Large Numbers of Aid-Seekers Storm U.N. Warehouse in Gaza
Scores of desperate Palestinians could be seen trying to enter the cavernous warehouse after more than two months of Israeli aid blockages put Gaza at high risk of famine.
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Scores of desperate Palestinians could be seen trying to enter the cavernous warehouse after more than two months of Israeli aid blockages put Gaza at high risk of famine.
The United Nations says food being distributed by a new Israeli-backed system is “less than a drop in the ocean.”
United Nations officials said that the new system, known as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, violated humanitarian principles by requiring many Palestinians to travel miles to obtain aid.
The new operation is intended to bypass both the United Nations and Hamas, but aid groups say even if it works as intended, it is dangerously inadequate.
As hundreds of Palestinians converged on an Israeli-backed aid distribution center in Rafah, Gaza, short bursts of gunfire caused the crowd to panic. The Israeli military said it fired warning shots near the compound.
As hundreds of Palestinians converged on an Israeli-backed aid distribution center in Rafah, Gaza, short bursts of gunfire caused the crowd to panic. The Israeli military said it fired warning shots near the compound.
Starvation looming, desperate Palestinians surged toward an aid center that Israel says was designed to circumvent Hamas.
Israel, Hamas and the Trump administration have issued different messages about where efforts to reach a truce stand.
The death of Amer Rabee, a Palestinian American in the West Bank, has spurred anger over soldiers’ use of force and an apparent lack of accountability.
Foreign contractors are set to carry out a contentious new food aid system in Gaza, displacing experienced aid agencies like the United Nations. It was conceived and largely developed by Israelis as a way to undermine Hamas.