3 d. ago Group running food distribution sites in Gaza puts operations on hold Wednesday

A group running food distribution sites in Gaza says it has put its operations on hold Wednesday. That's after a shooting that killed 27 people, according to hospitals and health officials in Gaza.

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3 d. ago Washington Post Retracts Fake News Story About Deaths at Gaza Aid Site

The Washington Post retracted a story Tuesday that repeated fake news, disseminated by Hamas, claiming that Israeli troops had opened fire on Palestinians seeking food from an American-run aid site in Gaza. The post Washington Post Retracts Fake News Story About Deaths at Gaza Aid Site appeared first on Breitbart.

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4 d. ago CEO of Doctors Without Borders weighs in on violence at Gaza food distribution site

On Tuesday morning, more than two dozen people were killed as they tried to collect emergency food aid near a distribution site in Gaza -- the third mass-casualty event in three days.

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4 d. ago Washington Post admits to faulty reporting on claim that Israel killed dozens of Gazan civilians at aide site

The Washington Post revised its recent article on Gaza, clarifying that its original claim of Israeli troops killing civilians is disputed and not verified.

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4 d. ago Dozens reported killed as Israel acknowledges troops opened fire near Gaza food point

For the third time in as many days, Palestinians in Gaza have been shot while trying to get food. Israel has acknowledged that its soldiers opened fire on people who were approaching them.

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5 d. ago Israeli troops killed Palestinians heading to a new Gaza food site, eyewitnesses say

Reports of deadly shootings by the Israeli military close to a new food distribution site in Gaza are coming under heavy criticism from the U.S.-backed group distributing the food.

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6 d. ago WFP's Cindy McCain: Gaza could be 'a humanitarian catastrophe ... like none other’

On “This Week,” World Food Programme's Cindy McCain discusses efforts to distribute aid in Gaza.

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6 d. ago Dozens of Palestinians killed, nearly 200 wounded while on their way to collect aid in Gaza

At least 26 Palestinians were killed and at least 175 were wounded while they were on their way to retrieve food in the Gaza Strip, according to health officials and witnesses.

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6 d. ago Dozens of Palestinians killed on their way to collect aid in Gaza, Hamas

At least 26 Palestinians were killed and at least 175 were wounded while they were on their way to retrieve food in the Gaza Strip, according to health officials and witnesses.

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8 d. ago Food for Gaza decays in Jordan warehouses as Israel restricts aid

Food aid is moldering in warehouses in Jordan, the main hub for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Other foods and medicines are loaded on trucks that have waited for months at Israeli border crossings.

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9 d. ago U.N. Fail: Thousands of Palestinians Storm Aid Warehouse in Gaza, Killing at Least 4

The World Food Programme (WFP), a United Nations agency, confirmed on Wednesday that "hordes" of Palestinians stormed one of its warehouses in Central Gaza, storming it for food and leaving at least four dead. The post U.N. Fail: Thousands of Palestinians Storm Aid Warehouse in Gaza, Killing at Least 4 appeared first on Breitbart.

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1 week ago Thousands of hungry people in Gaza overwhelm food distribution site

The start of a Israeli plan backed by the U.S. to control aid distribution in Gaza was mired in chaos on Tuesday. Dozens were shot by Israeli gunfire as crowds surged to where food was distributed.

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2 w. ago The Israeli Connections to a New Gaza Aid Plan Promoted as Independent

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.

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2 w. ago Israel Said It Eased Its Blockade, But Gazans Are Still Waiting for Food

Three days after Israel said it would ease its blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza, little, if any, of the desperately needed food, fuel and medicine appeared to have reached Palestinians.

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2 w. ago Doctor details Gaza famine: 'We're not asking for miracles. We're asking for food'

A senior Palestinian pediatric doctor described the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as "unbelievable," witnessing children dying from hunger and preventable injuries.

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2 w. ago Israel says it will allow a 'basic quantity' of food into Gaza to prevent starvation

Israel blocked all supplies into Gaza for nearly three months, the longest blockade it has ever imposed on Gaza. But Israel is relenting amid international pressure to allow food into the territory.

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3 w. ago Palestinians are counting lentils, as Gaza food crisis worsens

Nearly half a million people in Gaza now face starvation, according to a new report from the IPC, the international panel of famine experts who advise the United Nations.For more than ten weeks, Israel has halted the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, to pressure Hamas to release Israeli hostages. Israel accuses Hamas of seizing aid, selling it on the black market and using aid distribution to reinforce its control of Gaza.The UN says hundreds of truckloads of lifesaving supplies are waiting at the border. Meanwhile, inside Gaza, food is scarce. Humanitarian groups like the UN World Food Programme (WFP) exhausted supplies of basic staples weeks ago, forcing them to shut down their kitchens and bakeries, and everyday Palestinians are grinding up pasta and lentils to make flour for bread. Antoine Renard of the WFP says when he was in Gaza last week, wheat flour was selling for $10 a pound. Juana Summers talks with Renard about what he's seen in Gaza, and what's next for the people th...

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3 w. ago Report finds dire risk of starvation in Gaza as Israeli blockade continues

NPR's Juana Summers talks to Antoine Renard of the U.N. World Food Programme about the increasing risk of famine in Gaza, as Israel's block on humanitarian aid into the strip continues.

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3 w. ago The U.S. has a plan for getting food into Gaza. Top aid groups object to the idea

The proposed solution would only provide food and aid to around 60 percent of Gaza's civilians initially, according to a copy of the proposal reviewed by NPR.

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4 w. ago Amid Blockade, Trump and Israel Mull Divisive Aid Plan For Gaza

Two months after Israel blocked all aid to Gaza, U.S. and Israeli officials are considering a new food distribution plan. The U.N. says it is unworkable.

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