Rashid Rasheed being treated on the scene after he was wounded in the foot by an explosive bullet fired by an Israeli sniper after the demonstration at the fence next to the northern Gazan city of Beit Lahia had ended, November 19, 2018

Gaza: Four Dead from Last Friday’s Protests; Five Palestinian Media Personnel Wounded in a Month

Four Palestinians have died from wounds incurred during last Friday’s weekly protests across the eastern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip. According to the Ministry of Health, the Palestinian fatalities from the December 19 demonstrations included Ayman Munir Shbeir, 18, from Deir al-Balah, who died the next morning of wounds he sustained during the protests…

UNCTAD: The Economic Reality in the OPT is Bleaker than Ever

Sky-high unemployment, declining per capita income, contracting agricultural productivity and worsening socioeconomic conditions characterize a bleak assessment of the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), according to the new annual report by UNCTAD (the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) on its assistance to the Palestinian people. The report warns that evaporating donor…

UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Jamie McGoldrick: "Some hospitals in Gaza are already within a week of closing.

UN Humanitarian Coordinator: The Situation in Gaza is Desperate

Final stocks of emergency fuel will be delivered this weekend to critical facilities in the Gaza Strip, through the United Nations-assisted Emergency Fuel Program. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Jamie McGoldrick, has written to the donor community requesting immediate support for the program, which provides life-saving emergency fuel to operate standby emergency power generators at critical…