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Gaza: UN Unable to Verify Number of Aid Shipments Awaiting Distribution Due to Lack of Access

This is Beirut, 24/07 17:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United Nations said Thursday it does not know how many aid consignments are currently in Gaza awaiting distribution, as it has not been authorized by Israel to be present at the crossing points. The Israeli military denied on Wednesday that it was blocking humanitarian aid and claimed that 950 trucks were in Gaza waiting for international ...

Hamas Replies to Israeli Truce Offer Amid Ongoing Mediation in Doha

This is Beirut, 24/07 11:43 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Hamas said on Thursday that it had responded to an Israeli proposal for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, as pressure mounted for a breakthrough to end almost two years of devastating conflict that has triggered a humanitarian crisis for civilians. Mediators have been shuttling between Israeli and Hamas negotiators in the Qatari capital Doha for ...

Israel Denies Gaza 'Mass Starvation' Accusations

This is Beirut, 23/07 19:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Israel on Wednesday hit back at growing international criticism that it was behind chronic food shortages in Gaza, instead accusing Hamas of deliberately creating a humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory. More than 100 aid and human rights groups said earlier Wednesday that "mass starvation" was spreading in the Gaza Strip, and France ...

Palestinian Sources Say Hamas Responds to Latest Gaza Truce Proposal

This is Beirut, 23/07 18:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Palestinian militant group Hamas submitted its response to an Israeli proposal for a 60-day Gaza ceasefire on Wednesday, according to two Palestinian sources familiar with ongoing talks in Doha. The response included proposed amendments to clauses on the entry of aid, maps of areas from which the Israeli army should withdraw, and guarantees ...

More Than 100 NGOs Warn 'Mass Starvation' Spreading Across Gaza

This is Beirut, 23/07 16:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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More than 100 aid organizations and human rights groups warned on Wednesday that "mass starvation" was spreading in Gaza, as the United States said its top envoy was heading to Europe for talks on a possible ceasefire and aid corridor. Israel is facing mounting international pressure over the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, where ...

Israeli Far Right Discusses Gaza 'Riviera' Plans

This is Beirut, 22/07 20:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Some Israeli far-right leaders held a public meeting on Tuesday to discuss redeveloping the Gaza Strip into a tourist-friendly "riviera", as Palestinians face a worsening humanitarian crisis in the devastated territory. The meeting, titled "The Riviera in Gaza: From Vision to Reality", was held in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, under the ...

France's Top Diplomat Calls for Foreign Press Access to Gaza

This is Beirut, 22/07 18:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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France's foreign minister urged Israel on Tuesday to allow international journalists into the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza to "bear witness" to the situation after 21 months of war. The United Nations and human rights groups say Gaza and its population of more than two million people face famine-like conditions, with near-daily deaths ...

Gaza: UN, EU Denounce Killing Civilians seeking Food Aid

This is Beirut, 22/07 16:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The United Nations and the European Union expressed outrage at the Israeli army’s daily targeting of civilians seeking food aid in Gaza, condemning the act as 'indefensible.' The UN on Tuesday said Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 Palestinians trying to get food aid in Gaza since the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation ...

WHO says Gaza Facilities Attacked as Israel Expands Operations

This is Beirut, 22/07 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The World Health Organization said Monday its facilities in Gaza had come under Israeli attack, echoing calls from Western countries for an immediate ceasefire as Israel expanded military operations to the central city of Deir el-Balah. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Israeli military had entered the UN agency's staff residence, ...

Gaza Civil Defense, Witnesses Report Israeli Shelling in Deir el-Balah

This is Beirut, 21/07 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defence agency and eyewitnesses reported Israeli shelling in the central city of Deir el-Balah on Monday, after the military warned of imminent action in an area where it had not previously operated. The Israeli military on Sunday ordered those in the central Gaza area to leave immediately as it was expanding operations, ...

Gaza Civil Defense Says Israeli Fire Kills 73 Aid Seekers

This is Beirut, 20/07 19:24 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians waiting to collect humanitarian aid in the territory's north on Sunday, killing 73 people and wounding dozens more. Further to the south, the Israeli military ordered Palestinians to leave Deir el-Balah, in the center of the Strip, before launching ...

Israel Orders Civilians Out of Central Gaza Ahead of New Campaign

This is Beirut, 20/07 11:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Israeli military on Sunday issued an evacuation order for Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip, warning of imminent action against Hamas militants in an area "where it has not operated before". The military's Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X that residents and displaced Palestinians sheltering in ...

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