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Feb 26

Human Rights Watch says Israel is violating order from top UN court by blocking aid to Gazans

By Wafaa Shurafa, Tia Goldenberg, Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press

Human Rights Watch said Israel was not adhering to the court’s order on aid provision, citing a 30% drop in the daily average number of aid trucks entering Gaza in the weeks following the court’s ruling.

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Feb 21

More than $400 million needed for Afghanistan to recover from October earthquake, UN says

By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press

The magnitude 6.3 quake on Oct. 7, one of the most destructive in the country's recent history, flattened entire villages in Herat province and also left thousands injured and homeless.

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Jan 28

UN aid agency in Gaza warns its operations are ‘collapsing’ from wave of funding cuts

By Najib Jobain, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

The head of the main U.N. aid agency in the war-battered Gaza Strip warned late Saturday that its work is collapsing after nine countries decided to suspend funding over allegations that several agency employees participated in the deadly Hamas attack…

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Jan 17

Hostages and Gaza residents are set to receive medicines as the Israel-Hamas war rages on

By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas is en route to Gaza.

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Jan 14

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Inside Afghanistan’s worsening humanitarian disaster as aid funding falls short

By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Winston Wilde

Since the Taliban reclaimed control of Afghanistan in 2021, the country has plummeted further into political and economic instability. Frequent natural disasters and shortfalls in donor funding make the dire situation one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.

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Jan 05

Nutrition needs of children, pregnant women in Gaza are going unmet, UNICEF says

By Associated Press

U.N. officials previously said that one in four Gazans were enduring famine-like levels of starvation.

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Dec 18

UN Security Council to vote on resolution urging cessation of hostilities in Gaza to deliver aid

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

Human Rights Watch accused Israel earlier Monday of deliberately starving Gaza’s population by blocking the delivery of water, food and fuel, a method of warfare that it described as a war crime.

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Nov 30

WATCH: Blinken urges Israel to comply with international law and spare civilians in war against Hamas

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging Israeli leaders to respect international law as Israel wages its war against Hamas in Gaza.

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Nov 27

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More hostages and prisoners to be released as Israel and Hamas extend temporary cease-fire

By Nick Schifrin, Eliot Barnhart

It appears the lull in the Israel-Hamas war will last a little longer. The two sides agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days. It comes after the fourth hostage and prisoner trade under the temporary truce. Nick Schifrin…

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Nov 17

U.N. stops delivery of food and supplies to Gaza amid communications blackout

By Wafaa Shurafa, Jack Jeffrey, Lee Keath, Associated Press

The United Nations was forced to stop deliveries of food and other necessities to Gaza and warned of the growing possibility of widespread starvation after internet and telephone services collapsed in the besieged enclave because of a lack of fuel.

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