US President Joe Biden spoke with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Wednesday and discussed ongoing coordination to deliver humanitarian assistance to Gaza and mechanisms to ensure the aid is distributed for the benefit of the civilian population, the White House said.
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his Portugal counterpart Joao Gomes Cravinho discussed, over the phone, ways to calm the situation in the region and enhance the humanitarian response to civilians affected by the repercussions of the current crisis.
"Today, I'm also announcing USD 100 million in new US funding for humanitarian assistance in both Gaza and the West Bank. This will support more than one million displaced and conflict-affected Palestinians including emergency needs in Gaza," said Biden.
"Today, at our request, the United States and Israel have agreed to develop a plan that will enable humanitarian aid from donor nations and multilateral organizations to reach civilians in Gaza, including the possibility of creating areas to help keep civilians out of harm's way," Antony
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the UN agency which supports Palestinian refugees, said on Monday that equipment had been taken from its facility in Gaza, where security cameras covering the entrance and exit "were damaged further to blasts from the conflict in previous d
The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt will reopen for foreign national Palestinians at 9 am (local time on Monday when humanitarian aid will also start crossing into Gaza
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres has called on Hamas to "immediately" release the hostages without keeping any sort of conditions.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that efforts to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza have been "complicated" as terrorist group Hamas continues to use civilians as "human shields."
UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Retno Marsudi discussed the latest developments in the Middle East region and ways to protect civilians and provide safe corridors to deliver humanitarian aid.
The UAE Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team, currently in Derna as part of their humanitarian mission on Libyan soil, have announced the launch of a 'central body identification line' in Derna, Libya. This announcement was made in accordance with a mandate from the Libyan Prosecutor Ge