German municipalities are facing a critical financial situation, prompting the German Association of Cities and Municipalities (DStGb) to urgently request suppo...
A worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding in Gaza and immediate action is needed to end fighting and allow unimpeded aid access, a global hunger monitor has warned.
The president of the German Red Cross, Gerda Hasselfeldt, has expressed concerns regarding the practice of airdropping humanitarian aid and advocated for overla...
Air-drop operations failed to reach those in need.
Four of six air drops landed in areas under Israeli military control or neighbourhoods where civilians had been ordered to evacuate.
Anyone in these areas faces direct targeting and killing, making the air drops not only futile but also dangerous to the starving population.
Israel allowed 109 aid trucks into the Gaza Strip but most were looted during escalating security chaos.
Gaza requires at least 600 aid trucks and fuel daily to meet civilians basic needs as famine spreads.
US labor activist Chris Smalls assaulted by IDF during Gaza aid trip, group says
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Only 50 trucks have been allowed in over the past three days. This is not nearly enough to address the deepening humanitarian crisis. What has been let inside so far has either been looted or destroyed. What has made its way to the market is either expired or incredibly expensive.
Starvation is on the rise, and weve passed the tipping point.
Hani Mahmoud
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It has marginalised more people, more of the hungry population, pushing them aside because the 22 months of constant bombardment created a power vacuum and conditions for looters and armed gang members to take over aid trucks coming from the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Hani Mahmoud
Small amount of aid allowed into Gaza is purely for optics
This is the third day since Israel announced the opening of the humanitarian corridor, and what were seeing so far is it is designed largely to be theatrical.
It is not effective at all because were not seeing the direct impact on the ground.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) hosted King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein of Jordan in Berlin for discussions focused on h...
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Experts say the starvation Israel engineered took months to set in and that will need a lot more than a trickle of aid over a few days to reverse.
Words and smokescreens will not stop the imminent threat of mass deaths by starvation in Gaza.
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Now and again, Israel offers alternatives that do not resolve the crisis it created in the first place:
Food air drops inefficient and expensive, five air drops offer the equivalent of one truckload if the pellets fall within peoples reach without harming civilians in the process.
The US and Israeli-backed GHF. Set up to replace the UN, its a chaotic operation that turned into a death trap for more than 1,000 Palestinians.
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Aid organisations need to bring in at least 500-600 aid trucks into Gaza every day carrying food, medicine, hygiene products, fuel and other critically needed supplies.
The number allowed under the new measures is a fifth of that.
When a society is destroyed so systematically over such a sustained period, it gets to a place where the harms are so deep, so complex and so intertwined that the death rate escalates and bringing it back is not simply a question of distributing rations, Alex de Waal, author of Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine, said.
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. "About two-thirds of said last month that they opposed increasing into , according to a poll published by the Institute. The poll was taken before international concerns over in Gaza spiked over the past month." See: .
Amount of aid entering Gaza symbolic as humanitarian crisis continues to deteriorate
Only 87 humanitarian trucks entered Gaza yesterday, and they were looted by desperate crowds.
The airdrops over the last 48 hours amount to about three trucks worth of aid thats not enough for even one neighbourhood in Gaza for less than a day.
So this amount of aid trickling into the Strip remains very symbolic and does little to alleviate the current humanitarian crisis.
Starmer to urge Trump to press Israel for more Gaza aid access
Starmer plans to urge Trump to press Israel to allow more aid into Gaza and attempt to end what Downing St. called the unspeakable suffering and starvation in the territory.
Starmer to urge Trump to press Israel for more Gaza aid access
Starmer plans to urge Trump to press Israel to allow more aid into Gaza and attempt to end what Downing St. called the unspeakable suffering and starvation in the territory.
Germany to organise Gaza aid airlift: Merz daily-sun.com
Germany to organise Gaza aid airlift: Merz daily-sun.comMiddle East: Germany announces plan to airlift aid to Gaza DWMerz Calls on
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Outrage and condemnation are no longer adequate in Gaza: UNRWA chief
There must be immediate action to impose a long-overdue ceasefire, to reverse deepening starvation, and to release every hostage Once a ceasefire is in place, a massive scale-up of humanitarian assistance can be enabled by UNRWAs large workforce,
Philippe Lazzarini
At least 92 people have been killed across Gaza by Israeli fire, including 41 aid seekers, despite pauses in fighting to deliver essential humanitarian aid.
The German government is establishing an air bridge to deliver food and medical supplies to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, Chancellor Friedrich Merz...
Donald Trump says Gaza is a mess as Israel denies starvation crisis
US President Donald Trump has labelled Gaza a mess and said Israel will have to make a decision
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The Government Media Office in Gaza has said there were three airdrops of aid on Sunday that dropped an amount equivalent to that carried by two trucks. Much of the cargo fell in Israeli militarised zones where civilians cannot enter.
What is happening is a farce in which the international community is complicit through false promises or misleading information.
Dan Tehan challenges Anthony Albaneses assertion Israel is breaching international law
The Coalition is demanding Prime Minister Anthony Albanese produce the facts, challenging his assertion that Israel has clearly
Gaza needs 250,000 cans of baby formula per month
The Government Media Office in Gaza says the enclave needs 600 trucks of aid per day and 250,000 cans of baby formula per month to meet the minimum needs of its starving population.
It said in a statement on Telegram that the radical and urgent solution was to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza and opening the crossings unconditionally.
...air drops are no substitute for liberation and proper international support.
Israeli forces killed at least 63 Palestinians, including 34 aid seekers, in Gaza on Sunday, despite announcing plans to implement what it calls humanitarian pauses to allow aid trucks to enter the shattered enclave.
UN says Israel has eased some restrictions in Gaza, allowing 100 truckloads of aid to be collected, but warns the amount is not enough to stave off famine and a catastrophic health crisis.
Concerns are mounting within the German parliament regarding potential cuts to humanitarian aid as lawmakers scrutinize the upcoming federal budget. Several rep...
This is good and exactly the right direction to aim for. -AND- I dont trust you naysayers about these sorts of actions.
Starmer says plan to airdrop Gaza aid and evacuate ill children will go ahead Gaza The Guardian
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