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UN agency chief says Israel blocked him from entering Gaza

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- Agence France-Presse - March 19, 2024

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Monday Israel had blocked him from entering the war-torn and besieged Gaza Strip where the United Nations has warned of impending famine. Israel responded that UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini had not followed proper procedure. Lazzarini, who last month said Israel "aimed at

Gaza truce efforts revived as first aid ship unloaded

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- Agence France-Presse - March 17, 2024

Efforts towards a truce in the Israel-Hamas war appeared to rekindle on Saturday after a new proposal from the Palestinian militant group which also called for more aid into Gaza, where the first food shipment by sea reached shore. Israel said it would send a delegation to Qatar for a new

Israel prepares return to ceasefire talks; UN says Gaza hunger crisis worsens

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- Reuters - March 17, 2024

The main U.N. aid agency operating in Gaza said on Saturday that acute malnutrition was accelerating in the north of the Palestinian enclave as Israel prepared to send a delegation to Qatar for new ceasefire talks on a hostage deal with Hamas. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine

First aid boat unloads in Gaza as Hamas proposes new truce

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- Agence France-Presse - March 16, 2024

A first aid ship plying a new maritime corridor from Cyprus began unloading its cargo of desperately needed food in Gaza on Friday as Hamas proposed a new six-week truce in the war. AFP footage showed the Open Arms, which set sail from Cyprus on Tuesday, towing a barge that the

Aid ship slowly heads for Gaza as calls for assistance grow

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- Agence France-Presse - March 14, 2024March 14, 2024

A first boat loaded with 200 tonnes of food aid was making slow progress towards the Gaza Strip on Thursday as efforts grew to bring more humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory besieged by Israel. The main UN aid agency in Gaza said an Israeli strike a day earlier hit one

Gaza massacre and western hypocrisy

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- Anis Chowdhury, IPS - March 13, 2024

Israeli troops opened fire targeting the Palestinians, gathered around food aid trucks, killing at least 112 and injuring hundreds on 29 February. The massacre happened, about a month after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered provisional measures for Israel to refrain from all acts under the Genocide convention. Ironically

Gazans break fast without ‘joy of Ramadan’ as Israel-Hamas war grinds on

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- Times Report - March 12, 2024

The first day of Ramadan came and went in Gaza, with residents marking a joyless iftar against a backdrop of famine, disease and displacement as the war in the besieged territory ground on more than five months after it began. As the Muslim world welcomed the start of the holy month

Aid ship from Cyprus ‘ready’ to sail for Gaza: charity

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- Times Report - March 10, 2024

Two hundred tonnes of food aid were "ready" to be sent from Cyprus to war-ravaged Gaza by sea, a Spanish NGO said Saturday, the first shipment along an EU-backed maritime corridor. A spokeswoman for Open Arms, a charity whose boat docked three weeks ago in the Cypriot port of Larnaca, said

Plans to get aid into Gaza by sea gain pace as airdrop mishap kills five

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- Agence France-Presse - March 9, 2024

An international effort is gathering pace to get desperately needed humanitarian relief into Gaza by sea in a bid to counter overland access restrictions blamed on Israel as it battles Hamas militants. The dire conditions more than five months into the war have led some countries to airdrop food and other

Children begin to succumb in rising deaths in Gaza’s famine

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- Agence France-Presse - March 8, 2024March 8, 2024

After months of warnings over the risk of famine in Gaza under Israel’s bombardment, offensives and siege, children are starting to die. Hunger is most acute in northern Gaza, which has been isolated by Israeli forces and has suffered long cutoffs of food supply deliveries. At least 20 people have died