As humanitarian groups warn of a looming famine in northern Gaza, airdrops are playing a prominent role in efforts to deliver food and supplies, even if they are less efficient than delivery by truck.
Tag: Humanitarian Aid
Israel Says It Is Committed to Getting Aid Into Gaza After ICJ Ruling
The country pointed to measures to deliver necessities by land, air and sea that aid groups say are not nearly sufficient to meet the need.
Gazans Drown Trying to Retrieve Aid From Sea, Authorities Say
It was not clear which country was responsible for the airdrop of aid, which fell into the Mediterranean off Gaza’s northern coast.
How World Central Kitchen Built a Jetty to Get Aid Into Gaza
Workers with World Central Kitchen were still finishing a jetty made from the rubble of bombed buildings when a ship arrived carrying the first aid into the enclave by sea in nearly two decades.
U.N. Chief Calls Conditions in Gaza a ‘Moral Outrage’
In a visit to the Rafah border crossing, Secretary General António Guterres called for an immediate cease-fire and expressed solidarity with Palestinians in the territory.
U.S. Call for Gaza Cease-Fire Runs Into Russia-China Veto
The American draft resolution before the Security Council did not go far enough to end the Israel-Hamas war, Russia and China said, after the United States had vetoed three earlier resolutions.
How Biden Could Try to Coerce Israel to Change Its War Strategy
President Biden has tried persuading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu behind the scenes. But critics say it is time for a different approach.
Doctors, Back From Gaza Hospitals, Tell Congress of Horrors Amid Cease-Fire Push
Volunteers who treated patients in harrowing conditions lobbied American officials on the urgency of an immediate cease-fire.
Congress Seeks to Bar Funding for U.N. Agency for Palestinians
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.
U.N. Says Israel May Be Restricting Gaza Aid as a War Tactic
International alarm has been growing over the hunger crisis in Gaza, with food experts predicting an imminent famine in the north of the enclave.