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France 24
a day ago
- Business
- France 24
Trump warns of 'real starvation' in Gaza as aid deliveries pick up
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Emirates 24/7
a day ago
- General
- Emirates 24/7
UAE carries out airdrops over Gaza for second consecutive day as part of ‘Birds of Goodness' operation
The UAE, in cooperation with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, has continued its humanitarian airdrop operations over isolated areas of the Gaza Strip as part of the 'Birds of Goodness" initiative, conducting its 55th airdrop today, marking the second consecutive day of airborne aid deliveries. These efforts fall under the umbrella of 'Operation Chivalrous Knight 3', reaffirming the UAE's steadfast commitment to supporting the Palestinian people and alleviating their humanitarian suffering, especially in areas inaccessible by land due to the ongoing security situation. Since the launch of the 'Birds of Goodness' initiative, approximately 3,750 tonnes of vital humanitarian aid have been airdropped. These include essential food items and critical relief supplies designed to meet the urgent needs of families affected by the severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza. This operation is part of the UAE's broader, sustained humanitarian response to the deteriorating conditions in the Strip. The UAE reaffirmed its ongoing coordination with regional and international partners to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches those in need in the Strip through all available channels, air, land, and sea. These efforts reflect the UAE's deep-rooted humanitarian values and its leading global role in relief and aid operations. Follow Emirates 24|7 on Google News.
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
Israel allows more aid into Gaza, but U.N. says much more needed
A life-line for Gaza's roughly 2 million displaced inhabitants was back in operation on Monday, with convoys of trucks on the move. They were carrying urgently needed food aid after a sudden reversal of policy by Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government announced over the weekend that it would enable more food and medicine to enter the war-torn Palestinian territory after images of hungry people and malnourished children drew international condemnation. Israel has also permitted humanitarian air drops. On Sunday, Israel, Jordan and the UAE all parachuted pallets of aid into the ruins of Gaza. The drops look dramatic, but they're expensive, inefficient and potentially dangerous. People have been hurt and even killed by the heavy pallets during past air drops over the territory. To meet the need, the bulk of the aid will have to come into Gaza by truck. Each truck can carry between 4 and 10 times as much as a parachute. After 22 months of war, including months when Israel blocked all aid coming into Gaza, people are so hungry that they're looting the convoys. Video from over the weekend showed men clambering to pull bags of flour off trucks before they could reach aid depots. International charities have a new name for it — "self-distribution" — and it's a graphic depiction of the level of desperation in the Palestinian enclave. On Sunday, 120 trucks worth of aid moved into Gaza. At least as much was expected to arrive on Monday — but it's not nearly enough. Before the war started, more 500 trucks per day was the norm. Maryam Yahya is one of the roughly 2 million Gazans trying to survive in a tent. "We haven't seen a thing," she said. "No aid ... from land, air or anywhere else." Meanwhile, the war rages on. Israel's military has said it will pause the fighting in heavily populated areas from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. local time, for an unspecified number of days. But there have been more reports of people being shot trying to access food. In a statement on Monday, the U.N. agency tasked with helping Palestinians, UNRWA, welcomed Israel's declaration of humanitarian pauses and the easing of restrictions on aid entering Gaza, but it stressed that much more was needed. UNRWA warned that, according to its data, "1 in every 5 children is malnourished in Gaza City. More children have reportedly died of hunger; bringing the death toll … to over 100." "We hope that UNRWA will finally be allowed to bring in thousands of trucks loaded with food, medicine and hygiene supplies. They are currently in Jordan and Egypt waiting for the green light," the agency said. "Opening all the crossings and flooding Gaza with assistance is the only way to avert further deepening of starvation among the people of Gaza. What's needed is at least 500/600 trucks of basics every day." The Israeli military has also said it will secure safe routes for aid trucks to deliver and distribute their loads through Gaza. It's something that the U.N.'s aid agencies have been pushing for and, if it works, it will allow much needed food to finally reach the people who so badly need it. "The Wizard of Oz" as you've never seen it before John Oliver: The 60 Minutes Interview Finding the plane used for Argentina's dictatorship-era "death flights" | 60 Minutes Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trucks looted, Hamas enraged: The new reality of humanitarian aid in Gaza
Gazan reports have indicated that the purpose of bringing in the humanitarian aid is to 'flood' the markets, leading to lower prices and ensuring the residents do not attack aid trucks. Humanitarian aid trucks sent from Egypt and Jordan entered the Gaza Strip on Monday as Israel's humanitarian pause entered its second day. The Jordanian Air Force, in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates, airdropped supplies into Gaza as well. The humanitarian ceasefire was implemented to allow aid entering the Gaza Strip to be organized in warehouses and then distributed to the residents who need it. However, there are still reports from Gaza of trucks being looted, both by civilians and Hamas terrorists. Additionally, based on updates regarding the prices of goods in the Strip, it is apparent that the humanitarian aid entering Gaza has not yet affected the prices of goods, meaning those goods are not being sold at affordable prices to the local population. Al-Sahaba market in Gaza City, July 28 2025. (CREDIT: Majdi Fathi / TPS) For example, in the refugee camp Nuseirat, a kilogram of sugar costs 400 shekels, and a kilogram of tomatoes costs upward of 100 shekels. Egyptian involvement in humanitarian aid to Gaza Reports from inside Gaza have indicated that the purpose of bringing in the humanitarian aid is to 'flood' the markets, leading to lower prices and ensuring the residents do not attack aid trucks. This would allow an Egyptian security company to return and secure the trucks. Hamas has pushed for humanitarian aid to be conducted by UN organizations, primarily because of the ties revealed between those organizations and Hamas. As a terrorist organization, Hamas has used the humanitarian aid as leverage to renew negotiations and continue to intensify its demands. "There is no meaning to continuing talks under siege, destruction, and the starvation of Gaza's residents," Hamas' chief negotiator and the head of its Gaza operations, Khalil Al-Hayya, said in a recorded statement released Sunday. Hayya also stated that the immediate entry of food and medicine into the strip in a dignified manner for its people is a serious and genuine expression of commitment to continuing negotiations. Ultimately, the residents of Gaza have understood that the reality is different than what Hamas pushes. 'We want a solution for a ceasefire, for humanitarian aid, and to stop the bloodshed. These are our demands." one Gazan resident heading to receive humanitarian aid said. Solve the daily Crossword
CTV News
2 days ago
- Health
- CTV News
Israeli fire kills dozens in Gaza, officials say, as aid delivery remains chaotic after new measures
Palestinians carry sacks of flour unloaded from a humanitarian aid convoy that reached Gaza City from the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes or gunfire killed at least 78 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Monday, including a pregnant woman whose baby was delivered after her death but also died, local health officials said. Dozens were killed while seeking food, even as Israel moved to ease restrictions on the entry of aid. Under mounting pressure over the spiraling hunger crisis in Gaza, Israel said over the weekend that the military would pause operations in Gaza City, Deir al-Balah and Muwasi for 10 hours a day and designate secure routes for aid delivery. International airdrops of aid have also resumed. Aid agencies say the new measures are not enough to counter worsening starvation in the territory. Martin Penner, a spokesperson for the UN food agency, told The Associated Press that all 55 of its aid trucks that entered on Sunday were unloaded by crowds before reaching their destination. Another UN official said nothing on the ground has changed and no alternative routes were allowed. Israel said it would continue military operations alongside the new humanitarian measures. Newborn dies after complex surgery A baby girl died hours after being delivered in a complex emergency cesarean. She had been placed in an incubator and was breathing with assistance from a ventilator, AP footage showed. Her mother, Soad al-Shaer, who had been seven months pregnant with her, was among 12 Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house and neighboring tents in the Muwasi area of Khan Younis, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies. Another strike hit a two-story house in Khan Younis, killing at least 11 people, more than half of them women and children, according to the hospital. At least five others were killed in strikes elsewhere in Gaza, according to other hospitals. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on most of the strikes. It said it was not aware of one strike in Gaza City during the pause that health officials said killed one person. Israel says it only targets militants and blames civilian deaths on Hamas because the militants operate in densely populated areas. The daily airstrikes across the territory frequently kill women and children. Israel allows more aid to enter Images of emaciated children have sparked outrage around the world, including from Israel's close allies. U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called the images of emaciated and malnourished children in Gaza 'terrible.' Israel has restricted aid to varying degrees throughout the war. In March, it cut off the entry of all goods, including fuel, food and medicine, to pressure Hamas to free hostages. Israel partially lifted those restrictions in May but also pushed ahead on a new U.S.-backed aid delivery system that has been wracked by chaos and violence. Traditional aid providers have encountered a breakdown in law and order surrounding their deliveries. COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of coordinating aid shipments, said UN agencies collected 120 trucks for distribution on Sunday and that another 180 trucks had been allowed into Gaza. The United Nations and aid groups say the territory needs 500-600 trucks a day to meet its needs. Israel's blockade and military operations have destroyed nearly all food production in the territory of roughly 2 million Palestinians. Aid groups say airdrops are ineffective Also on Monday, two air force planes from Jordan and the United Arab Emirates airdropped 17 tons of humanitarian aid in Gaza -- an amount that would fill less than a single aid truck. Aid groups say airdrops are often ineffective and dangerous, with falling parcels landing on people or in combat zones or other dangerous areas. 'At the moment, 2 million people are trapped in a tiny piece of land, which makes up just 12% of the whole strip -- if anything lands in this area, people will inevitably be injured,' said Jean Guy Vataux, emergency coordinator in Gaza for Doctors Without Borders. 'If the airdrops land in areas where Israel has issued displacement orders, people will be forced to enter militarized zones -- once again risking their lives for food,' he added. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, warned that airdrops are 'expensive, inefficient and can even kill starving civilians,' and would not address the crisis. Dozens killed seeking aid, officials say At least 25 people were killed by Israeli forces while seeking aid from a truck convoy passing through the southern Gaza Strip, according to health officials and witnesses. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. Four children were among those killed, according to records at Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies. The shooting occurred in a military corridor Israel has carved out between the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah. It was not immediately clear who had supplied the convoy. Survivors at the hospital said Israeli forces had fired toward the crowds. More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire while seeking aid since May, according to the UN human rights office, witnesses and local health officials. The Israeli military has said it only fires warning shots at people who approach its forces. The Awda hospital in central Gaza said it received the bodies of seven Palestinians who it said were killed by Israeli fire close to an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli-backed American contractor. The hospital said 20 others were wounded close to the site. GHF did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Fares Awad, head of the Gaza Health Ministry's emergency service, said at least five Palestinians were killed and about 30 others were wounded by Israeli gunfire while waiting for aid trucks from the Zikim Crossing near Gaza City. Hamas started the war with its Oct. 7, 2023, attack, in which Palestinian militants killed some 1,200 people and abducted 251 others. They still hold 50, and Israel believes that more than half the remaining hostages are dead. Most of the rest were released in ceasefires or other deals. Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed more than 59,800 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. Its count doesn't distinguish between militants and civilians. The ministry operates under the Hamas government. The UN and other international organizations see it as the most reliable source of data on casualties. By Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy. Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writer Sally Abou AlJoud in Beirut contributed to this report.
