DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

Aid workers reached more than 90% of targeted vaccine coverage in the first phase of the UN-led campaign, according to the UN’s agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA. Israel’s offensive in Gaza, launched after the Hamas-led October 7 attacks, has precipitated a humanitarian crisis and flattened critical infrastructure. Meanwhile, Israeli aid restrictions have severely depleted fuel stocks, chlorine and spare parts, stifling water production, purification and sewage pumping, according to the agency. Then in August, an 11-month old boy became the first person in Gaza in 25 years to be diagnosed with polio. Relief workers described repeated challenges to the campaign rollout – especially in northern Gaza – citing Israeli evacuation orders, roads damaged by bombardment, increased hostilities and scant fuel supplies.

Persons: “, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ”, ” Mahmoud Shalabi, ” Shalabi Organizations: CNN, World Health Organization, WHO, UN, UNRWA, Humanitarian Affairs, United, WHO . Relief, Aid, MAP Locations: Gaza, Palestine, United Nations, Israel

Jerusalem and Gaza CNN —A 14-year-old boy lies in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip, severely burned from an Israeli airstrike. Even as the campaign to vaccinate Gaza’s children for polio continues, the United Nations and aid agencies warn of deteriorating public health conditions. Displaced children sort through trash at a street in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on August 29. A Palestinian woman sits on the floor between patients at the Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 3. “It is also used for washing and sterilizing dishes because of hepatitis, which is spreading terribly in the Gaza Strip, and to deter jaundice,” Rayyan told CNN.

Persons: Dr, Mahmoud Yousef Mughani, Mughani, vaccinate, Abdel Kareem Hana, OCHA, ” OCHA, Mohammed Al, Taweel, ” Al, “, ”, Ghada, ” Shahoura, Balah, Saeed Rayyan, ” Rayyan, Rayyan, al, Oula Al Goul, Mahmoud Shalabi, Shalabi Organizations: Gaza CNN, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, CNN, United Nations, UN Relief and Works Agency, UN, Humanitarian Affairs, “, CNN Sunday, Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, AFP, Getty, Aid, Ministry, Health Locations: Jerusalem, Gaza, Al, Aqsa, Deir Al, Balah, Rafah, Egypt, Palestinian, Al Aqsa, Deir, Ashkelon, Israel

☆ Here’s what Gaza’s humanitarian aid crisis looks like after eight months of war
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Rachel Wilson | Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Here is a breakdown of how the aid crisis has deepened in the territory after 245 days of war. Crossing closures nearly halt all aidIsrael’s restrictions on land routes into Gaza meant aid was barely trickling into the strip. Aid workers say they can barely meet humanitarian demands on the ground. Israeli attacks on aid convoys have sparked fierce condemnation from rights groups, drawing attention to growing Western skepticism of Israel’s war in Gaza. The attacks “reveal fundamental flaws with the so-called deconfliction system, meant to protect aid workers,” according to the report.

Persons: ”, “, ” Raed Redwan, Louise Wateridge, it’s, Trucks, COGAT, Ahmad Salem, Wateridge, “ It’s, Mahmoud Shalabi, ” Mahmoud Shalabi, Shalabi, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Gaza’s Ministry of Health, UN, US, Pentagon, UNRWA, United Nations, Bloomberg, Getty, Humanitarian Affairs, NGO, Aid, humanitarians, Relief, Human Rights Watch, HRW Locations: Deir al, Gaza, Palestinian, Israel, Rafah, Egypt, Kerem, Wadi Gaza, “

☆ The US is dropping aid into Gaza. Here’s why that will do little to ease a humanitarian crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The US has joined several other countries in airdropping aid into Gaza, which is grappling with a humanitarian crisis. But despite this advantage, aid agencies say their drawbacks overwhelmingly outweigh their benefits. “Humanitarian workers always complain that airdrops are good photo opportunities but a lousy way to deliver aid,” Richard Gowan, the International Crisis Group’s UN Director said. Aid agencies have consistently said not enough aid is reaching Gaza. “When countries use airdrops and these maritime piers is usually if not always in situations when you want to deliver humanitarian aid into enemy territory.

Persons: We’ve, ” Richard Gowan, Michael Fakrhi, “, ” Fakrhi, John Kirby, ”, ” Kirby, Mahmoud Shalabi, Shalabi, Abdel Qader Al Sabbah, Kerem Shalom, Michael Fakhri, Israel, Dave Harden, ” Avril Benoît, CNN’s Louis Mian, Sana Noor Haq, Nadeen Ebrahim, Lauren Kent Organizations: CNN, UN, Food Programme, Islamic, “, Crisis, White, Medical Aid, Palestinian, Food, US Aid, Biden, MSF Locations: Gaza, warzones, Afghanistan, Islamic State, Iraq, Beit Lahia, Palestinian, Israel, Kerem, Rafah

For Shalabi, a local aid worker, a working phone is one of his most vital possessions. “With regards to the humanitarian situation right now, it’s really dire,” Shalabi, senior program manager of Medical Aid for Palestinians, stressed. The first trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza from Egypt on Saturday. Aid workers say they are a fraction of what’s needed, with the World Health Organization saying Gaza requires 100 trucks a day to meet demands. The death toll cannot be independently verified, but the Ministry of Health in Gaza said more than 400 had died.

Persons: Mahmoud Shalabi, ”, CNN’s Erin Burnett, it’s, ” Shalabi, –, General Antonio Guterres, “, Dad, CNN Shalabi, It’s, Shalabi, ” Mahmoud Al, Aloul Organizations: CNN, Medical Aid, Hamas, Health, UN, CNN’s, World Health Organization, Al, Ahli Baptist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Humanitarian Affairs Locations: Gaza, Israel, Northern Gaza, Egypt, Rafah, Ahli, Gaza City

Search resuls for: "Mahmoud Shalabi"

5 mentions found