AP News Director for Israel and the Palestinian Territories Joe Federman explains the temporary cease-fire agreement to facilitate the release of dozens of people taken hostage during Hamas’ raid on Israel and the allowance of humanitarian supplies for Gaza. 2 of 3 | Posters of children ...
including more than 8,000 children, were killed during the current round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The United States has provided Israel with 14,000 bombs at a total value of 110 million U.S. dollars, constantly vetoed UN draft humanitarian resolutions on the conflict, and obstructed...
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who just visited Israel this week to push for a ceasefire in Gaza, said the enclave is on the "brink of collapse" due to the humanitarian situation. People in Rafah "cannot simply vanish into thin air," she said. U.S. President Joe Biden, who...
Peace activists from several countries are setting out on a converted trawler to defy an Israeli blockade and deliverhumanitarian aidto Palestinians inthe Gaza Strip. "The purpose of this mission is to send a message that civil society is not OK with what's happening in Gaza," said Fellipe Lo...
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Aid groups have called for a cease-fire since the start of the war, saying it’s the only way to ensure desperately needed food and humanitarian aid reaches Gaza. Experts have warned of famine and the outbreak of diseases like polio if the war drags on. Even if the fighting ends tomor...
Israel — the United States has sent more than$12 billion in military aid to Israelsince the attacks — in the face of a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Whether and how the U.S. should continue sending aid to Israel is a question that has proved a political minefield for ...
MOUNTING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS One month into the conflict, Israel is expanding its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on top of airstrike campaigns. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks entered the "second stage" when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out more ground oper...
“A little learning is a dangerous thing” applies to the incomplete understanding of the law on the part of some of the political actors calling for “an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza. Why else would Canada support a UN ceasefire resolution when attempts to subject Hamas to it...
I learn that Aleppo, their hometown, has been in the news for years. Part of the Syrian city has been held by rebel groups since 2012 with the recent government siege, backed by Russian air power, cutting off many supply routes. As vital necessities diminish, humanitarian aid is blocked. ...