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A Palestinian boy mourns loved ones who were killed by Israeli fire, as they gathered to try and access food near a US-backed aid center in Rafah, at Nasser Hospital, in southern Gaza, on June 3
Aid distribution in Gaza has turned 'a death trap'
JERUSALEM — A new program for getting desperately needed food into the hands of starving Palestinians in Gaza is only days old, but it’s already mired in chaos and tragedy.Dozens of Palestinians have been killed over the past few days while on their way to trying to obtain aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). This group, backed by Israel and the US, is intended to replace the UN-led system of distributing aid in Gaza, to address a hunger crisis sparked by a monthslong Israeli blockade.Over the past week, tens of thousands of Palestinians have converged on distribution points run by GHF, hoping to grab one of the limited number of packages before they run out.For the past three days, Palestinian authorities and witnesses have accused Israeli forces of shooting dozens of...
June 04, 2025

Aid distribution in Gaza has turned 'a death trap'

The relatives of Palestinians who lost their lives after Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd gathered at an aid distribution point in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Tuesday
Dozens of Palestinians killed near Gaza aid distribution point in third day of shooting
JERUSALEM — Palestinians on their way to receive aid from a distribution site in southern Gaza have come under fire for a third consecutive day, with nearly 30 people killed and dozens wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and Nasser hospital.The ministry said Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians as they made their way to the distribution site in Tel al-Sultan in Rafah early Tuesday.The Israeli military said its forces opened fire multiple times after identifying “several suspects moving toward them, deviating from the designated access routes.”“The troops carried out warning fire, and after the suspects failed to retreat, additional shots were directed near a few individual suspects who advanced toward the troops,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in...
June 03, 2025

Dozens of Palestinians killed near Gaza aid distribution point in third day of shooting

The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has set up four aid distribution centre in southern and central Gaza
UN calls for investigation into killings near Gaza aid distribution site
NEW YORK — The UN secretary-general has called for an independent investigation into the killing of Palestinians near an aid distribution center in Gaza on Sunday, amid disputed reports that Israeli forces had opened fire.Witnesses reported being shot at while waiting for food from the center in Rafah run by the US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).The Red Cross said its hospital received 179 casualties, 21 of whom were dead. The Hamas-run Civil Defense agency put the death toll at 31.On Sunday, the Israeli military denied its troops fired at civilians near or within the site and said reports to this effect were false.The GHF said the reports were "outright fabrications" and that it was yet to see evidence of an attack at or near its facility.Israel does not...
June 03, 2025

UN calls for investigation into killings near Gaza aid distribution site

Dr Hamdi al-Najjar, pictured during a visit by his niece, died from his wounds on Saturday, health officials said
Gaza doctor whose nine children were killed in Israeli strike dies from injuries
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian doctor whose children were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza on 23 May has died from injuries sustained in the same attack, health officials say.Dr Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, had just returned from dropping his wife, Dr Alaa al-Najjar, off at Nasser Hospital, where the couple both worked, when their home in Khan Younis was struck. Nine of their children were killed, while the 10th was severely injured.Hamdi was treated in hospital for brain and internal injuries but died on Saturday. Alaa and their 11-year-old son Adam, who remains in hospital, are the sole remaining survivors of the family.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said at the time that the incident was being reviewed.The couple founded a private medical compound in Khan Younis, of which Hamdi was the...
June 02, 2025

Gaza doctor whose nine children were killed in Israeli strike dies from injuries

Bodies were brought to Nasser hospital after the incident
Red Cross says at least 21 killed and dozens shot in Gaza aid incident
CAIRO — A "mass casualty influx" of people, many with gunshot or shrapnel wounds, was received at a Red Cross field hospital in southern Gaza, the organization said, following disputed reports about an incident near an aid distribution center in Rafah.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said 21 people were "declared dead upon arrival" while women and children were among 179 cases.The organization's statement came after the Hamas-run civil defense agency in Gaza said at least 31 people were killed and many more wounded in the incident, which it blamed on "Israeli gunfire" targeting civilians.But the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said findings from an initial inquiry showed its forces had not fired at people while they were near or within the...
June 02, 2025

Red Cross says at least 21 killed and dozens shot in Gaza aid incident

Climate activist Greta Thunberg with other activists from a human rights organization meets with journalists in Catania, Italy on June 1, 2025 before setting sail towards Gaza
Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza
CATANIA, Italy — Greta Thunberg and other 11 activists set sail on Sunday afternoon for Gaza on a ship aimed at “breaking Israel’s siege” of the devastated territory, the Associated Press new agency reported.The sailing boat Madleen – operated by activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition — departed from the Sicilian port of Catania, in southern Italy.It will try to reach the shores of Gaza in an effort to bring in some aid and raise “international awareness” over the ongoing humanitarian crisis, the activists said at a press conference on Sunday, ahead of departure.“We are doing this because, no matter what odds we are against, we have to keep trying,” climate activist Thunberg said, bursting into tears during her speech.“Because the moment we stop trying is when we...
June 02, 2025

Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza

Al-Awda Hospital seen in a file handout photo on 21 March 2024
Last hospital in North Gaza governorate evacuated after Israeli order
GAZA — The last hospital providing health services in the North Gaza governorate is out of service after the Israeli military ordered its immediate evacuation, the hospital's director has said.Dr Mohammed Salha said patients were evacuated from al-Awda hospital in Jabalia on Thursday evening.He told the BBC "we are feeling really bad about this forced evacuation" after "two weeks of siege", saying there is now "no health facility working in the north".Israel has not yet commented, but the BBC has contacted the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)."We're really sad that we evacuated the hospital, but the Israeli occupation forces threatened us that if we didn't evacuate, they would enter and kill whoever is inside," Dr Salha said in a voice note...
May 30, 2025

Last hospital in North Gaza governorate evacuated after Israeli order

Palestinians carry humanitarian aid packages in Khan Younis, 29 May
New US ceasefire proposal for Gaza falls short of key demands, Hamas says
GAZA — Hamas has said it's reviewing the latest US proposal for a new ceasefire in Gaza and hostage release deal, though reports suggest the Palestinian armed group may reject it.Full details of the agreement have not yet been disclosed, but senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said the proposal favored the Israeli position and failed to meet any of Hamas' key demands, chiefly a commitment from Israel to end the war, withdraw its forces from Gaza and permit unrestricted aid access to the territory.It comes after the White House said Israel had accepted the proposal."The Zionist response, in essence, means perpetuating the occupation and continuing the killing and famine," said Bassem Naim, a top Hamas official.He added that the proposed deal "does not respond to...
May 30, 2025

New US ceasefire proposal for Gaza falls short of key demands, Hamas says

Palestinians desperate for food have massed at distribution centres run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation since the blockade was eased
Gaza subjected to forced starvation, top UN official says 
LONDON — The UN's humanitarian chief has said people in Gaza are being subjected to forced starvation by Israel. In an interview with the BBC, Tom Fletcher said he believed this had led to a change in the international response to Gaza. Asked if his assessment of forced starvation amounted to a war crime, he said: "Yeah, it is. It is classified as a war crime. Obviously, these are issues for the courts to take the judgement on, and ultimately for history to take a judgement on." Fletcher also expressed regret for saying recently that 14,000 babies could die within 48 hours in Gaza if aid was not allowed in -- a claim the UN later drew back -- and acknowledged a need to be "precise" with language. Israel began to allow limited aid into Gaza last week,...
May 30, 2025

Gaza subjected to forced starvation, top UN official says 

Israeli ministers said the settler outpost at Homesh will be retrospectively legalised (file photo from May 2023)
Israel announces major expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank
JERUSALEM — Israeli ministers say 22 new Jewish settlements have been approved in the occupied West Bank — the biggest expansion in decades.Several already exist as outposts, built without government authorisation, but will now be made legal under Israeli law. Others are completely new, according to Defence Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.Settlements — which are widely seen as illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this — are one of the most contentious issues between Israel and the Palestinians.Katz said the move "prevents the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel", while the Palestinian presidency called it a "dangerous escalation".The Israeli anti-settlement watchdog Peace Now called it...
May 29, 2025

Israel announces major expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank

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