Conflict Archives - NEPS News https://nepsnews.in/category/conflict/ Independent Online News Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:04:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://nepsnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-09-at-13.03.36-1-32x32.jpeg Conflict Archives - NEPS News https://nepsnews.in/category/conflict/ 32 32 UPDATED: Everyone is hungry in Gaza, warn UN humanitarians https://nepsnews.in/2024/01/05/updated-everyone-is-hungry-in-gaza-warn-un-humanitarians/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/01/05/updated-everyone-is-hungry-in-gaza-warn-un-humanitarians/#respond Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:04:53 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=3754

UN humanitarians repeated dire concerns for civilians caught up in the war in Gaza on Tuesday, amid reports of continued Israeli bombardment of the southern towns of Deir al Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah, direct clashes on the ground and the firing of rockets overnight by Palestinian armed groups into Israel.

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/01/05/updated-everyone-is-hungry-in-gaza-warn-un-humanitarians/feed/ 0 Gaza war: ‘Intense ground battles’ reported, hospital hit kills five https://nepsnews.in/2024/01/05/gaza-war-intense-ground-battles-reported-hospital-hit-kills-five/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/01/05/gaza-war-intense-ground-battles-reported-hospital-hit-kills-five/#respond Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:53:37 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=3755

Continuing airstrikes were reported across Gaza on Wednesday and “intense ground battles” between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in refugee camps in central areas that have reportedly left many dead.

Airstrikes and missiles struck dwellings and public buildings on Tuesday including Al-Amal hospital in Khan Younis killing five, among them a five-day-old baby, reports indicate.

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/01/05/gaza-war-intense-ground-battles-reported-hospital-hit-kills-five/feed/ 0 Gaza facing famine if fighting continues, UN says https://nepsnews.in/2023/12/25/gaza-facing-famine-if-fighting-continues-un-says/ https://nepsnews.in/2023/12/25/gaza-facing-famine-if-fighting-continues-un-says/#respond Mon, 25 Dec 2023 05:25:28 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=3662 By Kathryn Armstrong
BBC News

The United Nations says Gaza is at risk of famine if the war between Israel and Hamas continues.

A quarter of households – roughly 500,000 people – are facing “catastrophic conditions”, a UN food security agency found.

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2023/12/25/gaza-facing-famine-if-fighting-continues-un-says/feed/ 0 Ukraine uses US-supplied ATACMS for the first time, says Zelensky https://nepsnews.in/2023/10/18/ukraine-uses-us-supplied-atacms-for-the-first-time-says-zelensky/ https://nepsnews.in/2023/10/18/ukraine-uses-us-supplied-atacms-for-the-first-time-says-zelensky/#respond Wed, 18 Oct 2023 03:10:05 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=3503
By Robert Greenall & Chris Partridge, weapons analyst
BBC News

Ukraine has used US-supplied long-range missiles for the first time, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

His comments follow reports the weapons, known as ATACMS, destroyed nine helicopters at Russian bases in the east of the country.

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2023/10/18/ukraine-uses-us-supplied-atacms-for-the-first-time-says-zelensky/feed/ 0 The danger of leaving things be: how the world ‘failed miserably’ in the Middle East https://nepsnews.in/2023/10/18/the-danger-of-leaving-things-be-how-the-world-failed-miserably-in-the-middle-east/ https://nepsnews.in/2023/10/18/the-danger-of-leaving-things-be-how-the-world-failed-miserably-in-the-middle-east/#respond Wed, 18 Oct 2023 02:52:02 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=3497 Amid Israel’s turn to the right and the resurgence of armed groups in the Palestinian territories, recent horrific events highlight the dangers of diplomatic inaction

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Joe Biden’s high-stakes visit to the Middle East to avert an all-out war raises serious questions about the level and nature of the president’s previous engagement in the region.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2023/10/18/the-danger-of-leaving-things-be-how-the-world-failed-miserably-in-the-middle-east/feed/ 0 ‘They believed it was safe’: death toll rising after blast at Gaza hospital https://nepsnews.in/2023/10/18/they-believed-it-was-safe-death-toll-rising-after-blast-at-gaza-hospital/ https://nepsnews.in/2023/10/18/they-believed-it-was-safe-death-toll-rising-after-blast-at-gaza-hospital/#respond Wed, 18 Oct 2023 02:42:28 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=3491 Health officials say blast killed hundreds as footage shows fire engulfing medical centre owned by Anglican church

Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed in a massive explosion at a crowded hospital in Gaza City, in the biggest single loss of life in the blockaded territory in all the five wars between Hamas and Israel since the militants took over the strip in 2007.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2023/10/18/they-believed-it-was-safe-death-toll-rising-after-blast-at-gaza-hospital/feed/ 0 Gaza: Forcing patients to flee hospitals a ‘death sentence’ warns WHO https://nepsnews.in/2023/10/16/gaza-forcing-patients-to-flee-hospitals-a-death-sentence-warns-who-2/ https://nepsnews.in/2023/10/16/gaza-forcing-patients-to-flee-hospitals-a-death-sentence-warns-who-2/#respond Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:19:31 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=3458 The UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) issued an urgent call on Saturday for Israeli Authorities to protect all civilians sheltering in Gaza.

The statement came as the Israeli-imposed deadline for some 1.1 million civilians to leave the northern part of the enclave, ahead of what is expected to be a major advance into Gaza by Israeli ground forces, expired.… Read the rest

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