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. Continue reading
Nov 15 UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors in Gaza By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The vote was 12-0 with the United States, United Kingdom and Russia abstaining. The final draft watered down language from a "demand" to a "call" for humanitarian pauses. Continue reading
Nov 15 U.S. will resume food aid to millions in Ethiopia after monthslong pause over massive corruption By Associated Press USAID says it plans to restart food aid deliveries for millions of people across Ethiopia in December, five months after it halted its nationwide program over a massive corruption scheme by local officials. Continue reading
Nov 06 Blinken caps off frantic Mideast visit with limited progress on Gaza ‘humanitarian pauses’ support By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The top U.S. diplomat hopes that pauses in the war would allow for a surge of humanitarian aid to Gaza and the release of hostages captured by Hamas during the militants' deadly Oct. 7 incursion, while also preventing the conflict… Continue reading
Oct 31 Live updates: What’s happening in the Israel-Hamas war as Israeli ground forces attack northern Gaza By Associated Press More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians have fled their homes, with hundreds of thousands sheltering in packed U.N.-run schools-turned-shelters or in hospitals alongside thousands of wounded patients. Continue reading
Oct 25 UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief missions as Israeli airstrikes continue By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Lee Keath, Associated Press The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that without immediate deliveries of fuel it will soon have to sharply cut back relief operations across the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
Oct 23 U.S. watchdog says the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through ‘fraudulent’ NGOs By Associated Press The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan is warning that the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through the establishment of fraudulent nongovernmental groups. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch 6:46 UN aid chief hopes to increase flow of critical supplies to Gaza By Lisa Desjardins, Lorna Baldwin, Andrew Corkery Twenty trucks of humanitarian aid crossed into Gaza from Egypt on Saturday, the first life-saving supplies to reach Gazans since the Israel-Hamas war began. Before the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, 450 trucks of aid arrived daily in Gaza. UN… Continue watching
Oct 21 Desperately needed aid trickles into besieged Gaza as Egypt’s border crossing opens By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off following Hamas' bloody rampage two weeks ago. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch 6:41 Israeli airstrike hits Greek Orthodox church in Gaza, killing more than a dozen By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi, Eliot Barnhart Air strikes continued to pound Gaza Friday as the Israeli invasion force sat ready near the Gaza border. On the Egyptian side of that border, aid shipments still await entry to Gaza as the U.N. secretary-general visited the site and… Continue watching