par This Is Beirut, 24/05 22:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The US-built temporary pier on the coast of Gaza has delivered 97 trucks of aid since operations began a week ago, a UN spokesman said Friday, after what he called a "rocky start." The UN World Food Programme "took possession of 97 trucks since the floating dock came into operation" on May 17, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN chief Antonio ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/05 22:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Egypt Gaza Humanitarian Aid Israel
Egypt's military said Monday a border guard was killed in a shooting in the Rafah border area with Gaza, where Israeli forces are deployed, adding that a probe had been launched. "The Egyptian armed forces, through the competent authorities, are investigating a shooting incident in the Rafah border area which led to the martyrdom of a guard," a ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/05 23:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gaza Gaza Aid Pier Hamas Humanitarian Aid Israel
The US military has suspended aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip by sea, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, after its temporary pier was damaged by bad weather. Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters, high seas and a North African weather system had caused a section of the pier to come away on Tuesday morning. "The rebuilding ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/05 15:01 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A World Health Organization mission reached the north of Gaza for the first time in more than two weeks, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. The mission delivered fuel, hospital beds, medicines and other medical supplies to the Al-Ahli hospital, Tedros announced on X. "Amid ongoing intense hostilities, WHO and partners still ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/06 19:43 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Egypt Gaza Hamas Humanitarian Aid Israel
The United States on Tuesday promised $404 million in new aid for the Palestinians at an emergency summit in Jordan, where world leaders backed a US push for a ceasefire as the only ultimate solution to help war-ravaged Gaza. Jordan and Egypt called for urgent talks on the Dead Sea as aid groups warned conditions were worse than ever in Gaza, ...
par This Is Beirut, 14/06 18:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the extremist Israeli group Tzav 9, accusing it of blocking convoys and looting and burning trucks trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Since the war erupted, essential aid deliveries to Gaza have been severely restricted by the Israeli government, leaving many ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/06 09:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army announced Sunday that it would implement a daily "tactical pause of military activity" in part of the southern Gaza Strip during daylight hours to facilitate the delivery of aid. The army said in a statement that "a local, tactical pause of military activity for humanitarian purposes will take place from 08:00 until 19:00 every ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/06 21:23 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza saw its first day of relative calm in months on Sunday, after Israel's military said it would "pause" fighting daily around a southern route to facilitate aid flows, following repeated United Nations warnings of famine in the Palestinian territory. "The first day of Eid al-Adha could almost be considered compared with the previous days," ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/06 22:47 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gaza Hamas Humanitarian Aid Israel Israel-Hamas war
Israel struck Gaza on Monday and witnesses reported blasts in the besieged territory's south, but fighting has largely subsided after a day of relative calm and as Muslims marked Eid al-Adha. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved his war cabinet, a government spokesman said, reflecting fractures at the top of the country's ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/06 13:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A daily "pause" the Israeli military declared in Gaza to facilitate aid flows has had no impact on deliveries of badly needed supplies, the UN's health agency said on Friday. More than eight months of war, sparked by Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel, have led to dire humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian territory and ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/06 20:39 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
COGAT Gaza Hamas Humanitarian Aid Israel
Days after Israel announced a daily pause in fighting on a key route to allow more aid into Gaza, chaos in the besieged Palestinian territory has left vital supplies piled up and undistributed in the searing summer heat. More than eight months of war, sparked by Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel, have led to dire humanitarian ...
par This Is Beirut, 24/06 23:48 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron France Gaza Humanitarian Aid Israel
French President Emmanuel Macron and King Abdullah II of Jordan on Monday stressed the need to support efforts to restore calm to the border between Lebanon and Israel, and to bolster stability in the Land of the Cedars. Over lunch at the Élysée Palace, they warned against a "conflagration that would be catastrophic for the region" if the ...
