Tag: aid
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How humanitarian aid reaches war-torn Gaza
Most aid bound for war-ravaged Gaza arrives overland from neighbouring Egypt but Israel and UN agencies clash on how much actually makes it inside the Palestinian territory. The volume of aid entering Gaza by road each day through the Rafah crossing from Egypt is insufficient, aid workers say, blaming rigorous Israeli inspections at least in…
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Israel increases Gaza aid; admits ‘mistakes’ in aid worker deaths
TEL AVIV: The Israeli army on Friday admitted a series of errors and violations of its rules in the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza, saying it had mistakenly believed it was “targeting armed Hamas operatives”. The two brigade officers who ordered the drone strikes, a colonel and a major, are being fired, the…
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‘Shocking increase’ of children denied aid in conflicts: UN
A growing number of children caught up in armed conflicts around the globe are being denied access to critical humanitarian aid, a United Nations official warned Wednesday, as relief operations come under attack or are blocked by governments. The last report by the UN secretary-general on the rights of children in conflicts, published in June…
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Israeli President apologises for deaths of Gaza aid workers
Israeli President Isaac Herzog apologised Tuesday for the air strike that killed seven aid workers in Gaza. Herzog said he spoke to Jose Andres, the US-based celebrity chef who heads the aid group World Central Kitchen, to express his “deep sorrow and sincere apologies over the tragic loss of life”. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had…
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NGO World Central Kitchen says seven of its workers killed in Israeli strike in Gaza
An Israeli strike killed several people working for US-based charity World Central Kitchen in the Gaza Strip on Monday, according to the organization’s founder. World Central Kitchen “lost several of our sisters and brothers in an IDF air strike in Gaza. I am heartbroken and grieving for their families and friends and our whole WCK…
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Entire Gaza population at ‘severe levels of acute food insecurity’: Blinken
The entire population of Gaza is experiencing “severe levels of acute food insecurity”, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, underscoring the urgency for increasing the delivery of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory. “According to the most respected measure of these things, 100 percent of the population in Gaza is at severe levels…
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All cargo offloaded from first aid ship to reach Gaza: NGO
A US charity said Saturday its team in Gaza Strip had finished unloading the first maritime aid shipment to reach the besieged territory. “All cargo was offloaded and is being readied for distribution in Gaza,” World Central Kitchen said in a statement, noting that the aid was “almost 200 tonnes of food”. The group is…
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Palestinians feel ‘no joy’ as Israel bombs Gaza on Christmas
Palestinians said they felt “no joy” this Christmas as Israel bombed Gaza on Monday, with no end in sight to the war that Hamas says has claimed more than 20,000 lives. Festivities were effectively scrapped in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, with few worshippers or tourists…
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At least 116 dead in northwest China earthquake
At least 105 were killed and almost 400 injured in Gansu province, local officials said, after the strong, shallow tremor struck around midnight. According to state broadcaster CCTV, 11 others were killed and 100 injured in the city of Haidong in the neighbouring province of Qinghai. The quake brought homes crashing down and caused other…
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Israel intentionally starving civilians in Gaza: HRW
The group Human Rights Watch on Monday accused the Israeli government of intentionally starving civilians in Gaza as part of its offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. “The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza Strip, which is a war crime,” the New York-based group charged in a…