Gaza
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World
Road, Sea and Air: How Is Aid Entering Gaza?
The amount of aid reaching Gaza has fallen sharply since the start of Israel’s war with Hamas, leading to what humanitarian officials say is a catastrophe for the territory’s population of more than two million people. Gaza was subject to a blockade ...
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World
A U.N. agency says one of its workers was killed when Israeli forces hit an aid warehouse in Rafah.
Israeli forces hit an aid warehouse in Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, on Wednesday, killing at least one staff member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and injuring 22 others, the agency said. UNRWA is the largest aid group on the ...
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Newyork
Netanyahu Is Making Israel Radioactive
Israel today is in grave danger. With enemies like Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran, Israel should be enjoying the sympathy of much of the world. But it is not. Because of the way Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist coalition ...
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World
First Aid Ship Heads to Gaza, but Far More Is Needed
The maritime package of more than 200 tons of food is a welcome milestone, but not nearly enough to prevent famine, said relief officials, who called on Israel to allow more aid delivery by land.
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World
Children Evacuated From Gazan Orphanage to West Bank
Nearly 70 children were evacuated from an orphanage in the southern Gazan city of Rafah and taken to the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a charity involved in the effort said on Tuesday. The charity, SOS Children’s Villages International, said it had ...
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World
Biden Marks Ramadan, Saying the War Has Inflicted ‘Terrible Suffering’ on Gaza
President Biden, marking the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, said he would press for a cease-fire in Gaza and more humanitarian aid for the territory, and noted that many American Muslims were grieving for family members killed there. The ...
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World
Monday Briefing
Biden and Netanyahu clash over Gaza.
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World
Gaza Begins Ramadan With No Cease-Fire
International hopes at reaching a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan were dashed on Sunday, hours before Palestinians and other Muslims were to begin the month of daytime fasting, as Hamas repeated demands for a ...
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World
U.S. Military Ship Has Set Sail to Help Build Pier Off Gaza for Aid
The U.S. military said on Sunday that a ship had set sail carrying equipment to build a floating pier on Gaza’s coast, part of a Biden administration effort to deliver aid to the enclave by sea and help ease its hunger crisis. The administration’s ...
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World
Thousands of pregnant women in Gaza suffer from malnutrition, health authorities say.
When Wafaa al-Kurd was nearly due to give birth, she said, she weighed less than she did before becoming pregnant and was surviving on rice and artificial juice. She gave birth to a girl weighing nearly six pounds, named Tayma, just over two weeks ...