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An Israeli ground offensive in Rafah would turn the southern Gaza city into a "graveyard" and heighten the looming risk of famine, leaders of global humanitarian groups warned on Tuesday."Carrying out a military offensive there would turn it into a graveyard," Benoit said at a press briefing by MSF, Refugees International, Oxfam, Amnesty International and other groups.

The CEO of the global aid group Save the Children said the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza is “a choice” by Israel to withhold food and aid from the territory. Janti Soeripto, the CEO of Save the Children, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that the situation in Gaza is “absolutely horrific” as the food, water…

Israel has designated a small slice of mostly undeveloped land along Gaza's Mediterranean coast as a safe zone — a place where waves of people fleeing the war can find protection from airstrikes and receive humanitarian supplies for their families. The area of Muwasi is a makeshift tent camp where thousands of dazed Palestinians live in squalid conditions in scattered farm fields and waterlogged dirt roads. Israel has offered Muwasi as a solution for protecting people uprooted from...

Humanitarian groups, which also push for Kerem Shalom to open, say that still won’t be enough to ease Palestinian suffering in Gaza.

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.

Supplies of food and water ‘practically non-existent’ as Gaza plunged into blackouts and fuel shortages

Telecommunication companies in Gaza announced a complete blackout of their services Thursday due to dwindling fuel supply, marking the latest development in an unfolding humanitarian crisis in the region. Jawwal and Paltel, two Palestinian telecommunications providers, announced Thursday that all telecom services in the Gaza Strip have gone out of service because the energy sources fueling the…

He heads of 11 UN agencies and six humanitarian organizations issued a joint plea for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

The White House expressed confidence Tuesday that Israel is trying to minimize civilian casualties as Israeli forces carry out airstrikes in Gaza as well as a ground offensive following Hamas terrorist attacks earlier this month, as the rising toll of civilian casualties has sparked outcry from humanitarian groups and activists. John Kirby, a White House…