Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Two Government Bodies Concluded. Antony Blinken Rejected Them.
Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development and others had determined that Israel had broken the law.
Hunger experts say the risk of famine in Gaza remains high
The Gaza Strip is still at risk of famine more than a year into the Israel-Hamas war, even as the number of people facing the most extreme level of hunger has declined in recent months, the international authority on hunger crises said Thursday.The findings come after the United States warned Israel that it might cut off military aid if its ally does not do more to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of people there are displaced from their homes and packed into squalid tent camps and schools-turned-shelters.In recent weeks Israel has once again ordered the...
Yahya Sinwar’s death unlikely to ease major problems with humanitarian aid in Gaza
The internal disruption caused by the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has inspired new hope for ceasefire talks, but the distribution of aid to Palestinians in Gaza will likely remain a major problem, not least because Hamas will continue to hijack shipments. The top Hamas commander was killed this week when Israel Defense Forces […]
North Gaza hospitals say food, medicines running out as Israel presses offensive
CAIRO (Reuters) -Palestinian health officials called on Wednesday for a humanitarian corridor to three hospitals in northern Gaza that have come close to collapse as Israeli troops have cut off the area during almost two weeks of heavy fighting against Hamas.