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When Mary Abdullah arrived at Bunj Hospital in the north of South Sudan eight days ago with her 13-month-old daughter, Jote, she feared the worst. “When I brought her here, I was thinking … this girl will not survive,” she said. Weighing just five kilograms, Jote was suffering from anemia …
Read More »More than 100 aid groups call on Israel to end ‘weaponization’ of aid in Gaza
More than 100 non-profit groups warned Thursday that Israel’s rules for aid groups working in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank will block much-needed relief and replace independent organizations with those that serve Israel’s political and military agenda, charges that Israel denied. At the same time, hospital officials reported more …
Read More »Hunger-related deaths continue to rise in Gaza as more Palestinians killed seeking aid
At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes on Gaza on Monday, including 10 seeking aid, health authorities said, adding another five had died of starvation in what humanitarian agencies warn may be an unfolding famine. The 10 died in two separate incidents near aid sites belonging to the …
Read More »Mother, newborn among at least 36 killed in Israeli strikes as some aid trickles in
Israeli strikes killed at least 36 Palestinians in multiple locations across Gaza on Monday, local health officials said, a day after Israel eased aid restrictions in the face of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the territory. The dead included a newborn who was delivered in a complex surgery after his …
Read More »U.S. analysis finds no evidence of widespread Hamas theft of Gaza aid
An internal U.S. government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the U.S. give for backing a new armed private aid operation. The analysis, which has not been previously reported, was conducted by …
Read More »Israel resumes Gaza aid drops days after criticism from agencies over hunger crisis
Israel resumed airdrop aid to Gaza on Saturday night, the Israeli military said, a few days after more than 100 agencies warned that mass starvation was spreading across the enclave. The military also said in a separate statement that designated humanitarian corridors would be established to enable the safe movement of …
Read More »Israeli troops fatally shoot 32 Palestinians trying to reach aid sites: Gaza officials
Israeli troops opened fire on Saturday toward crowds of Palestinians seeking food from distribution hubs run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, killing at least 32 people, according to witnesses and hospital officials. The shootings occurred near hubs operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which launched …
Read More »At least 73 Palestinians killed trying to access humanitarian aid, says Gaza Health Ministry
At least 73 people were killed while attempting to access aid at locations across Gaza on Sunday, the Health Ministry in the Palestinian territory said. The Israeli military said that soldiers had shot at a gathering of thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza who posed a threat and that it was …
Read More »UN reports nearly 800 deaths near Gaza aid hubs, humanitarian convoys in last 6 weeks
The UN human rights office said Friday it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks near aid points in Gaza run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group and near convoys run by other relief groups as European officials reached a new deal with Israel to allow desperately needed food and fuel into Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation …
Read More »Militarized Gaza aid system shows Israel’s continued use of starvation as weapon of war, Amnesty report says
A new Amnesty International report says the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — a controversial U.S.- and Israel-backed group that took over aid distribution in the territory more than a month ago — uses a militarized aid mechanism that enables Israel to use starvation as a weapon of war and inflict genocide against Palestinians. The report published Thursday points …
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