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Palestinians line up for free as threat of starvation looms
Quarter of Gaza one step from famine as aid trucks looted, says UN
NEW YORK — Aid trucks are being shot at and looted with at least a quarter of Gaza's population one step away from starvation, UN officials said on Tuesday.The situation is especially acute in the north, where humanitarian supplies are scarce and vast swathes of the area lie in ruins after Israel's military offensive.UN humanitarian coordinator Ramesh Ramasingham told the UN Security Council on Tuesday there is "every possibility" the situation could deteriorate further.He said one in six children under the age of two in northern Gaza are suffering from “acute malnutrition and wasting,” where the body becomes emaciated.Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the World Food Program (WFP), said Gaza is experiencing “the worst level of child malnutrition anywhere in...
February 28, 2024

Quarter of Gaza one step from famine as aid trucks looted, says UN

In this August 2023 photo, the USS Bataan transits the Red Sea
US expected to cut forces in Middle East by removing Marine rapid response unit from Mediterranean Sea
WASHINGTON — A Marine rapid response force is expected to leave the eastern Mediterranean Sea in the coming weeks and return to the United States, according to two defense officials, in a significant reduction of US forces in the region.The USS Bataan amphibious ready group and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are expected to begin sailing toward the US in March, one official said, though an exact timeline for the departure is unclear. The Pentagon could still decide to keep the group in the region if the situation rapidly deteriorates.The Marine rapid response force first deployed in July and was sent to the region in October. It had previously been extended to remain in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, as CNN reported. Capable of carrying out amphibious operations and certain...
February 28, 2024

US expected to cut forces in Middle East by removing Marine rapid response unit from Mediterranean Sea

Janez Lenarčič, European Commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management, speaks before the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 27 February 2024
UNRWA funding must continue to avoid 'collective punishment,' warns Lenarčič
STRASBOURG — The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) must continue to receive "adequate funding" to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Gaza, the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, has said.His warning comes as uncertainty mounts over the future of the EU's development aid to UNRWA.The agency is at a breaking point after Western countries suspended donations following allegations twelve of its staff members were involved in Hamas' October 7 attacks on Israel, which left more than 1,200 Israelis dead and sparked a war in Gaza that has claimed the lives of more than 29,000 Palestinians.The serious allegations, levelled by Israel on the same day the UN's top court ordered it to prevent genocide in Gaza, sparked fears of possible...
February 28, 2024

UNRWA funding must continue to avoid 'collective punishment,' warns Lenarčič

Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu and Biden spar over support for Gaza war
WASHINGTON — Popular support for Israel in the US will help it fight "until total victory" over Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.In a statement, Netanyahu cited polls showing that more than 80% of Americans support Israel during the conflict in Gaza.His comments come after US President Joe Biden warned that Israel risks losing global support in the war.US officials say they are working on a possible ceasefire deal.In his statement on Tuesday, Netanyahu said that, since the beginning of the conflict, he has been leading a campaign "countering international pressure to end the war ahead of time and mobilise support for Israel.""We have significant successes in this area," Netanyahu added, citing a recent Harvard-Harris poll showing that...
February 28, 2024

Netanyahu and Biden spar over support for Gaza war

A Palestinian man holds the body of his four-year-old son, who is killed in the Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip, Feb. 26
Biden hopes for Israel-Gaza ceasefire by next week
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden has said he hopes to have a ceasefire "by next Monday" in the Israel-Gaza war.His comments come amid reports of some progress reached in ongoing negotiations involving Israel and Hamas representatives in Qatar."My national security advisor tells me that we're close,"Biden said.Israel launched a large-scale air and ground campaign in Gaza after Hamas gunmen killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel on 7 October.The attackers also took 253 people hostage, a number of whom have since been released.The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip says at least 29,782 people have been killed in the territory since then, including 90 on Sunday alone.President Biden, whose country is Israel's main ally, was speaking to reporters...
February 27, 2024

Biden hopes for Israel-Gaza ceasefire by next week

A man waves a Palestinian flag outside the International Court of Justice
UN's top court hears key case on Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories
THE HAGUE — The UN's top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), is hearing the final arguments in a case challenging Israel's 56-year occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.The question at the heart of this week's hearings is: What are the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories?It may not have the drama of recent World Court cases, but leading international lawyer Philippe Sands told the BBC: "In terms of the legal outcomes, and solution that must ultimately be found, this is as significant as it gets."This case was initiated by a UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution in December 2022, before the 7 October attacks by Hamas last year, and Israel's military response in the Gaza Strip.On the opening day of hearings last...
February 27, 2024

UN's top court hears key case on Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories

The war in Ukraine has largely been at a stalemate in recent months
Ukraine war: Indians ‘duped’ by agents into fighting for Russia
NEW DELHI — At least a dozen Indians have been duped by agents into fighting for Russian forces in the country's war with Ukraine with reports saying one of them was killed in a missile strike.Hemal Ashwinbhai from Gujarat state died in a missile attack last week, The Hindu newspaper reported over the weekend.Hemal's father had told the BBC on 23 February that he spoke to his son three days ago. He said that he was posted 20-22km (12-13 miles) inside Ukraine's border and called him every few days when he got access to the mobile network.The distraught families of the remaining men have now appealed to the federal government to get them back home.The duped men, aged between 22 and 31 and hired as "helpers in the military establishment in Russia," were allegedly sent...
February 26, 2024

Ukraine war: Indians ‘duped’ by agents into fighting for Russia

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh at a intergovernmental meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris Nov. 9, 2023
Palestinian PM submits government’s resignation in move that could open door to reforms
RAMALLAH — Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said Monday his government is resigning, in a move that could open the door to US-backed reforms in the Palestinian Authority.President Mahmoud Abbas must still decide whether he accepts Shtayyeh and his government's resignation. But the move signals a willingness by the Western-backed Palestinian leadership to accept a shake-up that might usher in reforms seen as necessary to revitalize the Palestinian Authority.The US wants a reformed Palestinian Authority to govern Gaza once the war is over. But many obstacles remain to making that vision a reality.“The next stage and its challenges require new governmental and political arrangements that take into account the new reality in the Gaza Strip,” Shtayyeh said at a Cabinet...
February 26, 2024

Palestinian PM submits government’s resignation in move that could open door to reforms

A Palestinian woman reacts after an Israeli strike on Shaheen family house in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Feb. 24, 2024.
Last UNRWA food convoy into northern Gaza was over a month ago, agency chief warns
GAZA — One in six children in northern Gaza is "severely malnourished", the UN agency highlighted.The UN's agency for Palestinian refugees was last able to deliver food into northern Gaza over a month ago, UNRWA Commissioner-General warned on Sunday, calling for food aid to be allowed into the area on a regular basis."The last time UNRWA was able to deliver food aid to northern Gaza was on 23 January," Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X, formerly Twitter."Our calls to send food aid have been denied & have fallen on deaf ears. This is a man made disaster.""Famine can still be avoided, through genuine political will to grant access & protection to meaningful assistance. The days to come will once again test our common humanity and values," he...
February 26, 2024

Last UNRWA food convoy into northern Gaza was over a month ago, agency chief warns

Mohammed is one of thousands of children who have become primary food gatherers for their families
Gaza children searching for food to keep families alive
JERUSALEM — In certain places at certain times, just staying alive is something for a boy to be proud of — let alone going out every day to find the food that keeps your family from starving.Every morning, Mohammed Zo'rab, 11, goes out into the southern Gaza city of Rafah on a mission.He takes a big plastic bowl and heads to schools that have become refugee centres, and to makeshift camps on the roadside where people suffer like his own family but might still find something to feed the child of strangers.Mohammed also goes to hospitals where the wounded arrive at all hours, and anywhere else where there might be a pot boiling over an open fire."When I go back to my family with this food, they get happy and we all eat together," he says."Sometimes I go empty handed...
February 26, 2024

Gaza children searching for food to keep families alive

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