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UNICEF says Israel blocks Gaza basin repairs, warns of flooding, disease
One damaged facility in Gaza is the Sheikh Radwan stormwater basin in Gaza City, which is now contaminated with sewage and at risk of overflowing after heavy rainfall, according to UNICEF.
Water rationing, garbage pile-up raise disease fears in Yemen's besieged Taiz
UNICEF warns of severe child deprivation in Lebanon as displacement, economic tolls mount
Why ‘Washington Post’ columnist Shadi Hamid excuses Hamas, demonizes Israel, Jews - opinion
UNICEF: Acute child malnutrition on the rise in Yemen as fighting disrupts healthcare access
“We're very concerned about a very visible increase in acute malnutrition among children,” UNICEF’s Country Representative in Yemen, Akhil Iyer told reporters in Geneva via video link from Aden.
Calls increase to remove Pink as UNICEF ambassador over Macklemore criticism
Pink criticized Macklemore for the pro-Palestinian comments and imagery in his opening set on Ed Sheeran’s tour. The rapper was removed from the tour after venues objected to his participation.
Gaza’s back-to-school coverage misses the crucial test: What are children being taught? - analysis
For Gaza to have a different future - for the thousands of children returning to school for a better future than the one Hamas has condemned them to - it is not enough merely to reopen classrooms.
'Facts prevail over fiction,' Danon says as new UNICEF-led survey challenges Gaza famine claims
The nutrition survey, which was coordinated by the UNICEF, showed that children in Gaza have low levels of acute malnutrition.
Millions of Afghan children facing severe risks from changing climate, UNICEF says
The UNICEF Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026, released on June 16, found that 41% of Afghanistan’s roughly 21 million children are exposed to multiple climate shocks, including floods and droughts.
Protests erupt in Lebanon after displaced Shia community refuses to leave private school grounds
Parents at the school claimed the displaced individuals forced their way into the school, some hinting that Hezbollah arranged to take the educational institute by force.
UN warns child mortality reduction is stalling with 4.9M deaths in 2024
Most of the deaths were preventable with better access to healthcare and low-cost interventions for challenges like complications from pre-term birth or diseases like malaria, the report said.
Five Gazan patients evacuated via newly-opened Rafah crossing in first since 2025
"On the second of February, WHO and partners supported the medical evacuation of five patients and seven companions to Egypt via the Rafah crossing," said WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier.
School kits to be delivered in Gaza after more than two years of war
Thousands of kits, including pencils, exercise books, and wooden cubes for play, have now entered the enclave, UNICEF said.
'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.
