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After Israel blames UN for aid bottleneck, spokesperson says approvals haven't been granted to pick up or distribute aid from sites in Strip; also rules out UN cooperation with GHF
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has visited IDF soldiers in the Gaza Strip, rejecting accusations that Israel is responsible for a humanitarian crisis in the region. "We are acting here according to international law. We are providing humanitarian aid according to international law," Herzog tells reservists from Battalion 969.
Observers around the world have grown weary of the images of starving children and desperate people gunned down while trying to collect bags of flour or boxes of food.
MSF: Quarter of screened young children and breastfeeding mothers are malnourished; COGAT insists no widespread famine, but admits problems delivering food to certain Gaza areas
The Israeli military has issued a new forced evacuation warning for the Palestinians in central Gaza, ordering them to move south to al-Mawasi, an area Israel has regularly attacked despite declaring it a “safe zone”.
As the situation in Gaza becomes more and more dire, with reports of people dying from starvation, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Israel's Permanent Representative to the U.N. Danny Danon.
EXCLUSIVE: 40-years after Live Aid jolted the world into action over famine in Ethiopia, rock star and campaigner Sir Bob Geldof issues a desperate new plea
As Gaza’s hunger crisis deepens, the very people who are trying to keep the gravely malnourished population alive are suffering along with their patients.
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Daily Express US on MSNIsrael issues mass Gaza evacuation order for area where it rarely sends ground troopsIsrael has issued new evacuation warnings for parts of central Gaza in one of the few areas the military has rarely operated with ground troops. The evacuation cuts access between the city of Deir al-Balah and the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in the narrow enclave.
Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks face challenges over aid distribution as tensions rise between the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and U.N. regarding humanitarian assistance.