Tag: Humanitarian Aid
US: Gaza aid has greatly increased in recent days
The United States has confirmed a substantial increase in humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip over the past few days.
“The aid has increased and quite dramatically in just the last few days,” White House...
Israel to open new crossing to ‘flood’ Gaza with aid
Israel will open a new land crossing to the Gaza Strip designed primarily to facilitate the entry of foreign aid, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday.
Gallant told reporters that the new crossing...
José Andrés: Israel ‘fighting the basis of what humanity should be standing for’
The celebrity chef José Andrés, a friend of U.S. President Joe Biden’s, accused Israel during an interview with CBS News of intentionally targeting an aid convey and of waging a “war against humanity itself.”
“You cannot be fighting the...
Israel uses Gaza Fatah members to secure aid
In recent weeks, Israel’s War Cabinet approved enlisting the help of Gaza residents affiliated with the Palestinian Authority ruling Fatah movement to secure the entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip and prevent theft...
Netanyahu confirms IDF unintentional strike on aid workers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday confirmed that an unintentional IDF strike killed seven aid workers in the Gaza Strip the previous night.
“Unfortunately, in the last day there was a tragic case of...
Biden to pressure Israel on alternatives to Rafah op
The White House will present alternative plans designed to dissuade Jerusalem from carrying out a full-scale military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah when an Israeli delegation visits Washington early next week, Axios reported on...
Celebrity US chef feeding Gaza calls for ‘ceasefire, with hostages released on both sides’
José Andrés, the celebrity chef and founder of World Central Kitchen who is donating food to Gazans, called on U.S. President Joe Biden to demand that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “stop killing children, targeting humanitarian...
The problem in Gaza is Hamas, not how to provide aid
After months of pressure from left-wing critics and liberal media outlets that seem to only highlight the suffering of Palestinians since Hamas started a war on Oct. 7, President Joe Biden felt he had...
Airdropped aid kills five Palestinians, Hamas says
Hamas-controlled Gazan health authorities claimed on Friday that five Palestinians were killed by falling humanitarian-aid packages during an airdrop in the northern Gaza Strip.
Unconfirmed videos on social media appear to show some of the...
In State of the Union address, Biden announces temporary port in Gaza
During his State of the Union address on Thursday, U.S. President Joe Biden announced an “emergency mission” to establish a port in the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian supplies.
“Tonight, I’m directing the U.S. military...