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Most Gaza Aid Looted amid Lawlessness
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that much of the aid coming into Gaza is looted amid the lawlessness of the war launched by Hamas in October. The Israel Times report: The UN secretary-general said “total lawlessness” and “chaos” in the Gaza Strip were preventing the distribution of humanitarian aid inside the strip and […]
US reopens Gaza pier, resuming humanitarian aid deliveries
A pier built by the U.S. military to deliver aid to Gaza was closed twice as fighting between Israel and Hamas continued, but has since reopened. The pier was up and running again on Thursday, and relief supplies were being transported to shore. Pentagon spokesman Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters Thursday that […]
House Republican demands action against US nonprofit whose journalist held Israeli hostages at Gaza home
In a recent interview with Fox News Digital, Rep. Mike Lawler (N.Y., RN.Y.) called on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y., DN.Y.) and the Biden administration to take action to ensure that the U.S. nonprofit that runs the Palestine Chronicle will no longer receive large tax breaks following the discovery that one of its Gaza-based […]
US military wants to open Gaza pier this week
A pier built by the US military to deliver aid to Gaza has been closed twice amid ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas, but is expected to reopen. Pentagon spokesman Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters the US aims to bring the missile back online as soon as this week, but did not […]
Biden Administration Insists the $230M Gaza Pier Will Reopen This Week
The Biden administration insists that the Gaza Strip pier will reopen this week after it was recently towed for a second time to an Israeli port so it can withstand waves more than four feet high. “We expect operations to resume sometime this week,” said Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman. Said […]
Gaza Pier ‘More Complicated Than We Would Have Liked’, People Don’t Get ‘How Complicated This Is’
During Tuesday’s episode of CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) responded to a question about whether the Gaza aid pier built by the Biden administration had failed because of numerous setbacks and little aid, saying, “I don’t think people understand how complicated this is,” and that “this is a lot more complicated than […]
UN says Israel's use of heavy bombs in Gaza is potential war crime; Israel rejects allegations
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said Wednesday that Israel may have committed war crimes by using heavy bombs at least six times, a charge Israeli officials quickly denied. Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Details of the six cases Israel has placed […]
Cigarette smuggling has crippled aid delivery in Gaza as smokes go for $25 apiece
High cigarette prices in the Gaza Strip have spawned a cigarette smuggling industry that now threatens United Nations aid convoys, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. Cigarettes can cost as much as $25 a stick in war-torn areas, and gangs are finding ways to smuggle them in with aid packages. One […]
United Nations Report Fails to Find Famine in Northern Gaza
The UN report on northern Gaza could not confirm earlier warnings of famine in the area but said people were still suffering as a result of the ongoing war that Hamas launched against Israel from Gaza on October 7. In May, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), founded and funded by the United […]