The UN says 20 trucks of aid are not enough, asks for fuel to be let in for hospitals
1 year, 2 months ago

The UN says 20 trucks of aid are not enough, asks for fuel to be let in for hospitals

NPR  

The UN says 20 trucks of aid are not enough, asks for fuel to be let in for hospitals SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Twenty trucks carrying food and medical supplies from the United Nations moved through the Rafah crossing from Egypt into Gaza today. Joined now by Assistant Secretary-General Lynn Hastings, U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territory. SIMON: Please help us understand what this aid represents, given the enormous needs on the ground in Gaza. SIMON: Assistant Secretary-General Lynn Hastings, U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territory, thank you so much for being with us.

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Gunmen loot more than 100 aid trucks in Gaza, according to the United Nations
1 month, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks 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 …

Middle East latest: Israel says 15 trucks carrying aid have been allowed into northern Gaza
1 month, 3 weeks 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 …

Why is only limited aid getting to Palestinians inside Gaza?
1 month, 4 weeks 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 …

Why is only limited aid getting to Palestinians inside Gaza?
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Why is only limited aid getting to Palestinians inside 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. Over the last two days, the military body handling …

Why food is piling up on the edge of Gaza
3 months ago

Why food is piling up on the edge of Gaza

Hindustan Times  

Judging by the amount of aid that has arrived at the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza, the embattled Palestinians should be well catered for. Since early May, when Israel launched its assault on Rafah, Gaza’s last city still standing, it has controlled the crossing to Egypt and kept traffic through it to a bare minimum. Israel has also …

Gunfire, lawlessness and gang-like looters are preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Gunfire, lawlessness and gang-like looters are preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says

Associated Press  

LARNACA, Cyprus — Thousands of tons of food, medicines and other aid piled up on a beach in war-torn Gaza is not reaching those in need because of a dire security situation and lawlessness on the ground, a U.S. aid official said Wednesday. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned on Wednesday during a visit to Athens that 96% of Gaza …

Gunfire, lawlessness, gang-like looters preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Gunfire, lawlessness, gang-like looters preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says

LA Times  

A truck carrying Gaza aid prepares to enter a U.S ship at the port of Larnaca, Cyprus, on Wednesday. The sense of desperation gripping ordinary Palestinians is only compounded by the combination of Gaza being an active combat zone and a prevailing “general sense of lawlessness,” Stropes told the Associated Press. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned on Wednesday during …

Global aid group asks warring forces to respect its neutrality with 24 of its aid workers killed
7 months, 1 week ago

Global aid group asks warring forces to respect its neutrality with 24 of its aid workers killed

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies asked state forces and combatants Thursday to respect its neutrality and work of delivering humanitarian help to the most destitute in war and other high-risk zones, saying 24 of its aid workers had been killed so far this year mostly in the Gaza Strip. IFRC President Kate …

First aid from US pier in Gaza has reached starving Palestinians, the UN says
7 months, 2 weeks ago

First aid from US pier in Gaza has reached starving Palestinians, the UN says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that it has handed out in Gaza in recent days a “limited number” of high-energy biscuits that arrived from a U.S.-built pier, the first aid from the new humanitarian sea route to get into the hands of Palestinians in grave need. The U.S. Agency for International Development told The Associated Press …

UN food agency warns that the new US sea route for Gaza aid may fail unless conditions improve
7 months, 2 weeks ago

UN food agency warns that the new US sea route for Gaza aid may fail unless conditions improve

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday the new U.S. $320 million pier project for delivering aid to Gaza may fail unless Israel starts ensuring the conditions the humanitarian groups need to operate safely. The Pentagon press secretary, Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, said that as of Tuesday 569 metric tons of aid has been delivered to the secured …

Rafah’s hospitals overwhelmed while food and fuel run out as Israel steps up bombardment
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Rafah’s hospitals overwhelmed while food and fuel run out as Israel steps up bombardment

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. “It was the main hospital providing dialysis for patients …

Israel-Hamas war: South Gaza hospitals have only three days' fuel left, says WHO
8 months ago

Israel-Hamas war: South Gaza hospitals have only three days' fuel left, says WHO

Hindustan Times  

Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have only three days of fuel left due to closed border crossings, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The remains of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency school in central Khan Younis, Gaza, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. International negotiators, including from the US, are at a delicate phase …

Hospitals in south Gaza will run out of fuel in three days, WHO warns
8 months ago

Hospitals in south Gaza will run out of fuel in three days, WHO warns

Al Jazeera  

The already critically undersupplied hospitals have only three days of fuel left, WHO chief warns as aid shipments also impeded. There is enough fuel to run hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip for only three more days, the head of the World Health Organization warns after Israeli forces seized control of the Rafah border crossing. “Hospitals in the south of …

More aid is supposed to be entering the Gaza Strip. Why isn’t it helping?
8 months, 4 weeks ago

More aid is supposed to be entering the Gaza Strip. Why isn’t it helping?

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Under heavy U.S. pressure, Israel has promised to ramp up aid to Gaza dramatically, saying last week it would open another cargo crossing and surge more trucks than ever before into the besieged enclave. Power’s remarks echoed those of U.S. President Joe Biden, who said on Wednesday that Israeli efforts to increase aid were “not enough.” While Israel …

More than 300 aid trucks enter Gaza as Palestinians battle starvation
9 months ago

More than 300 aid trucks enter Gaza as Palestinians battle starvation

Al Jazeera  

Delivery falls far short of the minimum UN requirement to stave off the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the besieged territory. Israel has announced the entry of more than 300 aid trucks into Gaza, the highest daily volume since its war on the besieged territory began six months ago. Under growing international pressure, Israel on Monday said 322 aid trucks were …

UN Chief Calls Starvation In Gaza ‘Moral Outrage’, Calls For ‘Flood’ Of Aid
9 months, 2 weeks ago

UN Chief Calls Starvation In Gaza ‘Moral Outrage’, Calls For ‘Flood’ Of Aid

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks Saturday and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid,” calling the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.” He urged an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. When asked about Guterres’ comments, the office of Israeli Prime …

UN chief says it’s time to ‘truly flood’ Gaza with aid and calls starvation there an outrage
9 months, 2 weeks ago

UN chief says it’s time to ‘truly flood’ Gaza with aid and calls starvation there an outrage

Associated Press  

RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks Saturday and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid,” calling the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.” He urged an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. When asked about Guterres’ comments, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …

U.N. chief says it’s time to ‘truly flood’ Gaza with aid, calls starvation there an outrage
9 months, 2 weeks ago

U.N. chief says it’s time to ‘truly flood’ Gaza with aid, calls starvation there an outrage

LA Times  

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Saturday. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks Saturday and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid,” calling the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.” He urged an immediate cease-fire between Israel …

Aid is being shipped to Gaza by sea. But a new maritime corridor is unlikely to stop the looming famine
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Aid is being shipped to Gaza by sea. But a new maritime corridor is unlikely to stop the looming famine

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. While maritime and air-dropped aid into Gaza is “helpful,” the UN’s McGoldrick told CNN, “they can’t replace what is…fundamental,” referring to aid deliveries by trucks. The UN’s World Food Programme on Monday said that famine is …

‘Massacre’: Dozens killed by Israeli fire in Gaza while collecting food aid
10 months, 1 week ago

‘Massacre’: Dozens killed by Israeli fire in Gaza while collecting food aid

Al Jazeera  

More than 100 killed and about 750 wounded after Israeli forces fired at Palestinians trying to get flour for their families as famine stalks the Strip. The Gaza Ministry of Health said on Thursday said at least 112 people were killed and more than 750 wounded, with the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemning what it said was a cold-blooded …

Food aid reaches north Gaza for first time in weeks. Israeli hostages' families push for release
10 months, 1 week ago

Food aid reaches north Gaza for first time in weeks. Israeli hostages' families push for release

New Indian Express  

RAFAH: Aid convoys carrying food reached northern Gaza this week, Israeli officials said Wednesday, the first major delivery in a month to the devastated, isolated area, where the U.N. has warned of worsening starvation among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians amid Israel’s offensive. A convoy of 31 trucks carrying food entered northern Gaza on Wednesday, the Israeli military office that …

A quarter of Gaza’s population is one step from famine and aid trucks are looted, UN says
10 months, 1 week ago

A quarter of Gaza’s population is one step from famine and aid trucks are looted, UN says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — At least one quarter of Gaza’s population – 576,000 people – are one step away from famine and virtually the entire population desperately needs food resulting in some aid trucks being shot at, looted and overwhelmed by hungry people, top U.N. officials said Tuesday. And as grim as the picture is today, U.N. humanitarian coordinator Ramesh Ramasingham …

Vital Aid Fails to Reach Gazans as Security Void Grows
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Vital Aid Fails to Reach Gazans as Security Void Grows

Live Mint  

Humanitarian aid deliveries in the Gaza Strip have slowed to a trickle, as security across the embattled enclave deteriorates, leaving 2.2 million Palestinians faced with spreading famine, disease and desperation. Efforts to provide lifesaving aid such as food, medicine and other essentials have been paralyzed by an expanding security void, extensive looting of aid trucks, Israeli military strikes on humanitarian …

WHO facing ‘near insurmountable challenges’ in Gaza aid delivery
1 year ago

WHO facing ‘near insurmountable challenges’ in Gaza aid delivery

Al Jazeera  

The UN says it remains ‘ready’ to deliver aid to Gaza, calls on Israel to approve access requests. “Delivering aid to Gaza continues to face near insurmountable challenges,” the World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said during a news conference on Wednesday in Geneva. What we don’t have is access,” he said, stressing that the UN and its partners remained …

Cumbersome process and ‘arbitrary’ Israeli inspections slow aid delivery into Gaza, US senators say
1 year ago

Cumbersome process and ‘arbitrary’ Israeli inspections slow aid delivery into Gaza, US senators say

Associated Press  

CAIRO — At Egypt’s Rafah border crossing, lines of hundreds of trucks carrying aid wait for weeks to enter Gaza, and a warehouse is full of goods rejected by Israeli inspectors, everything from water testing equipment to medical kits for delivering babies, two U.S. senators said Saturday after a visit to the border. Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley pointed …

An inside account of delivering aid to Gaza: 'Each time it's getting more desperate'
1 year ago

An inside account of delivering aid to Gaza: 'Each time it's getting more desperate'

NPR  

An inside account of delivering aid to Gaza: 'Each time it's getting more desperate' Enlarge this image toggle caption Hatem Ali/AP Hatem Ali/AP This week, experts expect to mark a milestone in Gaza — 20,000 people dead from Israel's offensive, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Sponsor Message Philippe Lazzarini is the commissioner-general for UNRWA — the United Nations relief …

Delivering aid in a war zone is always difficult. In Gaza, it's proving even harder
1 year, 1 month ago

Delivering aid in a war zone is always difficult. In Gaza, it's proving even harder

NPR  

Delivering aid in a war zone is always difficult. In Gaza, it's proving even harder Enlarge this image toggle caption Fatima Shbair/AP Fatima Shbair/AP TEL AVIV, Israel — International aid groups are periodically called upon to provide food, water, medicine and other vital supplies to people caught in war zones. "This is very different than any other conflict or war …

Gaza aid trucks stranded as Israel-Hamas war resumes
1 year, 1 month ago

Gaza aid trucks stranded as Israel-Hamas war resumes

Al Jazeera  

Egyptian security sources say aid and fuel trucks from Egypt have stopped, as UN officials say continuation of aid delivery in doubt. Egyptian security sources and a Red Crescent official said aid and fuel trucks had stopped entering from Egypt. Under a system in place since October 21, aid trucks had to drive for inspection to the Al-Awja and Nitzana …

NHS doctor says family’s situation in Gaza has worsened despite ceasefire
1 year, 1 month ago

NHS doctor says family’s situation in Gaza has worsened despite ceasefire

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Over the past two weeks or so it has become very difficult to get …

UN agencies hope truce will allow aid into northern Gaza
1 year, 1 month ago

UN agencies hope truce will allow aid into northern Gaza

Al Jazeera  

While welcoming pause in hostilities and entry of supplies, UN health agency chief says ‘much more is needed’. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that on the first day of the pause, 200 trucks were dispatched from Nitsana to the Rafah crossing, while 137 trucks of goods were offloaded by the UN Relief and Works Agency …

‘Starvation and disease’ stalk Gaza as fuel shortages block aid: Agencies
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Starvation and disease’ stalk Gaza as fuel shortages block aid: Agencies

Al Jazeera  

UN aid deliveries to Gaza are suspended again due to shortages of fuel and a communications shutdown. Gaza faces the threat of starvation and disease after aid deliveries were halted by a lack of fuel and a communications blackout, humanitarian agencies have warned. Israel’s war cabinet agreed on Friday afternoon that it would allow two fuel trucks per day into …

‘Never saw this level of suffering’, says Gaza humanitarian aid worker
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Never saw this level of suffering’, says Gaza humanitarian aid worker

The Hindu  

As the conflict in the Gaza Strip intensifies, Gaza’s health systems have collapsed, and the humanitarian crisis is at a boiling point. On November 9, Israel agreed to a daily four-hour humanitarian pause, to allow aid to enter the enclave while giving civilians in northern Gaza time to flee to ‘safer’ places in the south. Tommaso Della Longa, of the …

Supplies alone won’t save Gaza hospital patients and evacuation remains perilous, experts say
1 year, 1 month ago

Supplies alone won’t save Gaza hospital patients and evacuation remains perilous, experts say

Associated Press  

LONDON — As concerns grow for patients stranded inside Gaza’s biggest hospital, experts warned that transporting vulnerable people, including babies, is a perilous proposition under even the best circumstances. “Babies in incubators have complex health needs and there needs to be temperature control, hydration, medication for infections and breathing support,” said Redlener, a pediatrician and disaster response expert, who spoke …

Supplies alone won’t save Gaza hospital patients and evacuation remains perilous, experts say
1 year, 1 month ago

Supplies alone won’t save Gaza hospital patients and evacuation remains perilous, experts say

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 As concerns grow for patients …

Who 'Would Accept Such A Life?' Gaza Conditions Worsen As U.S. Aid Comes Up Short
1 year, 1 month ago

Who 'Would Accept Such A Life?' Gaza Conditions Worsen As U.S. Aid Comes Up Short

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sakhr Humaid received the call from the Israel Defense Forces telling him to evacuate not once but twice. “It’s a scary situation, one of terror and worry and an extreme fear over one’s life.” Five weeks into the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, the global conversation about the conflict largely focuses on the humanitarian crisis in …

Israeli general eyes admitting fuel to Gaza if hospitals run out
1 year, 2 months ago

Israeli general eyes admitting fuel to Gaza if hospitals run out

Hindustan Times  

The chief of Israel's armed forces signalled willingness on Thursday to ease its wartime embargo on fuel for the Gaza Strip, saying that if hospitals there run out they could be resupplied under supervision. So far it has not run out," Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi said during a televised appearance, in response to a reporter's question. We will do everything needed …

Even as IDF continues ops in Gaza, 61 trucks of aid enter Gaza via Rafah border
1 year, 2 months ago

Even as IDF continues ops in Gaza, 61 trucks of aid enter Gaza via Rafah border

Firstpost  

According to a White House statement, recently, US President Joe Biden and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi committed to the significant acceleration and increase of assistance flowing into Gaza beginning today and then continuously While Israel continues to pound Hamas strongholds to neutralise high-value targets in Gaza, humanitarian aid has started flowing into the war zone that has seen civilian …

UN chief Guterres says aid trickling into Gaza is ‘completely inadequate’
1 year, 2 months ago

UN chief Guterres says aid trickling into Gaza is ‘completely inadequate’

Al Jazeera  

Voicing concern over intensified conflict between Israel and Hamas, UN leader warns of ‘immense suffering’ to civilians. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has said that humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza are “completely inadequate” amid deteriorating conditions within the Gaza Strip. “With too many Israeli and Palestinian lives already lost, this escalation only increases the immense suffering of civilians.” Gaza a …

Thousands of people plunder UN aid centre and steal supplies in Gaza
1 year, 2 months ago

Thousands of people plunder UN aid centre and steal supplies in Gaza

Op India  

On 29th October, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East informed that thousands of people plundered warehouses and distribution centres of the UN aid centres in Gaza to grab flour and other basic survival items. UNRWA’s Gaza chief Thomas White said, “This is a worrying sign that civil order is starting to break …

Israel-Hamas war: Why the UN may stop all aid operations in Gaza
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel-Hamas war: Why the UN may stop all aid operations in Gaza

Firstpost  

The UNRWA operating in the Gaza Strip has warned that it would have to cease all relief operations owing to the lack of fuel supplies, putting thousands living there at a bigger risk of death. “If we do not get fuel urgently, we will be forced to halt our operations in the Gaza Strip,” said the UN agency for Palestinian …

UN says fuel shortages will halt Gaza aid operations within a day
1 year, 2 months ago

UN says fuel shortages will halt Gaza aid operations within a day

CNN  

CNN — The main United Nations agency in Gaza says it will have to halt aid operations within a day if fuel is not delivered, in what the organization says would mark the end of a “lifeline” for civilians. “Without fuel, aid cannot be delivered, hospitals will not have power, and drinking water cannot be purified or even pumped,” UN …

Why Israel’s ban on fuel to Gaza isn’t about stopping Hamas
1 year, 2 months ago

Why Israel’s ban on fuel to Gaza isn’t about stopping Hamas

Al Jazeera  

Israel says Gaza can’t have fuel because it has military uses. However, Israel wrote the rule book on “kosher fuel” for Gaza, a highly complex system of approvals and monitoring put in place to guarantee that “civilian use” fuel flows only to Gaza’s sole power plant. “uel is vital for life and we will run out of fuel for Gaza …

Gaza hospital generators to run out of fuel in 48 hours: Health Ministry
1 year, 2 months ago

Gaza hospital generators to run out of fuel in 48 hours: Health Ministry

Al Jazeera  

The healthcare system has reached its worst stage in history, a spokesperson says, calling for more aid into the enclave. The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has warned that the electric generators in hospitals will cease functioning within the next 48 hours due to a fuel shortage, amid intensified air raids by Israel on the besieged enclave. Ministry …

120 incubator babies at risk after Israel cuts Gaza fuel: UN
1 year, 2 months ago

120 incubator babies at risk after Israel cuts Gaza fuel: UN

The Hindu  

The lives of at least 120 newborn babies on incubators in war-torn Gaza’s hospitals are at risk as fuel runs out in the besieged enclave, the UN children’s agency warned on October 22. More than 1,750 children have already been killed by Israeli strikes launched against the Gaza Strip in retaliation for the October 7 Hamas attacks, according to the …

Over 100 incubator babies at risk due to Israel’s fuel cuts to Gaza: UN
1 year, 2 months ago

Over 100 incubator babies at risk due to Israel’s fuel cuts to Gaza: UN

Al Jazeera  

Gaza’s Health Ministry says 130 premature babies are in danger of death due to the lack of fuel. The United Nations says the lives of at least 120 newborn babies in incubators in Gaza’s hospitals are at risk as fuel runs out in the Palestinian enclave under renewed Israeli blockade in the wake of the October 7 deadly Hamas attack …

Second aid convoy enters Gaza as Israel steps up bombardments
1 year, 2 months ago

Second aid convoy enters Gaza as Israel steps up bombardments

Al Jazeera  

A total of 17 trucks crossed from Egypt to Gaza as Israel intensifies its air raids on the besieged enclave. Reporting from Khan Younis in Gaza, journalist Hani Mahmoud told Al Jazeera that the trucks are said to contain mostly much-needed medical aid. Aid agencies are also warning that the delivery of supplies should remain consistent since it is currently …

Water and first aid reach besieged Gazans as Rafah border crossing briefly opens
1 year, 2 months ago

Water and first aid reach besieged Gazans as Rafah border crossing briefly opens

The Telegraph  

Israel has vowed to wipe out Hamas in the Strip and said it had continued to carry out a large number of strikes on Hamas targets overnight. She said: “We need many, many, many more trucks and a continual flow of aid.” Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, has said the aid is “the difference between life and death” for many …

Egypt-Gaza Rafah crossing opens, allowing 20 aid trucks amid Israeli siege
1 year, 2 months ago

Egypt-Gaza Rafah crossing opens, allowing 20 aid trucks amid Israeli siege

Al Jazeera  

The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza has opened to let a small amount of desperately needed aid flow to Palestinians running short of food, medicine and water in the territory that is under an Israeli siege. A convoy including 20 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip on Saturday from Egypt, carrying medicine and food supplies, a statement from …

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