Gaza: Aid access to north now entirely blocked amid escalating bombing in south

Reports of hundreds of fatalities from bombing in southern Gaza over the weekend heightened deep concerns for civilians sheltering there, while UN humanitarians on Monday said that aid teams had only “extremely limited” movement and access to the north was “now entirely blocked”.  https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/12/1144302
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Gaza: Aid access to north now entirely blocked amid escalating bombing in south
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Sudan: ‘Children should be safe everywhere’, says UNICEF, as fears grow for El Fasher

Sudan: ‘Children should be safe everywhere’, says UNICEF, as fears grow for El Fasher

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The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, voiced deep concern on Monday over the siege of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur, where continued clashes are putting the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians in the region at risk.

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Gaza: Nowhere to go, as humanitarian situation reaches ‘lethal low’

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UN 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 humanitarian crisis.

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Gaza ‘split in two’ as civilians, humanitarians reset lives, aid efforts

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The Gaza Strip is virtually “split in two”, with blockades not only restricting the movement of displaced people seeking shelter, but also aid workers trying to assist civilians in desperate need, a UN relief official said on Wednesday.