Top U.S. Official Says America Acknowledges Famine In Gaza
8 months, 1 week ago

Top U.S. Official Says America Acknowledges Famine In Gaza

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. believes famine is underway in Gaza, U.S. Agency for International Development administrator Samantha Power said on Wednesday ― a striking admission prompted by questioning over a HuffPost story revealing USAID officials privately reached that conclusion last week. Rep. Joaquin Castro asked Power during a congressional hearing about HuffPost’s April 2 story on a USAID cable that referred to famine in northern Gaza without caveats and argued “even in the best-case scenario the threshold to support a Famine determination has likely already been crossed.” “Famine is already occurring there?” Castro asked. Power responded: “Yes.” Her comment is the Biden administration’s most prominent public acknowledgement of the severity of the crisis among Palestinians in Gaza amid the six-month U.S.-backed Israeli offensive in the strip. After an Israeli strike killed aid workers with the World Central Kitchen nonprofit last week, President Joe Biden has pushed Israel to do more to help Palestinians in Gaza.

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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 …

I am starving in Gaza and I don’t believe the world can’t do anything
3 weeks, 4 days ago

I am starving in Gaza and I don’t believe the world can’t do anything

Al Jazeera  

Israel tried to starve Gaza before and the international community reacted. The Israeli army decreased the number of trucks it was allowing to enter to just 30-40 per day and food – which was already expensive and unaffordable for most – started to disappear. The number began to rise after 2010 when an international coalition of human rights activists and …

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 …

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 …

UN Security Council calls for urgent aid to address Gaza’s worsening crisis
1 month ago

UN Security Council calls for urgent aid to address Gaza’s worsening crisis

Firstpost  

President Joe Biden’s administration concluded this month that Israel was not currently impeding assistance to Gaza and therefore not violating U.S. law, even as Washington acknowledged the humanitarian situation remained dire in the Palestinian enclave. This assessment comes on the heels of a warning issued by the U.S. in an October 13 letter, which outlined 15 steps Israel needed to …

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 …

The view from Gaza: What the US decision not to punish Israel looks like
1 month, 1 week ago

The view from Gaza: What the US decision not to punish Israel looks like

Al Jazeera  

The US decision not to follow through on its past warning to Israel carries fatal consequences for many trapped in Gaza. The letter also called on Israel to permit at least 350 trucks of aid into Gaza daily, open a fifth crossing, permit people trapped in Israel-imposed coastal displacement camps to move inland before winter, allow aid agencies to enter …

Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza ‘consistent with genocide’: UN committee
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza ‘consistent with genocide’: UN committee

Al Jazeera  

Report says Israel ‘using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population’. Gaza aid supply goes from ‘bad to worse’ after Israel misses US deadline Israel’s warfare in the Gaza Strip is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a United Nations committee has said, accusing the country of “using starvation as a method of …

US says Israel has not breached American laws on blocking aid supplies in Gaza
1 month, 1 week ago

US says Israel has not breached American laws on blocking aid supplies 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. Read our privacy policy The US said Israel didn’t …

US plays down Gaza aid deadline issue, says Israel has not breached American laws
1 month, 1 week ago

US plays down Gaza aid deadline issue, says Israel has not breached American laws

Firstpost  

The United Nations has said that the quantity of aid reaching Gaza is at its lowest level this year adding that northern Gaza is vulnerable to famine which did not receive any aid last month Palestinians line up to receive aid distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Nusairat refugee camp, Gaza, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. The …

US Sidesteps Its 30-Day Deadline for Israel to Improve Gaza Aid
1 month, 1 week ago

US Sidesteps Its 30-Day Deadline for Israel to Improve Gaza Aid

Live Mint  

The Biden administration sidestepped its own 30-day deadline for Israel to provide significantly more humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip or face a weapons cutoff, saying only that some progress has been made. “If we don’t see steps being taken, we of course will appropriately enforce US law.” The decision follows a warning from Secretary of State Antony Blinken and …

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 …

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 …

US has not assessed Israel is violating law on Gaza aid, will not change policy despite humanitarian groups’ findings
1 month, 1 week ago

US has not assessed Israel is violating law on Gaza aid, will not change policy despite humanitarian groups’ findings

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Biden administration has not assessed that Israel is in violation of US law and will not change its policy at this time, a State Department spokesperson said Tuesday on the US-mandated 30-day deadline for the Netanyahu government to take specific steps to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The US statement comes in sharp contrast to …

US won't limit weapon sales after aid groups say Israel missed deadline to boost Gaza humanitarian aid
1 month, 1 week ago

US won't limit weapon sales after aid groups say Israel missed deadline to boost Gaza humanitarian aid

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration says Israel has made good but limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and it will not limit arms transfers to Israel as it had threatened to a month ago if the situation had not improved. However, international aid organisations say Israel has failed to meet US demands to allow greater humanitarian …

Despite 30-day Gaza aid ultimatum, US says support for Israel will proceed
1 month, 1 week ago

Despite 30-day Gaza aid ultimatum, US says support for Israel will proceed

Al Jazeera  

US law prohibits military assistance to allies blocking humanitarian aid, but Washington says no assessment on Israel. The organisations – which include the Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, Refugees International and Save the Children – accused Israel of taking “actions that dramatically worsened the situation on the ground, particularly in northern Gaza”. The Blinken-Austin warning had pressed Israel to ease the …

Famine looms in northern Gaza Strip amid a war killing mostly women and children, UN says
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Famine looms in northern Gaza Strip amid a war killing mostly women and children, UN says

ABC  

Back-to-back UN reports have found famine is looming in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel continues an offensive which has killed mostly women and children in the locality. The UN's Famine Review Committee warned on Saturday of "an imminent and substantial likelihood of famine occurring, due to the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip". The body's last projection, made …

Israeli rejects ’biased’ warning of famine in Gaza
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israeli rejects ’biased’ warning of famine in Gaza

Live Mint  

By Emily Rose JERUSALEM -Israel rejected on Saturday a group of global food security experts' warning of famine in parts of northern Gaza where it is waging war against Palestinian militant group Hamas. Asked about the FRC alert, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Saturday that Washington was "concerned about the limited amount of aid reaching civilians living in …

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 …

Famine is likely imminent in northern Gaza, hunger experts say
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Famine is likely imminent in northern Gaza, hunger experts say

Associated Press  

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 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 …

Israel has made progress in getting aid into Gaza, but more needs to be done, says US
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel has made progress in getting aid into Gaza, but more needs to be done, says US

Firstpost  

While Israel has made progress on ramping up the supply of humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip, much more remains to be done, said US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin Israel has made some progress in getting more humanitarian assistance into Gaza Strip, but much more needs to be done, said US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. The comment comes …

Opinion: Israel is weaponizing hunger against Palestinians. Here’s how the U.S. can stop it
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Israel is weaponizing hunger against Palestinians. Here’s how the U.S. can stop it

LA Times  

As the U.N.’s leading independent expert on the right to food, I have watched with growing horror over the past 12 months as Israel has weaponized hunger against approximately 2.3 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. In a report submitted to the U.N. General Assembly last month, I documented how Israel has used hunger as a tool of war in …

Hunger experts say the risk of famine in Gaza remains high
2 months, 1 week ago

Hunger experts say the risk of famine in Gaza remains high

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a statement announcing a …

US threatens to cut off arms supply to Israel: Strongest known warning sent to Netanyahu since war began calls for greater humanitarian aid in Gaza
2 months, 1 week ago

US threatens to cut off arms supply to Israel: Strongest known warning sent to Netanyahu since war began calls for greater humanitarian aid in Gaza

Daily Mail  

The White House demanded Israel take several concrete actions within 30 days The US has issued a stark ultimatum to Israel, warning it must relax restrictions on the flow of aid into and around Gaza lest it face being cut off from arms imports. Civil defense teams and Palestinian residents extinguish the fire and search and rescue work in the …

U.S. Warns Israel To Boost Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza Or Risk Weapons Funding
2 months, 1 week ago

U.S. Warns Israel To Boost Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza Or Risk Weapons Funding

Huff Post  

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a press conference during the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summits in Vientiane on October 11, 2024. TANG CHHIN SOTHY via Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it is allowing into Gaza within the next 30 …

Israel threatens to starve out northern Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say
2 months, 1 week ago

Israel threatens to starve out northern Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say

NPR  

Israel threatens to starve out northern Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say toggle caption Mahmoud Issa/IMAGO via Reuters TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel has blocked nearly all food aid from entering northern Gaza for the past two weeks, leaving some 400,000 Palestinians there with no good option, United Nations aid agencies say: Stay and starve, or follow orders to flee to …

U.S. demands Israel allow humanitarian aid into Gaza or risk losing military support
2 months, 1 week ago

U.S. demands Israel allow humanitarian aid into Gaza or risk losing military support

LA Times  

Palestinians look at the damage after an Israeli strike hit tents in a hospital courtyard in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on Monday. In a rare, direct threat, the Biden administration has told Israel it must allow humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip or risk losing U.S. military armament, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Trucks carrying humanitarian aid to the …

Israel bombards north Gaza; U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again
2 months, 1 week ago

Israel bombards north Gaza; U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again

LA Times  

Residents of a building damaged in an Israeli airstrike return to collect their family’s belongings in Beirut on Saturday. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in the Zarout coastal area on the edge of Barja south of Beirut, and the Health Ministry said four people were killed. Israel’s military said that Hezbollah fired …

US report found that Israel blocked Gaza aid, but the Biden administration kept weapons flowing
3 months ago

US report found that Israel blocked Gaza aid, but the Biden administration kept weapons flowing

Salon  

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Days later, on May 10, Blinken delivered a carefully worded statement to Congress that said, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance.” Prior to his report, USAID had sent Blinken a detailed 17-page memo on Israel’s conduct. USAID, …

Israel Blocking Over 80% Of Food Assistance Into A Starving Gaza, Aid Groups Say
3 months, 1 week ago

Israel Blocking Over 80% Of Food Assistance Into A Starving Gaza, Aid Groups Say

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Israel is blocking more than 80% of food deliveries from entering a starving Gaza, according to data compiled by more than a dozen humanitarian groups warning of the dire consequences of the military’s almost year-long siege on the Palestinian territory. Alongside Israel’s nonstop bombing that has flattened entire neighborhoods and shredded Palestinian bodies, the ongoing obstruction of …

Aid delivery in Gaza is nearly impossible. Why hasn’t the US intervened?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Aid delivery in Gaza is nearly impossible. Why hasn’t the US intervened?

Al Jazeera  

The UN says Israel is hampering efforts to deliver vaccines and other aid, but the US has offered little public pressure. “The United States government has run out of words and hasn’t even issued its usual performative statements to comment on the UN suspension of its aid operations in Gaza,” said Raed Jarrar, the advocacy director at Democracy for the …

US warns a famine in Sudan is on pace to be the deadliest in decades as the world looks elsewhere
4 months, 3 weeks ago

US warns a famine in Sudan is on pace to be the deadliest in decades as the world looks elsewhere

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The newly confirmed famine at one of the sprawling camps for war-displaced people in Sudan’s Darfur region is growing uncontrolled as the country’s combatants block aid, and it threatens to grow bigger and deadlier than the world’s last major famine 13 years ago, U.S. officials warned on Friday. The U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.N. World Food …

Has famine arrived in Gaza? UN experts say it has
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Has famine arrived in Gaza? UN experts say it has

Al Jazeera  

A group of independent UN experts warn famine has spread throughout Gaza after more than nine months of war. “Israel’s intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in famine across all of Gaza,” 10 independent UN experts, including the special rapporteur on the right to food and the special …

UN experts say Israel carrying out ‘targeted starvation campaign’ in Gaza
5 months, 2 weeks ago

UN experts say Israel carrying out ‘targeted starvation campaign’ in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Report says famine has spread throughout the enclave after nine months of war. United Nations human rights experts have accused Israel of carrying out a “targeted starvation campaign” that has resulted in the deaths of children in Gaza. “Israel’s intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in famine across …

Famine has spread throughout Gaza, say UN experts
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Famine has spread throughout Gaza, say UN experts

CNN  

CNN — The recent deaths of more Palestinian children due to hunger and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip indicates that famine has spread across the entire enclave, according to a United Nations statement, citing independent experts. An estimated 495,000 people in Gaza – or 22% of the population – are “experiencing an extreme lack of food,” according to an Integrated …

Gunfire, lawlessness and gang-like looters are preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says
5 months, 4 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
5 months, 4 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 …

UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without improved safety
5 months, 4 weeks ago

UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without improved safety

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senior U.N. officials have warned Israel that they will suspend the world body’s aid operations across Gaza unless Israel acts urgently to better protect humanitarian workers, two U.N. officials said Tuesday. A U.N. letter sent to Israeli officials this month said Israel must provide U.N. workers with a way to communicate directly with Israeli forces on the ground …

High risk of famine across Gaza as hunger spreads, experts say
6 months ago

High risk of famine across Gaza as hunger spreads, experts say

NPR  

High risk of famine across Gaza as hunger spreads, experts say toggle caption Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images Nearly all of Gaza’s population is struggling with food shortages and hunger, and half a million people are now facing starvation, a new report by independent experts says. Sponsor Message The I.P.C.report says more than 340,000 Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing the …

Experts say Gaza is at ‘high risk’ of famine despite increased aid to the north
6 months ago

Experts say Gaza is at ‘high risk’ of famine despite increased aid to the north

Associated Press  

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — An influx of aid appears to have eased a hunger crisis in northern Gaza for now, but the entire territory remains at “high risk” of famine after Israel’s offensive in Rafah caused displacement and the disruption of aid operations in the south, a draft report said Monday. The report by the leading international authority on …

Experts say Gaza is at 'high risk' of famine despite increased aid to the north
6 months ago

Experts say Gaza is at 'high risk' of famine despite increased aid to the north

New Indian Express  

Israel invaded Gaza after Hamas' attack on Oct. 7, in which Palestinian militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted about 250. The latest findings come from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, an initiative first set up in 2004 during the famine in Somalia that now includes more than a dozen U.N. agencies, aid groups, governments …

The Latest | US is removing aid pier from Gaza coast again due to weather, officials say
6 months, 1 week ago

The Latest | US is removing aid pier from Gaza coast again due to weather, officials say

Associated Press  

The U.S.-built aid pier will be detached from Gaza’s coast for a second time due to rough seas, two U.S. officials said Friday, raising further questions about the viability of the sea route. U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday he doesn’t expect to seal a Gaza cease-fire deal in the near future, as an American-backed proposal with global support has …

Significant part of Gaza facing ‘famine-like conditions’, WHO says
6 months, 1 week ago

Significant part of Gaza facing ‘famine-like conditions’, WHO says

Al Jazeera  

World Health Organization chief Tedros says 8,000 children under age five in Gaza have been diagnosed with acute malnutrition. “A significant proportion of Gaza’s population is now facing catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Wednesday. In January, the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to “ensure the delivery of basic services and essential …

UN food agency pauses its aid work at U.S. pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback
6 months, 2 weeks ago

UN food agency pauses its aid work at U.S. pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback

The Hindu  

The director of the U.N. World Food Program on Sunday said the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned about the safety of our people" after what had been one of the deadliest days of the war there. Saturday saw both an Israeli military assault that freed four hostages …

UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback
6 months, 2 weeks ago

UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned about the safety of our people” after what had been one of the deadliest days of the war there. Saturday saw both an Israeli military assault that freed four …

Blinken to push cease-fire proposal in eighth urgent Mideast trip since war in Gaza erupted
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Blinken to push cease-fire proposal in eighth urgent Mideast trip since war in Gaza erupted

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will push for a breakthrough on President Joe Biden’s cease-fire proposal when he returns to the Middle East next week on his eighth diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began in October, the State Department said Friday. In all of his meetings, Blinken “will emphasize the importance of …

UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July
6 months, 2 weeks ago

UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July

Associated Press  

CAIRO — United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue. Egypt has refused to open its Rafah crossing with Gaza since Israeli forces seized the Gaza side of it nearly a month ago, instead diverting aid to Israel’s Kerem Shalom …

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