By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Reem Abu Hayyah, just three months old, was the only member of her family to survive an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip late Monday. A few miles (kilometers) to the north, Mohamed Abuel-Qomasan lost his wife and their twin babies … Read more
By Wafaa Shurafa and Melania Lidman | Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military ordered the evacuation Monday of part of a crowded area in the Gaza Strip it had designated a humanitarian zone, saying it is planning an operation against Hamas militants there. The order triggered a new flight of Palestinians, … Read more
By Tara Copp and Josef Federman | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Defense experts who have reviewed debris images from an Israeli airstrike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians questioned why Israel did not use smaller, more precise weapons when so many civilians were nearby. They said the bombs used were … Read more
By Mike Corder and Josef Federman | Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the war-ravaged enclave. The International Court of Justice issued … Read more
By AbdelQadder Sabbah, Kareem Khadder, Jomana Karadesh, Abeer Salman and Sana Noor Haq | CNN At least 12 Palestinians drowned off the northern Gaza coast near Beit Lahia on Monday while trying to reach airdropped parcels that had landed in the sea, according to local paramedics. Footage obtained by CNN shows hundreds of Palestinians rushing … Read more
Catastrophic hunger is so dire in two world hotspots that famine is imminent in northern Gaza and approaching in Haiti, with hundreds of thousands of people in both places struggling to avoid starvation. That’s according to food security experts and aid groups, who are warning about the toll from hunger caused by the war between … Read more
By Jonel Aleccia | Associated Press Catastrophic hunger is so dire in two world hotspots that famine is imminent in northern Gaza and approaching in Haiti, with hundreds of thousands of people in both places struggling to avoid starvation. That’s according to international food security experts and aid groups, who are warning about the toll … Read more
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A crowd of about 100 people tried to shove through a metal gate in Haiti’s capital as a guard with a baton pushed them back, threatening to hit them. Undeterred, children and adults alike, some of them carrying babies, kept elbowing each other trying to enter. “Let us in! We’re hungry!” they … Read more
CAIRO/NICOSIA: The head of the European Commission said on Friday a maritime aid corridor could start operating between Cyprus and Gaza this weekend, part of accelerating Western efforts to relieve the humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave.Ursula von der Leyen’s comments came a day after President Joe Biden announced plans for the US military … Read more
US President Joe Biden has called on Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal in Gaza by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Palestinian militant group has warned that talks for a truce and hostage release cannot go on indefinitely.As famine threatens the people of Gaza, the US and Jordanian planes have airdropped food aid … Read more