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Gaza: Shortages of flour, fuel raise alarm over looming famine, as rodents worsen health crisis
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Gaza: Shortages of flour, fuel raise alarm over looming famine

Restrictions on aid have worsened already dire conditions in Gaza, with fears over the return of famine as local markets run dry

The New Arab Staff
18 April, 2026
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Gaza healthcare crisis
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Gaza faces a 'biological time bomb’ as Israel blocks vaccines

Mohamed Solaimane

Mohamed Solaimane

12 May, 2025
5-year-old Haydar Hijazi, rescued after hours of digging by Lebanese civil defence teams, receives treatment at Labib Medical Centre in Sidon after Israeli warplanes bombed the Hijazi family's house in south Lebanon, 26 September 2024. [Getty]
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MENA
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Lebanon's war-wounded, pregnant face deepening healthcare crisis

Suzanne Abou Said
08 May, 2025
WHO officials investigate the site of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza
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MENA
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Destroyed hospitals, no medicine: north Gaza's health crisis

Sally Ibrahim
30 January, 2025
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Gaza War
Society
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The charity pharmacy tent providing a lifeline for Gazans

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Yousra Samir Imran

19 November, 2024
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epidemic
Society
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Israel's war triggers plague of disease outbreaks in Gaza

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Alessandra Bajec

30 July, 2024
Gaza War
Perspectives

Ignoring ICJ, Israel accelerates genocide by targeting UNRWA

Beauty Dhlamini

Beauty Dhlamini

23 February, 2024
Gaza War
MENA
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Gaza threatened by deadly disease as garbage fills streets

Sally Ibrahim
19 January, 2024
Gaza
Gaza War
Perspectives

The trauma of Israel’s attacks on Gaza is unimaginable

Nasreen Hanifi

Nasreen Hanifi

31 October, 2023
Lahore
World
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Smog-hit Pakistan city cuts school days to protect pupils

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 December, 2022
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Afghanistan
Society
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Afghan midwives in desperate struggle between life and death

Lauren Crosby Medlicott

Lauren Crosby Medlicott

19 August, 2022
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cholera outbreak
MENA
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Cholera outbreak infects thousands in Iraqi Kurdistan region

Dana Taib Menmy
21 June, 2022
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Iraq
MENA
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Iraq records increase in Congo fever infection, death toll

Dana Taib Menmy
18 May, 2022
Coronavirus has brought Tunisia's health system to the brink of collapse [Getty]
Tunisia
MENA
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Arab countries pledge aid as Tunisia struggles with Covid

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 July, 2021
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Yemen
MENA
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Fear of coronavirus is triggering child stress in Syria

The New Arab Staff
02 September, 2020
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Iraq
MENA
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Water crisis in Basra hospitalises top Iraqi football team

The New Arab & agencies
17 September, 2018
Gaza hospitals cleaning crisis - Ministry of health
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MENA
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Gaza hospital halts surgeries amid cleaning staff strike

The New Arab
13 February, 2018