Israel Launches New Gaza Offensive
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The U.N. human rights office says more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip.
U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned for months that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine without formally declaring one.
The foreign ministers of 25 Western nations have slammed Israel for “drip feeding” aid into the Gaza Strip, as the health ministry in the territory said that more than 1,000 people have been killed seeking humanitarian relief there since late May.
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The Times of Israel on MSNIsrael denies Gaza famine claims, says aid is entering Strip but not being distributedCOGAT says, blaming UN bottleneck; official says Hamas exploiting humanitarian situation to pressure hostage talks
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DPA International on MSNUN Gaza aid chief says new distribution centres 'sadistic death trap'The head of a UN office in the Gaza Strip has described an aid distribution scheme run by a rival organization as a "sadistic death trap. " Philippe Lazzarini is the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),
Israeli troops for the first time Monday pushed into areas of a central Gaza city where several aid groups are based, in what appeared to be the latest effort to carve up the Palestinian territory with military corridors.
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The Forward on MSNHead of embattled Gaza aid program tells Jewish group starvation is ‘real’ — but blames the United Nations and HamasRev. Johnnie Moore says Hamas and other aid groups are waging a disinformation campaign against the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
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The Times of Israel on MSNAmid claims of famine, senior Israeli official stresses aid is entering Gaza, but not being distributedThe official says Hamas is trying to do everything it can to undermine the new aid mechanism, including the GHF distribution sites. International organizations have said that Israel’s refusal to name a viable alternative to Hamas has created a chaotic and desperate situation on the ground that has significantly marred aid distribution.
Israeli government must cease its intense military operations, allow for a ceasefire, and most importantly, permit humanitarian aid to reach the people,' says Chancellor Friedrich Merz - Anadolu Ajans
Reacting to the new GHF flag system, Ibrahiem Mohammed Abdul Raouf Al Qatrawi, a 22-year-old Palestinian, called for the total cancellation of the GHF aid system, telling ABC News on Monday that "respect and dignity" should be restored.