Gaza
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World
‘We’re Not a Banana Republic,’ Netanyahu Says, Rejecting Criticism From U.S.
The Israeli leader lashed back at a call from a prominent Democratic senator for elections in Israel.
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World
Chef Helping Send Aid Ships to Gaza Calls for a Cease-Fire
As a second ship towing desperately needed aid prepared to depart for Gaza on Sunday, José Andrés, the founder of the food charity sending the vessels, called for a cease-fire and said that Israel should be doing more to prevent hunger in Gaza. “At ...
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World
First Sea-Borne Aid Reaches Gaza Amid Fears About Security and Malnutrition
The 200 tons of food provided by a celebrity chef’s charity arrived as UNICEF said rising numbers of children in Gaza were facing food deprivation.
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U.N. Documents More Than Two Dozen Attacks on Gazans Waiting for Aid Since January
The United Nations human rights office has documented more than two dozen attacks on Gazans waiting for desperately needed aid since January, with hunger spreading as a result of Israel’s near complete siege, preventing most food and water from ...
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President Biden, You Have Leverage That Can Save Lives in Gaza. Please Use It.
President Biden is sounding tougher toward Israel these days and showing more compassion for people starving in Gaza. “There are a lot of innocent people who are in trouble and dying,” Biden said. “And it’s got to stop.” But it’s not going to stop on ...
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World
‘Practically Fasting for Months’: Gazans Struggle to Celebrate Ramadan
Every night during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the man would come along Rawoand Altatar’s street, banging on his drum and calling out to the faithful to wake them up for suhoor, the predawn meal. His nightly mission used to be lit up by Ramadan ...
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World
Severe Malnutrition in Young Children in Gaza Is Rising Fast, UNICEF Says
Children in the Gaza Strip are facing severe and rapidly worsening food deprivation, and an alarming number are suffering from the most life-threatening form of malnutrition, United Nations experts reported on Friday, in their most dire assessment ...
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World
Second Gaza Aid Convoy Ends in Violence, With at Least 20 Killed
For the second time in just over two weeks, a convoy bringing aid to hunger-stricken northern Gaza ended in bloodshed late Thursday when Palestinians were killed and wounded in an attack surrounding the trucks, according to Gazan health officials and ...
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World
First Ship Carrying Food Aid Arrives in Gaza
A humanitarian aid ship arrived on Friday in Gaza for the first time since the start of the war, a first step in a fledgling maritime operation to bring more aid to hungry Palestinians as aid groups say that Israel is restricting more efficient ...
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World
Questions Persist as Israel Signals Support for More Aid for Gaza
Israel’s military on Thursday said it supported new initiatives to get humanitarian assistance into Gaza by land, air and sea, just hours after the military’s chief spokesman said it was trying to “flood” the enclave with sorely needed aid. Israel ...