World Jun 10 As UN pauses Gaza aid distribution from pier, U.S. plans to stockpile it on secure beach The U.S. military said Monday that it plans to stockpile aid shipments on a secure beach in Gaza during a U.N. pause on distributing food from the American-built pier after one of the deadliest days of the Israel-Hamas war.
World Jun 09 Aid delivery to Gaza from newly repaired floating pier has resumed, U.S. military says The first aid from an American-built pier arrived in Gaza on Saturday since storm damage required repairs to the project, the U.S. military said, relaunching an effort to bring supplies to Palestinians by sea that had been plagued with problems.
World May 21 UN food agency warns that the new U.S. sea route for Gaza aid may fail unless Israel improves conditions The U.N. World Food Program is warning that the new U.S. pier project for delivering aid to Gaza may fail unless Israel starts providing the conditions the humanitarian groups need to operate.
World May 21 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing amid Gaza aid chaos Israel’s defense minister on Tuesday slammed the international court prosecutor's request for arrest warrants against himself and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as Hamas leaders.
Politics May 15 State Department removes Cuba from short list of countries deemed uncooperative on counterterrorism The State Department said that Cuban and U.S. law enforcement were again working together on counterterrorism and other efforts. The State Department had cited Cuba as a "not fully cooperating country" in 2022.
Politics May 14 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as U.S. wraps up building a pier to bring aid to Gaza by sea In the coming days, the U.S. military in the eastern Mediterranean is expected to jab one end of a hulking metal dock — the length of five U.S. football fields — into a beach in northern Gaza.
Politics May 10 U.S. says Israel’s use of U.S. arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete The Biden administration says Israel's use of U.S-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law. But the administration says wartime conditions in the Palestinian territory prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes.
World May 08 Biden administration set to decide whether Israel has violated U.S. and international law in Gaza The formal assessment of whether Israel has used U.S. weapons and other military assistance lawfully is mandated under a directive issued by President Joe Biden in February.
World May 06 The UN says there’s ‘full-blown famine’ in northern Gaza A WFP spokesman says that one of the three benchmarks for a formal famine declaration has already been met in northern Gaza and another is nearly met — important details on how far the effort to document deadly hunger has…
World May 04 Northern Gaza is now in ‘full-blown famine,’ according to senior UN official A top U.N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine" after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory.