Dec 07 Watch 4:32 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… Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch 4:59 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… Continue watching
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch 5:29 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… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch 6:03 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… Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch 6:01 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. Continue watching
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. Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch 5:21 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… Continue watching