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The Open Arms is loaded with aid before setting off for Gaza.
First aid ship for Gaza sets off from Cyprus
LARNACA — A ship taking almost 200 tonnes of food to Gaza left a port in Cyprus early on Tuesday, in a pilot project to open a new sea route of aid to a population on the brink of famine.The charity ship Open Arms was seen sailing out of Larnaca port in Cyprus, towing a barge containing flour, rice and protein.The ship belongs to a Spanish charity of the same name.Exactly where it plans to dock when it reaches Gaza has not been disclosed.The mission, mostly funded by the United Arab Emirates, is being organized by US based charity World Central Kitchen (WCK), while the Spanish charity supplies the ship."Our goal is to establish a maritime highway of boats and barges stocked with millions of meals continuously headed towards Gaza," said WCK founder Jose Andres and chief...
March 12, 2024

First aid ship for Gaza sets off from Cyprus

Dr Abu Sabha said he was detained and beaten by Israeli forces after the raid on Nasser Hospital.
Israeli troops beat and humiliated Gaza medics after hospital raid
JERUSALEM — Palestinian medical staff in Gaza have told the BBC they were blindfolded, detained, forced to strip and repeatedly beaten by Israeli troops after a raid at their hospital last month.Ahmed Abu Sabha, a doctor at Nasser hospital, described being held for a week in detention, where, he said, muzzled dogs were set upon him and his hand was broken by an Israeli soldier.His account closely matches those of two other medics who wanted to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals.They told the BBC they were humiliated, beaten, doused with cold water, and forced to kneel in uncomfortable positions for hours. They said they were detained for days before being released.The BBC supplied details of their allegations to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). They did not respond directly to...
March 12, 2024

Israeli troops beat and humiliated Gaza medics after hospital raid

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jerusalem, February 18, 2024. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
Netanyahu says Israel will push ahead with Rafah invasion
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he would push ahead with a military offensive in Rafah, where 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering, despite US President Joe Biden's warning that doing so would be a "red line."The Israeli leader's remarks come as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins and ceasefire talks stall. Israeli officials had previously warned that if hostages held in Gaza weren’t home by the start of Ramadan, they would launch a military offensive into Rafah.Netanyahu said the operation in the southern city would not last more than two months, but did not provide specifics on the timeline. He also denied Biden's claim that he is "hurting more than helping" Israel in failing to limit civilian...
March 11, 2024

Netanyahu says Israel will push ahead with Rafah invasion

The ship is towing a barge loaded with dry and canned food for Gazans
Gaza aid ship yet to leave Cyprus
LONDON — A ship carrying humanitarian aid, that was expected to depart for Gaza on Sunday, is still docked in Cyprus.A charity leading the mission told the BBC it is "a quickly evolving and fluid situation", but hopes the ship, Open Arms, will set sail soon.On Sunday evening, the sighting of the new moon marked the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Gaza.Many had hoped for a ceasefire by now, but negotiations between Israel and Hamas have largely stalled.President Joe Biden issued a Ramadan message on Sunday, and said the suffering of Palestinians would be in his "front of mind" as Ramadan arrived at "a moment of immense pain."UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also marked the beginning of the holy month with a video message of "solidarity...
March 11, 2024

Gaza aid ship yet to leave Cyprus

Aid parcels are airdropped over the northern Gaza Strip on Friday
At least 5 killed after airdropped aid falls on camp in Gaza
GAZA — At least five people were killed and 10 others injured when airdropped aid packages fell on them in the Al Shati camp west of Gaza City, according to a journalist on the scene.Khader Al Zaanoun told CNN he witnessed the aid packages falling from planes over the Al Shati camp on Friday but cannot confirm which nation was behind the airdrop.Muhammad Al-Sheikh, head of Emergency Care Department at Al Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City confirmed five people were killed in the incident.Some of those injured in the incident and transferred to Al Shifa are in serious condition, according to Al-Sheikh.In a separate incident, footage obtained by CNN shows dozens of parachutes carrying parcels descending from a plane conducting an airdrop.The video was filmed in an area called Al-Suddaniya,...
March 08, 2024

At least 5 killed after airdropped aid falls on camp in Gaza

Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024
Cyprus-Gaza maritime aid corridor to open this weekend, with EU and US support
BRUSSELS — The European Union is backing a long-awaited maritime corridor allowing aid to be shipped from Cyprus to the coast of Gaza, European Commission Ursula von der Leyen confirmed during a visit to the port of Larnaca on Friday.The Cyprus-led initiative, named ‘Amalthea’, is backed by Western and Arab partners including the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.It will allow a surge in humanitarian aid deliveries, which have been severely constricted by the land routes controlled by Israel since the outbreak of the war. It comes as leaders warn of a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, where parts of the population are facing starvation.Speaking in Larnaca, on the south coast of Cyprus, von der Leyen said that the EU executive could also consider further...
March 08, 2024

Cyprus-Gaza maritime aid corridor to open this weekend, with EU and US support

The Liberian-owned True Confidence ablaze following a Houthi missile attack on March 6, 2024
Fatal Houthi attack may be a ‘red line’ in Red Sea shipping crisis
LONDON — The first fatal attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea since Iran-backed Houthi rebels began targeting ships late last year has laid bare the enormous challenge of restoring safe passage along one of the world’s most important trade routes.At least three crew members were killed and four others injured in the assault Wednesday on the M/V True Confidence, a Liberian-owned bulk carrier, one of the ships that transport dry cargo such as grain and iron ore.The deadly strike marks a significant escalation of the Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea and comes despite a US-led naval coalition to protect the crucial waterway. It also follows an assault late last month that sank a cargo ship, which is now discharging fertilizer into the ocean.Fewer ships appear to be transiting...
March 08, 2024

Fatal Houthi attack may be a ‘red line’ in Red Sea shipping crisis

A ceasefire in Gaza could help get food supplies in for Palestinian civilians and bring Israeli hostages out
Hamas delegation leaves Gaza truce talks in Cairo without deal
JERUSALEM — A Hamas delegation has left talks in Cairo without a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza, but the armed group says indirect negotiations with Israel are not over.It had been hoped that a 40-day truce could be in place for the start of the Islamic month of Ramadan next week.With more signs of a famine looming, international pressure has only grown.But Egyptian and Qatari mediators have struggled to seal a deal that would see Hamas free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli jails.Israel did not send a delegation to Cairo, saying it first wanted a list of the surviving hostages who could be released under the agreement.Hamas said Israel did not accept its demands for displaced Palestinians to be able to return to their homes nor a complete withdrawal of Israeli...
March 07, 2024

Hamas delegation leaves Gaza truce talks in Cairo without deal

This 2022 photo shows the bulk carrier vessel True Confidence in Ravenna, Italy
Filipino seafarers killed in first fatal Houthi attack on commercial shipping
WASHINGTON — Two Filipino seafarers are among the dead after a Houthi ballistic missile struck a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden, marking the first fatal attack by the Iran-backed militant group in its ongoing assaults in the Red Sea.At least three crew members were killed and four others injured in the attack Wednesday on the M/V True Confidence, a Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned bulk carrier, US Central Command said in a statement. The ship has since been abandoned and coalition warships are now in the area assessing the situation, two US officials told CNN.In a statement Thursday, the Philippine Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) announced the death of its nationals and said two other Filipino crewmen were severely injured in the attack.The deadly strike marks a significant...
March 07, 2024

Filipino seafarers killed in first fatal Houthi attack on commercial shipping

Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 5
Hamas responds to ceasefire proposal but accuses Israel of ‘stalling’
BEIRUT — Hamas said Tuesday there could be no “exchange of prisoners” before a permanent ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as it responded to proposals from Egyptian and Qatari mediators.“The security and safety of our people will not be achieved except through a permanent ceasefire, the end of the aggression, [Israel’s] withdrawal from every inch in Gaza...and the entry of aid to our people in Gaza is our utmost priority,” Hamas senior leader Osama Hamdan told a news conference in Beirut.“Any prisoner exchange will not be completed except after the completion of all this.”Hamas’ response comes as negotiators race to reach a deal that would pair a pause in fighting with the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan....
March 06, 2024

Hamas responds to ceasefire proposal but accuses Israel of ‘stalling’

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