9 h. ago Gaza aid workers overwhelmed by ‘mass casualty incidents’ at food distribution sites

Doctors say hundreds have been wounded by Israeli gunfire while trying to reach convoysMedical officials, humanitarian workers and doctors in Gaza say they have been overwhelmed by almost daily “mass casualty incidents” as they struggle to deal with those wounded by Israeli fire on Palestinians seeking aid.Doctors said many of the casualties they are treating describe being shot as they try to reach distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a secretive US- and Israel-backed organisation that began handing out food in late May. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Gaza health system overwhelmed by casualties at aid distributions, says Red Cross – Israel

The ICRC said ‘the scale and frequency of these incidents are without precedent’The IDF has issued a new evacuation order for the Khan Younis area in Gaza, instructing Palestinian who live there to head west as the no-go zone expands.Col Avichay Adraee, the military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, wrote on X: “Due to terror activities in the area, the IDF with its maneuvering troops and intensive firepower is expanding actions in your area.”Physiotherapists support nurses, cleaning and dressing wounds and taking vitals. Cleaners now serve as orderlies, carrying stretchers wherever they are needed. Midwives have stepped into palliative care. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago A boy in Gaza with brain damage fights for his life amid blockade

Nearly 21 months into the war in Gaza, doctors and aid workers say it is nearly impossible for the critically wounded to get the care they need

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5 d. ago Israeli strikes kill 15 in Gaza, while shootings kill 20 people waiting for aid

A hospital official in Gaza says Israeli airstrikes killed 15 Palestinians in Gaza early on Friday, while another 20 people were killed in shootings while waiting for aid

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5 d. ago Organization denies AP report that US contractors at its Gaza food distribution sites used live ammo

An Israeli-backed American organization running a new aid program in Gaza is denying a report by The Associated Press that American contractors guarding the foundation’s aid sites inside Gaza were using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scrambled for food

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5 d. ago Airstrikes and shootings kill 94 Palestinians in Gaza including dozens trying to get aid, officials say

Israel is facing ongoing criticism of its handling of food aid in the war-torn enclave, as efforts to forge a ceasefire continue

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6 d. ago Contractors say ‘unqualified’ colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza

American analysts and Israeli soldiers work side by side, contractors say

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6 d. ago Amnesty International says Israel and aid system use starvation to commit Gaza genocide

Amnesty International has issued a report saying a controversial system to distribute aid in Gaza uses starvation tactics against Palestinians to continue to commit genocide in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s war with Hamas

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6 d. ago 82 Palestinians killed in Gaza, including 38 people waiting for aid, authorities say

Airstrikes and shootings killed 82 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including 38 while attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the Health Ministry said Thursday

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6 d. ago New Jersey skydiving plane crashes in mass casualty event as victims covered in jet fuel

A skydiving plane crashed at Cross Keys Airport, New Jersey, this morning in what has been described as a mass casualty event - 15 people were rushed to hospital

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6 d. ago Mass casualty incident declared after plane crash near New Jersey airport

At least five people were taken to the hospital, according to a local report

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6 d. ago US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza

American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press

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6 d. ago Takeaways from AP’s report into claims of excessive force by American contractors at Gaza aid sites

American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press

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8 d. ago International charities and NGOs call for end to controversial Israeli

International charities, including Oxfam and Amnesty, are urging the disbandment of an Israeli and U.S.-backed aid mechanism in Gaza

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9 d. ago 22 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Israeli forces fire on crowds at food aid sites, medics say

Witnesses and medics in Gaza say Israeli forces have killed at least 22 people and wounded 20 others when they fired on crowds returning from a food aid site

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9 d. ago Couple's Costco disgust as they spot something wriggle in rotisserie chicken bag

Liam Jamieson, 50, from Dingle, says he was left sickened after he spotted maggots wriggling around in his chicken bag from Costco. He says the incident has impacted his relationship with food

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1 week ago Iran says it has ‘serious doubts’ over Israel’s commitment to ceasefire – Middle East crisis live

Iran’s armed forces chief of staff says it is ‘ready to respond with force’ if attacked again; Iran says airstrikes on Evin prison killed at least 71 Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli attacks have killed at least 14 people, including three children, so far on Sunday.Civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency that 13 people were killed in airstrikes at four locations around the Gaza Strip, and another from Israeli gunfire near an aid distribution centre. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Starvation crisis caused by Israeli war and aid blockade kills at least 66 children in Gaza

Doctors say newborns wasting away for lack of formula and medical nutrition while families scavenge for any type of milk

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1 week ago At least 72 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, health staff say

Palestinians were pictured praying over the bodies of those brought to Al-Shifa hospital

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1 week ago At least 60 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, health staff say

Palestinians were pictured praying over the bodies of those brought to Al-Shifa hospital

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