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May 28

4 Palestinians killed as crowd rushes UN food warehouse a day after gunfire at new Gaza aid site

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

Hundreds of Palestinians stormed a United Nations food warehouse in Gaza in a desperate attempt to get something to eat. Hospital officials said four people died Wednesday in the chaos.

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May 27

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New U.S.-backed aid distribution system in Gaza quickly overwhelmed

By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Sonia Kopelev

The new aid distribution system in Gaza was quickly overwhelmed by Palestinians who for 11 weeks have been blocked from assistance. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, backed by the U.S. and Israel, says the old UN-led system allowed Hamas to flourish.

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May 22

2 Israeli Embassy staff members killed in DC shooting

By Maya Sweedler, Associated Press

The stunning attack prompted Israeli missions to beef up their security and lower their flags to half-staff.

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May 21

Dozens in Gaza killed by Israeli strikes as critical aid fails to reach Palestinians

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

The attacks killed at least 82 people, including several women and a week-old infant, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and area hospitals.

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May 19

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Israel allows ‘minimal aid’ into Gaza as it intensifies airstrikes and ground operations

By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Dan Sagalyn

The Israeli military allowed humanitarian aid into Gaza for the first time in more than 11 weeks. It came after Britain, France and Canada threatened to sanction Israel if it did not provide assistance. Israel also ordered Gaza’s second-largest city…

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May 19

Aid trucks enter Gaza for the first time in nearly 3 months

By Tia Goldenberg, Samy Magdy, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

Five trucks carrying baby food and other aid entered the territory of over 2 million Palestinians via the Kerem Shalom crossing, according to the Israeli defense body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, COGAT.

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Apr 02

Myanmar’s ruling military declares a ceasefire in civil war to facilitate earthquake relief efforts

By David Rising, Associated Press

Rescuers have pulled two men alive from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar’s capital on Wednesday and a third from a guesthouse in another city. The rescues on Wednesday came five days after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake.

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Mar 07

Humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza slow as hundreds of millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive

By Julia Frankel, Associated Press

Officials from USAID say the the Trump administration's cuts to the U.S. humanitarian agency have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups.

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Mar 05

Supplies dwindle, prices soar in Gaza as Israel’s aid freeze continues

By Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

After more than 16 months of war, Gaza’s population is entirely dependent on trucked-in food and other aid. Most are displaced from their homes, and many need shelter. Fuel is needed to keep hospitals, water pumps, bakeries and telecommunications operating.

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Mar 02

Israel cuts off aid to Gaza while pressuring Hamas to accept new ceasefire proposal

By Tia Goldenberg, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Israel faced sharp criticism on Sunday as it stopped the entry of all food and other supplies into Gaza on Sunday and warned of “additional consequences” if Hamas doesn’t accept a new proposal to extend a fragile ceasefire.

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