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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 536

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Laborers sit on the back of an UNRWA truck during a visit by a senior emergency officer of the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) to Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 3, 2024. (BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
January 16, 2025, 6:14 pm
US said leading efforts to replace UNRWA, as ban that would paralyze operations looms
Laws barring Israeli cooperation with UN’s Palestinian relief agency set to come into effect in two weeks, with no clear alternative in place
By ToI Staff
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip sit waiting on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)
July 22, 2024, 3:57 am
IDF: UN and aid groups ‘failing to utilize’ Israeli aid provision measures in Gaza
COGAT tells High Court 35% of aid trucks brought into Strip last month were not distributed by aid organizations, denies there’s a humanitarian crisis in north of enclave
By Jeremy Sharon
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid are pictured at the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on May 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
May 29, 2024, 8:41 pm
‘Philadelphi route, Gaza coastal road open to humanitarian aid deliveries’ state says
In High Court submission, state says that aid delivery to southern Gaza is possible despite IDF’s Rafah operation. ‘Claims disconnected from reality,’ says rights group
By Jeremy Sharon
Sari Bashi, the new programs director for Human Rights Watch. (YouTube screenshot/Open Society)
May 1, 2022, 9:20 am
Jewish Israeli to become new programs director of Human Rights Watch
Sari Bashi, a longtime activist with the organization who is married to a Palestinian, to head up programming at HRW amid search for successor to departing director Kenneth Roth
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian man hands over his temporary ID to a civil affairs employee to get his officially approved register letter, in Gaza City, January 3, 2022. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
January 10, 2022, 9:59 am
Some Palestinians get legal status after years in Gaza limbo
Tens of thousands of Palestinians do not have legal residency, making it virtually impossible to travel; but soon, more than 3,200 Gazans will get their national ID
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this October 30, 2018 photo, a man removes damaged tires at a workshop in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
January 29, 2020, 8:06 pm
For the first time since 2018, Israel allows tires into the Gaza Strip
PA transportation minister says 5,000 tires entered coastal enclave on Wednesday; human rights groups say embargo had created safety hazard for motorists
By Adam Rasgon
A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus holds balloons at Manger Square, outside the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed/File)
December 22, 2019, 11:48 pm
Facing backlash, Israel says it’ll allow Christian Gazans to go to Jerusalem
PA official says 55 Christian Palestinians from the coastal enclave have so far received permits to travel to Jerusalem and the West Bank during Christmas
By Adam Rasgon
A Palestinian family eats dinner by candlelight at their makeshift home in the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip, during a power outage June 11, 2017. (AFP/Said Khatib)
June 26, 2019, 11:40 pm
Gaza official: Halt of fuel imports exacerbating power shortages
Israel made decision to stop the entry of fuel into the Strip after multiple flaming balloons landed in its territory; electricity company spokesman urges reversal of move
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian fishing boats are seen in the Mediterranean Sea at the port in Gaza City on May 10, 2019. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
May 21, 2019, 11:44 pm
Israel to return dozens of impounded Gaza fishing boats — report
State said to agree to restore vessels seized for breaching fishing zones, following High Court petition by several rights groups
By ToI Staff
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fuad Twal, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land, attends Sunday mass ahead of Christmas at the Latin church in Gaza on December 16, 2012. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
April 17, 2019, 9:19 pm
Gazan Christians still waiting for permits to visit Jerusalem for Easter
MK sends letter to deputy defense minister demanding pilgrims in enclave be allowed to enter the West Bank and Israel
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinians at the Erez crossing with Israel near Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip on August 27, 2018. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
August 27, 2018, 3:17 pm
Court rules state must allow Hamas relatives into Israel for cancer treatment
Rights groups hail decision but say thousands at risk from ‘restrictive access policy’; right-wing MK slams ‘lack of responsibility shown by judges’ for country’s security
By ToI Staff
Trucks are seen at the gate of the Kerem Shalom crossing, the main passage point for goods entering Gaza, in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, on July 17, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)
August 13, 2018, 7:06 pm
Rights groups file petition calling on Israel to renew entry of goods into Gaza
Leftist NGOs ask High Court to overrule ‘immoral and illegal’ decision to ban fuel and other products from Strip in response to arson attacks
By ToI Staff
Trucks are seen at the gate of the Kerem Shalom crossing, the main passage point for goods entering Gaza, in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, on July 17, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)
July 17, 2018, 8:41 pm
Rights groups urge halt to ‘collective punishment’ at Gaza goods crossing
12 organizations call on Israel to resume regular operations at Kerem Shalom, labeling the recent restrictions, imposed after rocket barrage, ‘dangerous, irresponsible’
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Christian couple from the Gaza Strip leaves through the Israeli Erez crossing, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
August 17, 2017, 7:05 pm
More Gazans now allowed to travel abroad via Israel, but there’s a catch
Residents of the Strip must commit to not return for at least a year; some made to sign form after already crossing into Israel
By Dov Lieber
Illustrative image of Hamas security forces standing guard at the Erez border crossing into Israel, in Beit Hanun, in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2017. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
August 6, 2017, 10:11 pm
Rights group: Israel bans Gazans from traveling with laptops
Shin Bet says unaware of any restrictions, will look into matter
By Agencies
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