A bill would bar support for the agency, UNRWA, amid accusations that some employees were Hamas fighters. Other countries are scrambling to make up the looming shortfall.
Tag: Food Insecurity
Israel Raids Al-Shifa Hospital Again; Netanyahu to Send Team for Talks in D.C.
The warning came amid an Israeli raid on Al-Shifa Hospital. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also agreed to send military and humanitarian officials to Washington to hear the Biden administration’s concerns.
U.S. Military Ship Sets Sail to Help Build a Pier Off Gaza for Aid
The pier project is the latest in a flurry of efforts to get more aid into the enclave — including by sea — amid warnings from the U.N. that a famine in Gaza is imminent.
Few Aid Trucks Are Reaching Northern Gaza, Where Famine Looms
A small number of trucks carrying desperately needed food headed for Gaza City, but at least some were swarmed and looted by people along the way.
Few Aid Trucks Are Reaching Northern Gaza, Where Famine Looms
A small number of trucks carrying desperately needed food headed for Gaza City, but at least some were swarmed and looted by people along the way.
The U.N. Says Gaza Is Close to Famine. What Does That Mean?
Several criteria, including acute malnutrition in at least 30 percent of children, go into determining that a famine exists. It is not clear who has the authority to officially declare a famine in Gaza.
Israel Helped Organize Convoy That Ended in Disaster
It was one of four convoys put together by local Palestinian businessmen this week at the behest of Israeli officials, who promised to provide security.
Jordan and France Airdrop Food and Other Aid Into Gaza
Some aid was parachuted into the sea and retrieved by men in small boats. People on the shore scrambled for the packages.
Gazans Ambush Aid Convoys Amid Food Shortages
Images of one ambush attempt show several dozen young men briefly forcing aid trucks off a highway and throwing stones at them.
Israel Orders New Evacuations in Northern Gaza as U.N. Suspends Food Deliveries
Residents of two neighborhoods in Gaza City were ordered to evacuate, and the World Food Program described scenes of chaos in the north too dangerous to allow it to provide food supplies.