No food, water, or health care facilities, no communication with the outside world, and the constant threat of bombardments.These are the desperate conditions under which Gazans are living, says Juliette Touma, the spokesperson for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, who visited Gaza in mid-January.On her return, she spoke to Conor Lennon from UN Ne ... Show More
Oct 2023
Gaza: UN warns of breakdown in civil order
Thousands of people break into UN aid warehouses to loot basic supplies, such as soap and flour. We hear reaction from the Director of the UN agency for Palestinian Refugees, Tom White, who says people have become desperate and fears a collapse of Gazan society. Also on the progr ... Show More
48m 23s
Nov 2023
A compounding crisis in Gaza
After weeks of Israeli bombardment, and now a ground invasion, Gaza is in desperate need of food, water, fuel and electricity. We hear about the humanitarian crisis on the ground.
Today, a first hand account of the conditions at the center of Gaza from Amjad Shawa, coordinator fo ... Show More
28m 17s
Dec 2023
Humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza as Israel-Hamas fighting continues
The United Nations’ top humanitarian relief coordinator says the situation in Gaza keeps getting “more apocalyptic” and “people are being ordered to move again, with little to survive on, forced to make one impossible choice after another.” According to a UN agency, more than 80% ... Show More
43m 50s