How one five-year-old girl escaped an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza
Israel’s onslaught on Gaza shows no sign of abating despite increasing international condemnation and diplomatic pressure.
Gaza 'least safe place on earth' for humanitarian workers as well as for civilians
Less than 5% of Gaza's cropland can be cultivated due to damage and access restrictions, "exacerbating the risk of famine in the area", according to a UN assessment published on Monday. Before the Israel-Hamas war began over 19 months ago, Gazan farmers cultivated a range of crops including citrus fruits, dates and olives, despite the area being among the most densely populated in the world. Now, half a million people face starvation, according to a global hunger monitor, amid Israeli restrictions on food imports after an 11-week blockade.
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WFP director says Hamas is not stealing aid and Israel has only let ‘drop in the bucket’ aid pass
Cindy McCain, director of the World Food Programme (WFP), rejected Israel’s claims that Hamas is stealing aid entering the Gaza Strip on CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday.
The WFP director and widow of the late Senator John McCain, a staunch Israel supporter, said that Palestinians in Gaza “are desperate” and “when they see a World Food Programme truck coming in, they run for it”, emphasising it is due to people “starving to death” and not because of Hamas “or any kind of organised crime”.
When asked about the US-backed private humanitarian organisations that will deliver aid to Palestinians subject to “identity checks”, McCain says the WFP had not been included in talks nor had they received a proposal on how this will be delivered.
