza has long been an important centre of Islamic tradition and is the reputed site of the burial place of Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf, great-grandfather of the Prophet Muḥammad, and the birthplace of al-Shāfiʿī (767–820), founder of the Shāfiʿī school of Muslim legal interpretation.
The Gaza–Israel conflict is a localized part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict beginning in 1948, when 200,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes, settling in the Gaza Strip as refugees. [1] Since then, Israel has fought 15 [2] wars against the Gaza Strip. The number of Gazans reportedly killed in the most recent 2023 war ...
Oct 16, 2023 · Gaza’s health sector was already crumbling under years of Israeli occupation. According to the World Bank, Gaza has 1.3 hospital beds for every 1,000 people – as compared to 3.3. per 1,000 in ...
