humanitarian aid

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 17, 2018, 10:40 pm

Israel allows Gaza mother to join son for cancer treatments after months’ delay

Officials had reportedly barred Hanan al-Khoudari from traveling with 3-year-old to Nablus over family ties to Hamas man

By TOI staff

Employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)and their families protest against job cuts announced by the agency outside its offices in Gaza City on July 31, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)

August 9, 2018, 8:10 pm

Hamas vows support for UNRWA workers staging ‘mutiny’

Agency director admits employees protesting layoffs have seized partial control of Gaza headquarters, but unaware of solidarity visit by Hamas official

By AFP and TOI staff

An IDF soldier at the Mazor Ladach field clinic on the Golan Heights, where soldiers and foreign volunteers provided medical care to some 6,800 Syrians between August 2017 and August 2018. (Courtesy IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

August 3, 2018, 3:10 pm

As Israel’s Syria aid operation winds down, IDF begins dismantling field clinic

Move comes after Operation Good Neighbor 'frozen' amid Assad regime and Russian offensive that retakes control of border area

By TOI staff

China's President Xi Jinping gives a speech during the 8th Ministerial Meeting of China-Arab States Cooperation Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 10, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO)

July 10, 2018, 9:00 am

China pledges $15 million to Palestinians amid major push for Mideast influence

President Xi announces plan to give Arab states more than $23 billion for economic development, calls them 'natural partners' of China

By TOI staff and Agencies

Displaced Syrian children from the Daraa province fleeing shelling by pro-government forces wait in a makeshift camp to cross the Jordanian border, near the town of Nasib, southern Syria, on July 1, 2018.( AFP / Mohamad ABAZEED)

July 2, 2018, 2:19 pm

Israeli communities collect toys, candy, clothes for Syrian refugees

'These are our neighbors,' Golan Regional Council says, calling on residents to give displaced kids 'a moment of sweet, innocent joy'

By Michael Bachner

Israeli army medics bring injured Syrian nationals into Israel for medical treatment on June 29, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

June 30, 2018, 9:35 pm

Israel takes in 6 Syrians hurt in latest fighting, 4 of them newly orphaned kids

Army says injured were brought over in 'unique, complicated medical operation' on Friday night, received first aid from soldiers before being moved to Israeli hospital

By Judah Ari Gross

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman (second left) and US President Donald Trump's special envoys Jason Greenblatt (left) and Jared Kushner (center) meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the PMO in Jerusalem, June 21, 2017. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv)

June 29, 2018, 10:41 pm

Report: UN, Washington struggling to raise foreign aid for Gaza

Israeli official tells Channel 10 Abbas's reluctance to take part in humanitarian efforts is hobbling Kushner, Greenblatt attempt to build assistance plan

By TOI staff

IDF officers on the Golan Heights managing an operation on June 28, 2018 to provide humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees in tent encampments in southwestern Syria. (Israel Defense Forces)

June 29, 2018, 12:24 pm

IDF sends aid to Syrians fleeing Daraa in overnight ‘Good Neighbor’ operation

300 tents, 28 tons of food, including baby food, and 30 tons of clothing and shoes delivered; tens of thousands seek to escape Assad offensive

By Judah Ari Gross

Smoke rises above opposition held areas of the city of Daraa during airstrikes by Syrian regime forces on June 28, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Mohamad ABAZEED)

June 29, 2018, 9:49 am

Facing possible Syrian influx, Druze MK calls to set up refugee camp on border

Opposition lawmaker Saleh Saad says 'the State of Israel cannot remain indifferent to the humanitarian situation,' as Assad's army bombards south

By TOI staff

This June 22, 2018 photo provided by Nabaa Media, a Syrian opposition media outlet, shows people who fled from Daraa setting up a tent in the village of Bregia, near the Syria-Israel border, southern Syria. (Nabaa Media, via AP)

June 28, 2018, 11:57 pm

Amid fierce fighting, Israel fears flood of Syrian refugees converging on border

As Assad's army bombards south and displaces more than 50,000, Israel reportedly vows nobody will be allowed in -- but prepares to supply humanitarian aid

By Michael Bachner

In this Thursday, May 31, 2018 photo, free porridge is distributed to the poor during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

June 9, 2018, 10:08 pm

Cabinet to discuss Gaza humanitarian crisis Sunday, amid ongoing violence

PM, army have said dire economic conditions in Palestinian enclave are fueling clashes along the border; ministers also likely to authorize live fire against terror kite operators

By TOI staff

A photo taken from Gaza City on May 29, 2018, shows smoke billowing in the background following an Israeli air strike against a military target in the Palestinian coastal enclave, in response to repeated mortar and rocket attacks on southern Israel. (AFP/Thomas Coex)

June 1, 2018, 8:34 am

Army calls to lift some economic restrictions on Gaza, boost chances of quiet

Senior officer says Israel and Gaza at 'watershed' and that Hamas's return of the bodies of fallen IDF soldiers is precondition for long-term calm

By TOI staff

A Syrian youth pulls a cart as he walks down a street past destroyed buildings in the rebel-held besieged town of Ayn Tarma in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on March 2, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Ammar SULEIMAN)

March 31, 2018, 4:12 am

Trump reportedly freezes Syria recovery funds

State Department instructed to withhold $200 million earmarked for 'recovery efforts' a day after president warned of a full US exit from Syria

By AFP

US President Donald Trump's peace envoy Jason Greenblatt (L) tours a Hamas terror tunnel near the Gaza Strip with Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories Yoav Mordechai, on August 30, 2017. (COGAT Spokesperson's Office)

March 13, 2018, 7:17 pm

Solving Gaza ‘essential’ for peace, US envoy says at White House confab

At conference boycotted by PA, Jason Greenblatt urges participants to visit Hamas terror tunnels to better appreciate Egyptian and Israeli security challenges

By Raphael Ahren

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks to the press in a field just outside the Gaza Strip on February 20, 2018. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

March 8, 2018, 2:18 pm

Liberman vows not to ‘succumb’ to Haredi ‘extortion,’ even if it means elections

As ultra-Orthodox parties threaten to topple government, Yisrael Beytenu party digs in and insists it will resist fast-tracking of military draft law

By TOI staff