Feb 07 Watch 3:32 Displaced Gazans return to face shattered homeland and uncertain future By Stephanie Sy, Sonia Kopelev President Trump said he is in “no rush to do anything” in Gaza. Earlier this week, he talked about the need for Palestinians to leave Gaza and for the United States to take over the area and develop it. Also… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch 5:12 Top UN humanitarian official describes the current situation in Gaza By Geoff Bennett, Zeba Warsi One of the key United Nations agencies overseeing the provision of aid into Gaza is the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA. Its leader, Tom Fletcher, just visited Gaza and joined Geoff Bennett to discuss… Continue watching
Feb 03 Aid is flowing into Gaza under the ceasefire. Is it helping? By Julia Frankel, Associated Press Two weeks after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect, aid is flooding into the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch Aid worker describes ‘dire need’ of children in Gaza amid delicate ceasefire By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Kaisha Young The delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is allowing food and supplies to flow into Gaza, for now. But after 15 months of war, the need is great and the situation remains dire for Palestinians, especially children. UNICEF’s Rosalia Bollen… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 7:03 Ravages of war in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria leave millions of children in dire need By John Yang, Andrew Corkery As the humanitarian crisis affecting children in Gaza continues to deepen, UNICEF says there’s also a great need in Lebanon and Syria. John Yang speaks with UNICEF spokesman James Elder about what he saw on a recent trip to the… Continue watching
Dec 01 UN halts aid shipments through Gaza’s main crossing, blames looting crisis on Israel By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press The decision could worsen Gaza's humanitarian crisis as a second cold, rainy winter sets in, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in squalid tent camps and reliant on international aid. Continue reading
Nov 04 WATCH: U.S. gives Israel a ‘fail’ grade on improving aid to Gaza so far By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Israel alleges that UNRWA has been infiltrated by Hamas, which the agency denies and says it takes measures to ensure its neutrality. Continue reading
Nov 01 Israel is falling far short of a U.S. ultimatum to increase flow of aid to Gaza, data shows By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Halfway through the Biden administration's 30-day ultimatum for Israel to surge the level of humanitarian assistance allowed into Gaza or risk possible restrictions on U.S. military funding, Israel is falling far short, an Associated Press review of U.N. and Israeli data… Continue reading
Nov 01 Death toll from Israeli strikes in central Gaza rises to 25 while 24 people are killed in Lebanon By Wafaa Shurafa, Julia Frankel, Associated Press The latest violence comes against the backdrop of the Biden administration’s renewed diplomatic push days before the U.S. election to reach temporary cease-fire deals. Continue reading
Oct 29 What to know about 2 new Israeli bills that could halt UNRWA’s aid delivery to Gaza By Joseph Krauss, Julia Frankel, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press The laws ban the agency, UNRWA, from operating in Israel, designate it a terror organization, and cut all ties between the agency and the Israeli government. Continue reading