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'Shockingly high' number of Gaza children still acutely malnourished after truce, UN says

"Most families can't access this, and that's why we're still seeing high rates of malnutrition," UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram said.

 PALESTINIANS GATHER to receive food in the northern Gaza Strip this week, as residents are said to be facing crisis levels of hunger.
Palestinian children receive vaccinations from UNICEF on November 20, 2025

Gaza humanitarian efforts reach key milestone as UNICEF vaccinates some 13,000 children

 Palestinians carry aid supplies in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, June 16, 2025; illustrative.

Former head of GHF Johnnie Moore leads Mideast studies program at Pepperdine University

Palestinians leave a clinic during a polio vaccination campaign, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City February 22, 2025.

UNICEF says Israel blocking one million syringes needed to vaccinate Gaza children


London school asks students to fast for Gaza

Tower Hamlets school faces criticism over planned "fast for Gaza" to raise money for UNICEF as Jewish families raise concerns about their children's safety in the school.

 An illustrative image of a class in an elementary school.

Child recruitment in Haitian gangs soars 70% amid rising violence and poverty - UNICEF

The Associated Press writes that the increase in child members is related to the worsening of poverty in the country, increasing violence, and political instability.

 People carry belongings as residents flee the neighborhood of Nazon due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti November 14, 2024.

Second polio campaign in Gaza completed, vaccination rate over 90% for children - COGAT

COGAT and aid organizations achieve 90%+ child vaccination rate in Gaza, delivering over 1.1 million polio shots during humanitarian pauses across north, central, and southern regions.

Trucks containing vials of polio vaccine cross into the Gaza Strip. August 25, 2024.

North Gaza 'apocalyptic,' everyone at 'imminent risk' of death, warns UN

They urged all parties fighting in Gaza to protect civilians and called on Israel to "ceases its assault on Gaza and on the humanitarians trying to help."

 A UNITED Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) sign lies on the ground at the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza earlier this year.

One in eight girls and women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says

"The scale of this human rights violation is overwhelming, and it's been hard to fully grasp because of stigma, challenges in measurement, and limited investment in data collection."

 A woman holds a placard reading: "Victim we believe you rapist we see you", during a silent march to support Gisele Pelicot, who has allegedly been drugged and raped by men solicited by her husband Dominique Pelicot at their home, and other female victims of violence, France, October 5, 2024.

Gaza shop creates fake UNICEF stickers for Palestinian vehicles

The store has videos showing them turning a plain white van into a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance.

 Gaza shop 'World of Stickers' creates fake UNICEF logos for cars

53 children and youths killed, 36 taken hostage, 651 injured in Israel-Hamas war

Justice Minister Yariv Levin urged CRC and UNICEF to "address the harm caused to Israeli children" and to demand the release of all hostages.

 Blindfolded large teddy bears with red paint on them depicting blood and photographs of Israeli children held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, November 13, 2023.

Pakistan’s first human milk bank temporarily shuts down after facing religious backlash

Pakistan’s first human milk bank in Karachi suspended operations after religious scholars deemed it haram. The Health Ministry is seeking further guidance from the Council of Islamic Ideology.

 A nurse examines bottles of breast milk donated by nursing mothers at the human milk bank at the San Juan de Dios hospital in Guatemala City, Guatemala, August 1, 2016.

Palestinians flee southern Gaza, Rafah turning into a 'pressure cooker'

"Rafah is a pressure cooker of despair, and we fear for what comes next," the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.

 Palestinians, fleeing Khan Yunis, walk past Israeli military vehicles amid a move towards Rafah, January 30, 2024

Iran-backed Houthis demand US, UK aid workers leave

The group has become increasingly aggressive in its attacks, and these demands appear to mean that it wants to increase attacks on US and UK ships and other ships.

 Health worker Ashwaq Mahmoud provides care to children at her clinic in Abs District, Hajjah Governorate, Yemen.