Fierce fighting in northern Gaza as aid starts to roll off US-built pier
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the area a week ago, while in the south militants attacked tanks massing around Rafah. Residents said Israeli armour had thrust as far as the market […]
Gaza fighting intensifies, Israel asks why armed men were at UN site
Cairo, Egypt/Jerusalem Reuters Israeli troops battled militants across Gaza on Wednesday, including in the southern city of Rafah that had been a refuge for civilians, in an upsurge of the more than seven-month-old war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. Antagonism between Israel and the United Nations worsened as the Israeli army sought […]
Gaza under siege: Criminal gangs, profiteers thrive as cash shortage worsens misery
NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI, EMMA FARGE and RIKAM ALKOUSAA, of Reuters, report on how armed gangs are exploiting the difficulties accessing cash in Gaza…
Battles rage around Rafah after US halts some weapons to Israel
Cairo, Egypt/Washington DC, US/Rafah, Gaza Strip Reuters Hamas battled Israeli troops on the outskirts of the Gaza Strip’s crowded southern city of Rafah on Wednesday and Washington said it had held up a shipment of powerful bombs to Israel to prevent Palestinian civilian casualties. The United States, which aims to stave off a full Israeli […]
Israel yet to show evidence UNRWA staff are members of terrorist groups, review finds
United Nations/Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Israel has yet to provide evidence for its accusations that hundreds of staff with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) are members of terrorist groups, according to a review of the agency’s neutrality released on Monday that could prompt some donor countries to review funding freezes. The United Nations appointed […]
Gaza children yearn for their school days before conflict
Gaza Reuters Traumatised 10-year-old students stare at their destroyed schools in Gaza, a grim reminder of the education and time with friends in the playground lost since the war erupted over six months ago. “We would go out during recess. We would go to the classroom and walk around. The principle would come to the […]
UNRWA chief warns man-made famine tightening grip across Gaza
United Nations Reuters A man-made famine is “tightening its grip” across the Gaza Strip, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA warned on Wednesday as he accused Israel of blocking aid deliveries and seeking to end UNRWA’s activities in the enclave. “Today, an insidious campaign to end UNRWA’s operations is underway, with […]
UN chief calls for independent investigation into 196 aid worker deaths in Gaza; US welcomes Israel moves on Gaza aid but says “proof is in the results
United Nations Reuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for independent investigations into the deaths of all 196 aid workers killed in the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war and said he hopes Israel quickly and effectively boosts aid access. Global outrage at the humanitarian crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory of 2.3 million […]
Celebrity chef Jose Andres sidestepped red tape to bring aid to Gaza
Madrid, Spain Reuters Celebrity chef Jose Andres’ disdain for red tape is one of the reasons his food charity found itself coordinating the humanitarian effort in Gaza when seven of its workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike. The aid workers for World Central Kitchen were killed when their convoy was hit shortly after they […]
Israel kills dozens in airstrikes across the Gaza Strip
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel sustained its aerial and ground bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing dozens of Palestinians, as fighting raged around Gaza City’s main Al Shifa hospital, Palestinian officials and the Israeli military said. Palestinian health officials said two Israeli strikes on the Al-Shejaia suburb in eastern Gaza City killed 17 people, […]