A generation has been traumatized in Gaza, with one million children requiring mental health and psychosocial support, says a UN official.

Damari, a dual Israeli-British citizen, returned from captivity with a bandage on one hand and authorities said she had lost two fingers during Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, 2023. As she arrived to a hospital on Sunday she waved at a crowd that had gathered and footage later showed her joyfully reuniting with her family.

Asharq Al Awsat The war in Gaza has seen children killed, starved, frozen to death, orphaned and separated from their families, the UN humanitarian chief says. “A generation has been traumatized,” Tom Fletcher told a UN Security Council meeting called by Russia on Thursday about the war's impact on Gaza's youngest residents.

The United Nations' humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher called it "a moment of hope and opportunity ... where aid groups and the UN have regularly accused Israel of impeding aid flows -- which Israeli denies -- aid workers were sceptical.

The first three hostages released from Gaza arrived in Israel on Sunday for tearful reunions with families, hours after the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold following 15 months of war.

The UN’s leading humanitarian official, Tom Fletcher, has urged US President Donald Trump to remain engaged in the world. The UN's Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator,

United Nations humanitarian officials said Monday that more than 630 trucks of humanitarian aid have entered the besieged Gaza Strip, in implementation of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Israel’s government still needs to formally ... survivors,” U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher said in a statement. “The stakes could not be higher.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early Sunday that the ceasefire in Gaza will not begin until Hamas provides the names of the three hostages it is set to release later on Sunday.

far more than Israel allowed before. “This is a moment of tremendous hope,” humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said. “Fragile, yet vital.” Magdy reported from Cairo, Shurafa from Deir al ...

Israel has started to release 90 Palestinian ... "This is a moment of tremendous hope," humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said. 'Joy mixed with pain' Across Gaza, there was relief and grief.

Thousands of Gazans have begun to travel back to the homes they evacuated earlier in the war. View on euronews