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45,000 first graders unable to start new school year in Gaza Strip - UNICEF
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 10, 2024

This situation compounds the hardship these first graders face, adding to the 625,000 children who have already lost an entire year of schooling.

Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger
UN News  |  Mar 23, 2024

To reach the north from the south, aid teams have to pass through Israeli military checkpoints that cut the Strip in two.

South Africa urges more emergency ICJ measures against Israel over Gaza starvation
AFP  |  Mar 07, 2024

Pretoria said this may be "the last opportunity the Court shall have to save the Palestinian people in Gaza already dying of starvation, and now 'one...

UN calls for urgent steps to prevent famine in Gaza
Agencies  |  Jan 15, 2024

As the risk of famine grows, and more people are exposed to deadly disease outbreaks, a fundamental step change in the flow of humanitarian aid into G...

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