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Dec 07

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Civilians caught in crossfire as Israel targets Rafah after militants launch rocket attack

By Geoff Bennett, Eliot Barnhart

The top United Nations humanitarian official says the delivery of food, water and other aid to Gaza is not nearly enough, and not arriving quickly enough for nearly two million people in need. Meantime, Israel pressed its offensive in Southern…

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Dec 06

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UN human rights chief warns of ‘apocalyptic’ crisis in Gaza as fighting intensifies

By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi, Eliot Barnhart, Dan Sagalyn

Israel intensified its military operations in Gaza's second largest city, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinians to flee and making it more difficult to deliver aid. The UN says nearly 1.9 million people, over 80 percent of Gaza's population, have…

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Dec 06

Violence in Gaza prevents delivery of key aid, spurs more mass displacement

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Makeshift shelters and family homes are already overflowing and many are sleeping in the streets.

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Nov 24

Palestinians fear Gaza will be an uninhabitable moonscape after war ends

By Isabel DeBre, Associated Press

Israel’s military offensive has turned much of northern Gaza into an uninhabitable moonscape.

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Nov 19

Analysis: How bad is the humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war?

By Christina Bouri, Diana Roy, Council on Foreign Relations

Calls for a cease-fire are rising worldwide as the war between Israel and Hamas further exacerbates the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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Nov 15

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A look inside the Gaza hospital raided by Israeli Defense Forces

By John Yang, Zeba Warsi, Eliot Barnhart

The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution calling for "urgent and extended humanitarian pauses" in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. It comes as Israeli forces have entered the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza and the compound…

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Nov 14

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Civilians shoulder burden of war as fighting rages around Gaza hospitals

By Leila Molana-Allen, Zeba Warsi

It's a race against time in northern Gaza as just one hospital remains operational. Vulnerable and critical patients are still under treatment at several hospitals that the U.S. says Hamas is using for military purposes. U.S. officials said civilians must…

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Nov 13

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A look at the destruction in Gaza after 5 weeks of war between Israel and Hamas

By Leila Molana-Allen

Gaza's healthcare system and central hospital are in collapse five weeks since the Hamas terror attacks launched the war with Israel. Leila Molana-Allen went to Gaza with the Israel Defense Forces on Monday and reports on the fighting there.

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Nov 04

Average Palestinian in Gaza is surviving on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says

By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press

The Gaza director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says the average Palestinian in Gaza is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour that the U.N. had stockpiled in the region.

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Nov 03

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American family that fled Gaza describes life during airstrikes, how they evacuated

By Nick Schifrin and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow

The Biden administration's priorities in the Middle East include preventing a regional escalation and evacuating American citizens from Gaza. The State Department says about 400 Americans stuck in the strip want to leave. One of the American families who already…

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