Gaza, Israel and aid
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Palestinians gather as they wait for aid supplies to enter Gaza, in the northern Gaza Strip | Reuters Amid growing international outrage over starvation deaths in Gaza, Israel’s military has announced a limited “humanitarian pause” to facilitate aid delivery in densely populated areas of the enclave.
The United Nations food aid agency needs quick approvals by Israel for its trucks to move into Gaza if it is to take advantage of Israel's planned humanitarian pauses in fighting, a senior World Food Programme official said on Sunday.
Israel opens humanitarian corridors after mounting pressure, but aid agencies warn it's insufficient to stop Gaza’s deepening hunger crisis
This landmark move came amid the snowballing global outrage over the "man-made" mass starvation in Gaza caused by Israel's blockade on aid into the enclave. Another 10 people died overnight from famine, pushing the total number of people starved to death to 111, the Gaza health ministry said Thursday, noting most of them have died in recent weeks.
The PM said Israel has “quite clearly” breached international law through its treatment of civilians in Gaza, stating “a one-year-old boy is not a Hamas fighter”.
Children dying of hunger, and attacks on people seeking aid—these violate everything protected by international humanitarian law,' says SPD leader - Anadolu Ajansı
Our correspondent in Gaza has been covering hunger for months. But this week the world seems to be paying attention in a new way – including media outlets worried about starvation of their staff.