GAZA STRIP: Eight out of 10 schools in Gaza are damaged or destroyed, UNICEF says, but it is the psychological damage the war has done to the territory’s nearly 1.2 million children that has experts worried.“To be able to learn, you need to be in a safe space. Most kids in Gaza at the moment … Read more
Gulf Cooperation Council chief discusses war in Gaza, other topics with EU officials LONDON: The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Jasem Albudaiwi, held a series of meetings with EU officials in Belgium on Tuesday about ways to strengthen Gulf-European relations and cooperation in efforts to address regional issues. During a session at the EU … Read more
LONDON: World champion squash player Ali Farag used his victory speech at the 2024 JP Morgan Tournament of Champions in New York on Friday to criticize Israel’s ‘atrocities’ in Gaza as well as US media bias in its coverage of the war.
GENEVA: Israel is consistently blocking humanitarian convoys into northern Gaza, making it increasingly challenging to bring desperately needed fuel and other aid to hospitals there, the UN said.After planning aid missions to the north, UN agencies said their convoys were subjected to slow and unpredictable inspections and then a near-systematic refusal from the Israeli side … Read more