4 d. ago Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN

Continued restrictions come as opposition leader says Israel is becoming pariah nation that ‘kills babies as a hobby’Middle East crisis – live updatesTwo days after Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was lifting the siege of Gaza, Israel is still blocking food from reaching starving Palestinians, the UN has said, as the leader of the country’s centre-left Democrats party said his country was becoming a pariah nation that “kills babies as a hobby”.Only five trucks of aid had reached Gaza by Tuesday afternoon and aid workers had not been given permission to distribute even that token shipment, Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) told a Geneva press briefing. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago UN warns 14,000 babies could die within 48 hours under Israel siege of Gaza

Humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said the five aid trucks allowed into the strip on Monday were a “drop in the ocean” amid international condemnation of Israel

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6 d. ago Israel to resume entry of ‘basic’ humanitarian aid into Gaza, Netanyahu’s office says – Israel

Prime minister’s office says Israel will allow some food into Gaza to prevent a ‘hunger crisis’In an earlier post, we reported on the dire situation at the Indonesian hospital, which is reportedly under siege by Israeli forces.Now Gaza’s health ministry has said that all public hospitals in the north of the territory were “out of service”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Democrats shun unity on Gaza in face of Netanyahu’s plan for ‘final’ assault

Democrats lack a unified voice on Israel’s siege on Gaza more than a year and a half after it began. That gives Trump the advantage, writes John Bowden

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4 w. ago UN agency runs out of food in Gaza as Israel’s siege takes devastating toll

Extreme hunger intensifies as Israeli politicians rebuff calls to allow supplies into shattered enclave

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4 w. ago UN food agency says its foods stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel's blockade

The World Food Program says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory

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