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srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/20-11-2024-UNRWA-Gaza-02.jpg/image300x180cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/20-11-2024-UNRWA-Gaza-02.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/20-11-2024-UNRWA-Gaza-02.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" width="350" height="235" alt="Women and children queue for bread at a bakery in Khan Younis." title="Women and children queue for bread at a bakery in Khan Younis." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a></div> <div class="media-caption"> © UNRWA </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-7"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"> <a href="/en/story/2024/11/1157436" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">No end in sight to ‘horror’ in Gaza, UN official tells Security Council</span> </a> </h2> <div class="node__meta"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2024-11-25T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">25 November 2024</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/en/news/topic/peace-and-security" hreflang="en">Peace and Security</a></div> <p class="minimal-share"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157436" title="Share this via Facebook" class="facebook" data-ms="facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=No end in sight to ‘horror’ in Gaza, UN official tells Security Council&url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157436" title="Share this via Twitter" class="twitter" data-ms="twitter">Twitter</a> </p> </div> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-news-story-lead field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>As Gaza teeters on the brink of collapse, a senior UN official on Monday renewed urgent calls for an immediate ceasefire and action to address the humanitarian crisis.</p> </div> </div> <footer> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row"> <article class="node node--type-news-story node--view-mode-unnews-teaser clearfix"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-5"> <div class="node__media"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-story-photo field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href='/en/story/2024/11/1157411'><picture> <source media="(max-width: 413px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/07-10-2024-UNOCHA-Gaza-04.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/07-10-2024-UNOCHA-Gaza-04.jpg/image560x340cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 991px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/07-10-2024-UNOCHA-Gaza-04.jpg/image770x420cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 1199px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/07-10-2024-UNOCHA-Gaza-04.jpg/image300x180cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/07-10-2024-UNOCHA-Gaza-04.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/07-10-2024-UNOCHA-Gaza-04.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" width="350" height="235" alt="Beit Lahia New School, affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which has been transformed into a shelter." title="Beit Lahia New School, affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which has been transformed into a shelter." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a></div> <div class="media-caption"> © UNOCHA video </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-7"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"> <a href="/en/story/2024/11/1157411" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Gaza update: Fleeing families just have ‘the clothes on their back’</span> </a> </h2> <div class="node__meta"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2024-11-23T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">23 November 2024</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/en/news/topic/humanitarian-aid" hreflang="en">Humanitarian Aid</a></div> <p class="minimal-share"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157411" title="Share this via Facebook" class="facebook" data-ms="facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Gaza update: Fleeing families just have ‘the clothes on their back’&url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157411" title="Share this via Twitter" class="twitter" data-ms="twitter">Twitter</a> </p> </div> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-news-story-lead field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span>Families fleeing from besieged areas of northern Gaza are leaving homes and shelters with just the shirts on their backs, Louise Wateridge, Senior Emergency Coordinator for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, told UN News on Saturday.</span></p> </div> </div> <footer> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row"> <article class="node node--type-news-story node--view-mode-unnews-teaser clearfix"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-5"> <div class="node__media"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-story-photo field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href='/en/story/2024/11/1157406'><picture> <source media="(max-width: 413px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/21-11-2024_ICC_Hague1.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/21-11-2024_ICC_Hague1.jpg/image560x340cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 991px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/21-11-2024_ICC_Hague1.jpg/image770x420cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 1199px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/21-11-2024_ICC_Hague1.jpg/image300x180cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/21-11-2024_ICC_Hague1.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/21-11-2024_ICC_Hague1.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" width="350" height="235" alt="The International Criminal Court Headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands." title="The International Criminal Court Headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a></div> <div class="media-caption"> International Criminal Court </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-7"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"> <a href="/en/story/2024/11/1157406" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel, Hamas leadership: what happens next?</span> </a> </h2> <div class="node__meta"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2024-11-23T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">23 November 2024</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/en/news/topic/law-and-crime-prevention" hreflang="en">Law and Crime Prevention</a></div> <p class="minimal-share"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157406" title="Share this via Facebook" class="facebook" data-ms="facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel, Hamas leadership: what happens next?&url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157406" title="Share this via Twitter" class="twitter" data-ms="twitter">Twitter</a> </p> </div> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-news-story-lead field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span lang="EN-GB">The decision by the </span><a href="https://www.icc-cpi.int/" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)"><span lang="EN-GB">International Criminal Court</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> (ICC) to </span><a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157286"><span lang="EN-GB">issue arrest warrants</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> citing alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas commander</span><span> Mohammed Deif, has led to huge interest in the court, and what comes next. Here is what we know so far.</span></p> </div> </div> <footer> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row"> <article class="node node--type-news-story node--view-mode-unnews-teaser clearfix"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-5"> <div class="node__media"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-story-photo field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href='/en/story/2024/11/1157351'><picture> <source media="(max-width: 413px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/22-11-2024-UNHCR-Lebanon.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/22-11-2024-UNHCR-Lebanon.jpg/image560x340cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 991px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/22-11-2024-UNHCR-Lebanon.jpg/image770x420cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 1199px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/22-11-2024-UNHCR-Lebanon.jpg/image300x180cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/22-11-2024-UNHCR-Lebanon.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/22-11-2024-UNHCR-Lebanon.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" width="350" height="235" alt="A plume of smoke caused by the impact of a missile strike is visible over the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut, Lebanon, on 15 November." title="A plume of smoke caused by the impact of a missile strike is visible over the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut, Lebanon, on 15 November." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a></div> <div class="media-caption"> © UNHCR/Ximena Borrazas </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-7"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"> <a href="/en/story/2024/11/1157351" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Lebanon crisis: Intensifying violence is deadliest in decades, warn aid agencies</span> </a> </h2> <div class="node__meta"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2024-11-22T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">22 November 2024</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/en/news/topic/peace-and-security" hreflang="en">Peace and Security</a></div> <p class="minimal-share"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157351" title="Share this via Facebook" class="facebook" data-ms="facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Lebanon crisis: Intensifying violence is deadliest in decades, warn aid agencies&url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157351" title="Share this via Twitter" class="twitter" data-ms="twitter">Twitter</a> </p> </div> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-news-story-lead field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The past two months of intensifying Israeli bombardment in Lebanon have been the “deadliest and most devastating” in decades as communities uprooted from the front line flee continue to flee across the border to Syria, UN humanitarians said on Friday.</p> </div> </div> <footer> </footer> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row"> <article class="node node--type-news-story node--view-mode-unnews-teaser clearfix"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-5"> <div class="node__media"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-story-photo field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href='/en/story/2024/11/1157281'><picture> <source media="(max-width: 413px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/20-11-2024-UNRWA-Gaza-04.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/20-11-2024-UNRWA-Gaza-04.jpg/image560x340cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 991px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/20-11-2024-UNRWA-Gaza-04.jpg/image770x420cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(max-width: 1199px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/20-11-2024-UNRWA-Gaza-04.jpg/image300x180cropped.jpg" /> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" srcset="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/20-11-2024-UNRWA-Gaza-04.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" /> <img src="https://global.unitednations.entermediadb.net/assets/mediadb/services/module/asset/downloads/preset/Libraries/Production%20Library/20-11-2024-UNRWA-Gaza-04.jpg/image350x235cropped.jpg" width="350" height="235" alt="People queue for bread at a bakery in Khan Younis, Gaza." title="People queue for bread at a bakery in Khan Younis, Gaza." loading="lazy" /> </picture> </a></div> <div class="media-caption"> © UNRWA/Ashraf Amra </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-7"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"> <a href="/en/story/2024/11/1157281" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Middle East crisis: Live updates for 22 November</span> </a> </h2> <div class="node__meta"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2024-11-22T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">22 November 2024</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/en/news/topic/peace-and-security" hreflang="en">Peace and Security</a></div> <p class="minimal-share"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157281" title="Share this via Facebook" class="facebook" data-ms="facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Middle East crisis: Live updates for 22 November&url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157281" title="Share this via Twitter" class="twitter" 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