Scores killed trying to get food from an aid convoy during a chaotic scene in Gaza
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Scores killed trying to get food from an aid convoy during a chaotic scene in Gaza

NPR  

Scores killed trying to get food from an aid convoy during a chaotic scene in Gaza Enlarge this image toggle caption Adel Hana/AP Adel Hana/AP RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops fired on a large crowd of Palestinians racing to pull food off an aid convoy in Gaza City on Thursday, witnesses said. Trucks carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, the first major aid delivery there in a month, officials said. The violence came more than a month after witnesses and health officials in Gaza accused Israeli troops of firing on a previous aid distribution in Gaza City, killing at least 20 people. COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of Palestinian civilian affairs, said around 50 aid trucks entered northern Gaza this week.

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More than a quarter of aid sent to Gaza is being looted by mobs or stolen by gangs, with violent attacks on convoys 'out of control', UN officials say
13 hours, 25 minutes ago

More than a quarter of aid sent to Gaza is being looted by mobs or stolen by gangs, with violent attacks on convoys 'out of control', UN officials say

Daily Mail  

More than a quarter of aid sent to Gaza is being looted by mobs or stolen by gangs, UN officials have said. Three UN and US officials said that gang violence has spiralled out of control, crippling supply lines on which most of Gaza's 2.1 million civilians rely for survival. Palestinians including children wait in line to receive food in …

Only 12 trucks delivered food, water in North Gaza Governorate since October: Oxfam
2 days, 4 hours ago

Only 12 trucks delivered food, water in North Gaza Governorate since October: Oxfam

New Indian Express  

Just 12 trucks distributed food and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, aid group Oxfam said on Sunday, raising the alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation in the besieged Palestinian territory. "Of the meager 34 trucks of food and water given permission to enter the North Gaza Governorate over the last 2.5 months, deliberate delays and systematic obstructions by …

30 Palestinians killed as Israel hits Gaza post office used as shelter
1 week, 5 days ago

30 Palestinians killed as Israel hits Gaza post office used as shelter

India Today  

An Israeli strike killed at least 30 Palestinians and wounded 50 others who were sheltering in a post office in central Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll on Thursday in the enclave to 66. Earlier on Thursday, two Israeli strikes in southern Gaza killed 13 Palestinians who Gaza medics and Hamas said were part of a force protecting humanitarian aid …

Humanitarian aid to northern Gaza mostly blocked for the last 2 months, UN says
2 weeks ago

Humanitarian aid to northern Gaza mostly blocked for the last 2 months, UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Humanitarian aid to n orth Gaza, where Israel launched a ground offensive on Oct. 6, has largely been blocked for the past 66 days, the United Nations said Tuesday. In the north, Israel has continued its siege on Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and Jabaliya with Palestinians living there largely denied aid, the U.N. Office for the Coordination …

‘They killed him on the spot.’ Israel targeted Gaza soup kitchen chef in drone attack, brother says
3 weeks ago

‘They killed him on the spot.’ Israel targeted Gaza soup kitchen chef in drone attack, brother says

CNN  

CNN — Mahmoud Almadhoun, 33, walked towards Kamal Adwan Hospital early Saturday to drop off produce to hundreds of patients in the besieged Beit Lahiya neighborhood, in northern Gaza. But moments later, an Israeli drone struck and killed Mahmoud, according to two relatives – months after he told CNN that surviving more than a year of war is “our greatest …

‘They killed him on the spot.’ Israel targeted Gaza soup kitchen chef in drone attack, brother says
3 weeks ago

‘They killed him on the spot.’ Israel targeted Gaza soup kitchen chef in drone attack, brother says

CNN  

CNN — Mahmoud Almadhoun, 33, walked towards Kamal Adwan Hospital early Saturday to drop off produce to hundreds of patients in the besieged Beit Lahiya neighborhood, in northern Gaza. But moments later, an Israeli drone struck and killed Mahmoud, according to two relatives – months after he told CNN that surviving more than a year of war is “our greatest …

UN blames Israel for Gaza chaos as aid deliveries halted after threat of armed gangs, looting
Top News
3 weeks, 1 day ago

UN blames Israel for Gaza chaos as aid deliveries halted after threat of armed gangs, looting

Firstpost  

The U.N. agency’s decision could worsen Gaza’s humanitarian crisis as a second cold, rainy winter sets in, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in squalid tent camps and reliant on international aid A displaced boy covers his head with a pan as he runs from the rain past building rubble at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip …

UN agency suspends aid deliveries through main crossing into Gaza after convoy attacked
3 weeks, 1 day ago

UN agency suspends aid deliveries through main crossing into Gaza after convoy attacked

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UN agency for Palestinian …

UN Halts Aid Shipments Through Gaza's Main Crossing After Looting
3 weeks, 2 days ago

UN Halts Aid Shipments Through Gaza's Main Crossing After Looting

Huff Post  

Palestinians gather to receive bags of flour distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. via Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Sunday it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip because of …

UNRWA pauses aid delivery via key Gaza-Israel crossing
3 weeks, 3 days ago

UNRWA pauses aid delivery via key Gaza-Israel crossing

New Indian Express  

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has halted the delivery of aid through the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza because of security concerns, its chief said Sunday. He called on Israel to ensure aid flowed to Gaza and said the country "must refrain from attacks on humanitarian workers". The United Nations said last month that 333 aid workers …

U.N. halts aid shipments through Gaza’s main crossing after looting. It blames the crisis on Israel
3 weeks, 3 days ago

U.N. halts aid shipments through Gaza’s main crossing after looting. It blames the crisis on Israel

LA Times  

Asma Al-Kharobi, 16, feeds her 10-month-old sister bread mixed with water at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Sunday it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip because of the threat of armed gangs who have looted convoys. “So …

UNRWA pauses aid through key Gaza crossing as hunger stalks Palestinians
3 weeks, 3 days ago

UNRWA pauses aid through key Gaza crossing as hunger stalks Palestinians

Al Jazeera  

Suspension of humanitarian aid into Gaza comes as Israeli attacks kill almost 100 Palestinians in the last 24 hours. He called on Israel to ensure aid flowed to Gaza and said the country “must refrain from attacks on humanitarian workers”. On Thursday, the UN agency said “out of the 91 attempts the agency has made to deliver aid to besieged …

Israel kills three World Central Kitchen aid workers as it pounds Gaza
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Israel kills three World Central Kitchen aid workers as it pounds Gaza

Al Jazeera  

US-based food charity says it is pausing its operations in Gaza after an Israeli air attack hits a vehicle carrying its workers. The Israeli military has killed three workers with the World Central Kitchen and at least two other people in an air strike on a vehicle in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, in what was the third deadly attack on …

26 Palestinians killed after Israel launches strikes in central Gaza
3 weeks, 6 days ago

26 Palestinians killed after Israel launches strikes in central Gaza

India Today  

Israeli military strikes killed at least 26 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, medics said, as forces stepped up their bombardment of central areas and tanks pushed deeper into the north and south of the enclave. GAZA DEATHS Israel's campaign in Gaza has killed nearly 44,200 people and displaced nearly all the enclave's population at least once, Gaza officials …

Jordan airdrops aid to northern Gaza for the first time in five months
4 weeks ago

Jordan airdrops aid to northern Gaza for the first time in five months

Firstpost  

Jordan has been air-dropping aid and sending convoys westward overland to the Palestinians in Gaza throughout the war that erupted in October 2023 between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that has been ruling the enclave. Jordanian military planes dropped aid into northern Gaza on Tuesday for the first time in five months to address the worsening humanitarian crisis, according …

Many In Gaza Eat Just Once A Day, As Israel's Aid Blockade Worsens Hunger Crisis
1 month ago

Many In Gaza Eat Just Once A Day, As Israel's Aid Blockade Worsens Hunger Crisis

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

Israeli attacks kill six across Gaza, army issues new ‘evacuation order’
1 month ago

Israeli attacks kill six across Gaza, army issues new ‘evacuation order’

Al Jazeera  

Kamal Adwan Hospital director Hussam Abu Safia was injured in an Israeli drone attack on the facility. At least six people have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza amid a new so-called evacuation order issued by Israeli forces in a Gaza City suburb. In northern Gaza, which Israeli forces have besieged since early October, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said …

Many in Gaza eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues
1 month ago

Many in Gaza eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues

Deccan Chronicle  

Deir al-Balah : Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. After being displaced five times, the Eids reside in central Gaza, where aid groups have relatively more access than …

Many in Gaza are eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues
1 month ago

Many in Gaza are eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues

LA Times  

Girls in the Eid family eat lentils cooked by their mother, Yasmin, at their tent in a refugee camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, this week. Asked about such plans Wednesday, government spokesman David Mercer said, “Israel is looking at many creative solutions to ensure a better future for Gaza.” Yoav Gallant, the former defense minister who was seen …

A closer look at how armed gangs steal tons of aid in Gaza
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1 month ago

A closer look at how armed gangs steal tons of aid in Gaza

NPR  

A closer look at how armed gangs steal tons of aid in Gaza Gangs of armed looters are stealing the little aid trickling into Gaza as people starve, and it's happening under Israel's surveillance. NPR's Aya Batrawy and Anas Baba examine a new danger compounding Gaza's misery - armed gangs. The U.N. says only 37 trucks of aid on average …

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN
Top News
1 month ago

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-20 09:26 Palestinians are seen at a school-turned shelter which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City on Nov 16, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - UN humanitarians said on Tuesday attempts for more than 40 days have been denied or impeded to aid people struggling to stay alive while under siege in northern Gaza areas. The …

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN
Top News
1 month ago

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-20 09:26 Palestinians are seen at a school-turned shelter which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City on Nov 16, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - UN humanitarians said on Tuesday attempts for more than 40 days have been denied or impeded to aid people struggling to stay alive while under siege in northern Gaza areas. The …

How was a UN aid convoy robbed near Israeli military positions?
1 month ago

How was a UN aid convoy robbed near Israeli military positions?

Al Jazeera  

Israeli and US media have reported aid robberies taking place within sight of Israeli military positions The looting of 97 trucks of a UN aid convoy in sight of Israeli military installations at the Karem Abu Salem crossing has exacerbated the suffering of the blockaded Gaza Strip, already in an acute humanitarian crisis. UNRWA head, Phillipe Lazzarini, told the state-run …

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN
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1 month ago

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN

China Daily  

Palestinians are seen at a school-turned shelter which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City on Nov 16, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - UN humanitarians said on Tuesday attempts for more than 40 days have been denied or impeded to aid people struggling to stay alive while under siege in northern Gaza areas. The humanitarians said that as mass …

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN
1 month ago

Aid delivery attempts in besieged northern Gaza denied or impeded more than 40 days: UN

China Daily  

Palestinians are seen at a school-turned shelter which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City on Nov 16, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - UN humanitarians said on Tuesday attempts for more than 40 days have been denied or impeded to aid people struggling to stay alive while under siege in northern Gaza areas. The humanitarians said that as mass …

Israel strikes area near Lebanon’s parliament as food trucks looted in Gaza
1 month ago

Israel strikes area near Lebanon’s parliament as food trucks looted in Gaza

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Israeli forces fired two missiles at the Zoqaq al-Blat …

Gunmen loot more than 100 aid trucks in Gaza, according to the United Nations
1 month ago

Gunmen loot more than 100 aid trucks in Gaza, according to the United Nations

ABC  

More than 100 aid trucks carrying desperately needed supplies in Gaza have been "violently looted", according to the United Nations' Palestinian aid agency. "The vast majority of the trucks, 97 in total, were lost and drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload aid," UNRWA said in a statement on social media. "The Israeli authorities continue to disregard their legal obligations …

Nearly a hundred aid trucks looted in Gaza, as UN warns of ‘collapse of law and order’
1 month, 1 week ago

Nearly a hundred aid trucks looted in Gaza, as UN warns of ‘collapse of law and order’

CNN  

CNN — Nearly a hundred aid trucks were looted in southern Gaza on Saturday in what UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, has described as “one of the worst” incidents of its kind. Of the 109 trucks carrying food supplies for UNRWA and the World Food Programme from the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza, 97 trucks were “lost” in …

Large food convoy violently looted in Gaza, UNRWA says
1 month, 1 week ago

Large food convoy violently looted in Gaza, UNRWA says

Al Jazeera  

At least 98 vehicles from a 109-truck convoy were lost Saturday in one of the worst such incidents, the UN agency says. A convoy of 109 trucks was violently looted on Saturday after entering Gaza, resulting in the loss of 98 trucks, an official from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees has said. The looting is …

Israeli air raid on Gaza City school-turned-shelter kills 10 people
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1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli air raid on Gaza City school-turned-shelter kills 10 people

Al Jazeera  

The strike took place at a UN-run school in Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp. An Israeli strike on a school where displaced Palestinians were sheltering in Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp has killed 10 people and wounded at least 20 others, Palestinian medics said. Reporting from Deir el-Balah, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary said that according to locals and witnesses, most …

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders …

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders …

Middle East latest: Israel says 15 trucks carrying aid have been allowed into northern Gaza
1 month, 1 week ago

Middle East latest: Israel says 15 trucks carrying aid have been allowed into northern Gaza

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Israel says 15 trucks carrying …

'Relies on partial information': Israel rejects aid groups' Gaza report on humanitarian efforts
1 month, 1 week ago

'Relies on partial information': Israel rejects aid groups' Gaza report on humanitarian efforts

Firstpost  

Israel rejected on Wednesday accusations made by eight international aid groups, including Oxfam and Save the Children, that Israel had failed to meet US demands to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza Israel rejected on Wednesday accusations made by eight international aid groups, including Oxfam and Save the Children, that Israel had failed to meet US demands to improve the …

Israeli strikes kill 14: Palestinians say Netanyahu making North Gaza a buffer zone, planning return of Jewish settlers
1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli strikes kill 14: Palestinians say Netanyahu making North Gaza a buffer zone, planning return of Jewish settlers

Firstpost  

“North Gaza is being turned into a large buffer zone, Israel is carrying out ethnic cleansing under the sight and hearing of the impotent world,” Saed, a 48-year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, who arrived in Gaza City on Wednesday, said Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday killed at least 14 Palestinians. Palestinian medics, as well as residents …

Why is only limited aid getting to Palestinians inside Gaza?
1 month, 1 week ago

Why is only limited aid getting to Palestinians inside Gaza?

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The United States said Tuesday it would not punish Israel over the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. As the deadline expired, leading international aid groups said the U.S. had fallen far short, with the humanitarian situation in Gaza the worst it has been since the war erupted. “We want to see the totality of the humanitarian …

Middle East latest: US won’t halt any weapons to Israel over Gaza humanitarian aid situation
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1 month, 1 week ago

Middle East latest: US won’t halt any weapons to Israel over Gaza humanitarian aid situation

Associated Press  

Eight international aid groups said Tuesday that Israel has failed to meet U.S. demands for greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where hunger experts say the north may already be experiencing famine. Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ilze Brands Kehris told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that “the age group most represented in verified fatalities was children …

Aid groups say Israel misses U.S. deadline to boost humanitarian help for Gaza
1 month, 1 week ago

Aid groups say Israel misses U.S. deadline to boost humanitarian help for Gaza

The Hindu  

Israel has failed to meet United States demands to allow greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where conditions are worse than at any point in the 13-month-old war, international aid organisations said on Tuesday. The Biden administration last month called on Israel to “surge” more food and other emergency aid into Gaza, giving it a 30-day deadline that …

US says it will not limit Israel arms transfers after some improvements in flow of aid to Gaza
1 month, 1 week ago

US says it will not limit Israel arms transfers after some improvements in flow of aid to Gaza

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Tuesday that Israel has made some good but limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza and will not limit arms transfers to Israel as it had threatened to a month ago if the situation had not improved. “We want to see the totality of the humanitarian situation improve, and we …

37 killed in Gaza as Israel intensifies attacks to stop Hamas from regrouping
1 month, 1 week ago

37 killed in Gaza as Israel intensifies attacks to stop Hamas from regrouping

India Today  

An Israeli airstrike killed seven people late Monday at a café near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Palestinian medics said, bringing the death toll from Israeli strikes since Sunday night to at least 37. Israeli airstrikes also killed people in Gaza City and in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya, where Israeli forces have operated since October …

Israel fails to meet US deadline to increase Gaza aid, rights groups say
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel fails to meet US deadline to increase Gaza aid, rights groups say

Al Jazeera  

Humanitarian situation in Gaza ‘at worst point since the war began’, extracting ‘enormous cost’ for Palestinian civilians, they say. International rights groups say Israel has failed to meet a deadline set by the United States to allow more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip or face unspecified restrictions on military assistance. “Israel not only failed to meet the US criteria …

Dozens killed, others displaced as Israel continues attacks on Gaza
1 month, 1 week ago

Dozens killed, others displaced as Israel continues attacks on Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, including a drone strike on a cafe in the al-Mawasi area in the south of the territory which was previously designated a “safe zone” by Israel’s military. Sohair Abu Ouda, an evacuee from Beit Hanoon, said Israeli forces were “wreaking killing in Beit Hanoon all night long, pounding the …

Aid to Gaza falls to lowest level in 11 months as US ultimatum nears expiry, raising tensions with Israel
1 month, 1 week ago

Aid to Gaza falls to lowest level in 11 months as US ultimatum nears expiry, raising tensions with Israel

Firstpost  

Nearly a month after US issued an ultimatum to Israel threatening sanctions if humanitarian supplies to Gaza were not increased, the aid reaching the war-torn enclave has fallen to its lowest level in 11 months since December, according to a report, citing official Israeli figures Nearly a month after US issued an ultimatum to Israel threatening sanctions if humanitarian supplies …

At least 17 dead in Israeli strike on single house in northern Gaza
1 month, 2 weeks ago

At least 17 dead in Israeli strike on single house in northern Gaza

The Independent  

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Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — With virtually no food allowed into the northernmost part of Gaza for the past month, tens of thousands of Palestinians under Israeli siege are rationing their last lentils and flour to survive. “We are being starved to force us to leave our homes,” said Mohammed Arqouq, whose family of eight is determined to stay in the north, weathering …

Famine Is Likely Imminent In Northern Gaza, Hunger Experts Warn
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Famine Is Likely Imminent In Northern Gaza, Hunger Experts Warn

Huff Post  

Palestinians gather to receive bags of flour distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. Abdel Kareem Hana via AP UNITED NATIONS — There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned …

UN warns of imminent famine in Northern Gaza
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UN warns of imminent famine in Northern Gaza

Deccan Chronicle  

There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned on Friday. The Famine Review Committee warned that “famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future.” The committee’s four independent experts are part of the Integrated Food Security …

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 13, officials say, as first aid in weeks reaches the north
Trending News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 13, officials say, as first aid in weeks reaches the north

New Indian Express  

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip: Two separate Israeli strikes killed at least 13 people, including women and children, in Gaza on Saturday, Palestinian medical officials said, as Israel announced the first delivery of aid in weeks to war-battered northern Gaza. One of the strikes hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City’s eastern Tufah neighborhood, killing at least six people, Gaza’s Health Ministry …

Around 70% of deaths in Gaza are women and children, says UN
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Around 70% of deaths in Gaza are women and children, says UN

CNN  

CNN — Several United Nations agencies are again sounding the alarm on the rapid deterioration of humanitarian conditions in much of Gaza and the civilian toll of more than a year of Israeli military operations. In a detailed report verifying fatalities in Gaza in the first six months of the conflict, the UN Human Rights Office said it “found close …

Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege

LA Times  

With virtually no food allowed into the northernmost part of Gaza for the last month, tens of thousands of Palestinians under Israeli siege are rationing their last lentils and flour to survive. “We are being starved to force us to leave our homes,” said Mohammed Arqouq, whose family of eight is determined to stay in the north, weathering Israel’s siege. …

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