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Of a wider conflict in the north. the decision comes as gazans faced the latest bombardment of airstrikes. aid groups are warning that the humanitarian situation is dire. gazas hamas—run health ministry says nearly 22,000 people have been killed since the war began. the uk government says it wont hesitate to take further direct action against houthi rebels, who are attacking foreign ships in the red sea to show their support for hamas. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, has more on wha...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) is temporarily shuttering an emergency clinic in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, the medical charity said on Thursday, after armed men stopped an ambulance, forcibly removed a severely wounded patient, beat him and then shot him dead. Escalating violence from armed gangs in the Caribbean nation has forced many aid groups to cut operations due to lack of safety for staff and patients, as well as dwindling budgets...

Palestinians are at a severe risk of starvation in Gaza due to lack of access to food, fuel and price gouging as Israel continues to bombard the territory, multiple aid groups warn. Numerous aid groups are sounding the alarm at the hunger crisis in Gaza, just days after the United States used its veto power in the…

The junta believes the trucks could be used to target its troops in Loikaw.

International aid groups say they are ready to deliver thousands of truckloads of food, water and other supplies to besieged Gaza if a temporary cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war takes hold as hoped on Thursday. Key details of the accord announced Wednesday remain unclear, including the mechanics of getting more aid to desperate civilians and escorting the first group of Israeli hostages out of Gaza where they have been held since Hamas’ Oct. 7 rampage in Israel. Aid groups say a key a...

Six groups met with Jake Sullivan to outline more ways the administration can help Palestinians in Gaza.

Among the sites provided to the Israeli government are medical facilities, including Al-Shifa hospital, which Israeli forces raided last week.

A Palestinian boy sits in a World Health Organization truck near a hospital in the southern area of the Gaza Strip. Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesUnited Nations agencies on Oct. 24, 2023, pleaded for more aid to be allowed into Gaza, saying that more than 20 times the amount of food, water and medical supplies and other items that are currently reaching people is needed. Egypt first opened its borders for aid deliveries into Gaza on Oct. 21, and since then, 54 trucks with m

President Joe Biden says he struck a deal with his Egyptian counterpart to allow a first run of 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, which Israel sealed off after the Hamas attack on Oct. 7. Israel says it's now ready to honor Biden's request to let in limited humanitarian aid. The Egyptian and Palestinian Red Crescent Societies and the United Nations are expected to help oversee the operation, in part to ensure the supplies from the convoy through the Rafah Crossing on...

International aid groups and major powers have pleaded with Israel to set up safe zones in Gaza where thousands struggled Saturday to get out of the north of the Palestinian territory, under threat of attack.The Israeli military has designated two north-south routes in Gaza where it has promised safe passage for six hours a day.