Tag: Gaza Strip
Israel to try new ways to deliver aid after deadly stampede
The Israel Defense Forces will try new methods to deliver humanitarian aid to Gazans this week following a deadly stampede in Gaza City on Feb. 29.
Gazan civilians mobbed trucks carrying humanitarian aid supplies during the incident,...
Hamas say they don’t know which hostages are alive, or where they are
A Hamas official explained to the BBC on Sunday why the terror group didn’t accede to the Israeli demand to provide the number of hostages still alive: it doesn’t know itself.
“Practically it is impossible to know...
UNRWA, on ropes over terror ties, decides to investigate Israel
Despite itself being the focus of an investigation, UNRWA has opened an inquiry into Israel’s conduct towards Gazan prisoners of war, sparking a rebuke from Israel’s government.
“The audacity of @UNRWA, with employees complicit in...
US air drops first emergency food supplies into Gaza
U.S. military C-130J Super Hercules cargo planes parachuted pallets of food into the Gaza Strip on Saturday in what will reportedly be the first of many emergency aid drops authorized by the White House.
“The...
Washington blocks UNSC from blaming Israel for deaths during aid delivery
Washington blocked a statement from the U.N. Security Council which would have blamed Israeli forces for deaths and injuries early Thursday morning during a chaotic attempt to deliver humanitarian aid near Gaza City.
The statement...
New Zealand declares entire Hamas organization a terror group
New Zealand has designated the entire Hamas organization as a terrorist group, its prime minister, Christopher Luxon, announced on Feb. 29.
While the armed wing of Hamas, known as the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, was declared...
Netanyahu: ‘Too early to tell’ if Hamas will agree to hostage deal
It is “too early to tell” if the Hamas terrorist organization will agree to a ceasefire-for-hostages deal in the coming days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.
“We won’t capitulate to Hamas’s delusional...
‘Probably not by Monday,’ Biden admits of ceasefire
Days after he said he hoped there would be a ceasefire in Gaza by Monday, March 4, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday before boarding Marine One that the timeline was likely unrealistic...
Israel’s heroes will ensure victory
In a recent column about the Middle East Forum’s fact-finding mission to Israel in which I participated, I discussed the uniform consensus among Israelis that they must completely and decisively win the war against Hamas for...
Netanyahu counters Biden: Most Americans support Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night hit back at U.S. President Joe Biden for claiming that the Jewish state’s “incredibly conservative government” risked losing it international support.
“Since the start of the war,...