Browsing: Humanitarian aid

At least 20 Palestinians died as they waited for humanitarian aid in Gaza City on Thursday, according to the Hamas-run Palestinian Ministry of Health, a tragic incident that set off competing accounts from Hamas and Israel over how they were killed. The Ministry of Health said the Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces Thursday night…

Chef José Andrés admitted that even though his organization is working hard to provide food to the troubled area of Gaza while there is a war going on between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. “There is a chance that we might not succeed. But we must not fail the people of Gaza,” Andrés told NBC’s Kristen…

A U.S. military ship is heading to Gaza to build a temporary seaport that will provide humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged territory. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement that a U.S. Army vessel is “en route to the Eastern Mediterranean less than 36 hours after President Biden announced the U.S. would provide humanitarian…

A floating pier intended to be used to deliver critical humanitarian aid by sea to Gaza is expected to take up to two months to construct and require as many as 1,000 U.S. servicemembers to complete, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson said Friday.  The Defense Department will undertake the emergency mission to establish a temporary pier off the shore…

At least five individuals have died and several others injured in Gaza following a malfunction of an aid airdrop on Friday, as reported by multiple sources. The defective airdrops struck individuals and landed on houses on Friday, The Associated Press reported, citing Palestinian officials. This follows the commitment of the United States and several other countries to increase aid efforts…