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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

humanitarian aid

Preparing hot food for displaced Gazans living in tents at the Mesk Layan camp in Muwasi, southern Gaza, May 22, 2025. (Jumpstarting Hope in Gaza)
Inside story
Palestinians and Israelis partner to feed thousands of Gazans as food aid fluctuates
By Sue Surkes
Arava Institute and Damour buy food from Gazan suppliers, with prices set to rise; organizations set sights on providing water and sewage system components too
Palestinians wait to receive a hot meal prepared by volunteers, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 20, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
June 22, 2025, 3:40 am
Gazans ‘desperately need more aid,’ says humanitarian group backed by US and Israel
US officials say GHF approached the Trump administration to ask for $30 million in order to expand reach across Strip; eight said killed near aid distribution sites Saturday
By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian
Preparing hot food for displaced Gazans living in tents at the Mesk Layan camp in Muwasi, southern Gaza, May 22, 2025. (Jumpstarting Hope in Gaza)
June 21, 2025, 11:03 am
Palestinians and Israelis partner to feed thousands of Gazans as food aid fluctuates
Arava Institute and Damour buy food from Gazan suppliers, with prices set to rise; organizations set sights on providing water and sewage system components too
By Sue Surkes
An Israeli military handout issued on June 20, 2025, shows Mujahideen Brigades commander Ali Saadi Wasfi al-Agha. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 20, 2025, 3:14 pm
IDF kills Gaza terrorist commander who it says helped bury hostages’ bodies
Hamas-run health agencies claim at least 44 Gazans killed by IDF, including 25 who waiting for aid in central Strip; in response, army says suspected terrorists had approached troops
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
Smoke rises from where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, June 19, 2025. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
June 19, 2025, 2:17 pm
Daily Briefing June 19: Day 622 – Iran hits Israeli hospital; will US join the fray?
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses Trump’s shift in tone regarding Iran, along with what Republicans are saying, and a review of Gaza aid and hostage talks
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
Palestinians transport a man who was allegedly injured by Israeli fire while waiting near a food aid center into Khan Younis' Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip on June 17, 2025. (AFP)
June 17, 2025, 3:18 pm
Hamas officials claim IDF killed at least 50 people near aid site; army checking
Rescuers allege tank fired at crowd; unclear which Khan Younis aid center involved; IDF says it is aware of incident in which troops opened fire, is probing reports
By Agencies, Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians wait for food at a distribution point in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on June 11, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
June 13, 2025, 12:32 am
IDF says documents show Hamas has been confiscating aid as a matter of policy
Army says terror group has also raised income by smuggling cigarettes into Gaza and selling them, running protection rackets, and getting informal money transfers
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Demonstrators gather outside the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on January 31, 2025, to protest against a plan floated by US President Donald Trump to move Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan. (Kerolos Salah/AFP)
June 12, 2025, 4:21 pm
Egyptian authorities detain hundreds of activists planning march to Gaza
Organizers say participants from US, Australia, France, Spain among those questioned by police ahead of Friday march toward Rafah Crossing to demand entry of humanitarian aid
By AFP
Annalena Baerbock of Germany addresses the United Nations General Assembly after she was elected president of the 80th session of the body, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
June 12, 2025, 9:48 am
UN set to hold non-binding vote on Gaza ceasefire; Israel slams ‘charade’
Draft resolution is similar to text vetoed by US at Security Council last week calling for hostages’ and Palestinian prisoners’ release, does not explicitly condemn Hamas
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Local Palestinian staffers of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in blue vests form a human chain to protect female aid recipients at one of GHF's distribution sites on June 9, 2025. (GHF)
June 12, 2025, 5:29 am
Gaza aid group says Hamas killed at least 8 local staffers, possibly abducted others
GHF says terror group attacked bus ferrying workers to distribution site, while Hamas-linked accounts say its gunmen targeted members of Israel-backed Abu Shabab clan, which the clan denies
By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
Gazans gather relief supplies at a distribution center run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the central Gaza Strip on June 8, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
June 12, 2025, 2:57 am
Gazans seeking aid from Israel-backed GHF forced to contend with chaos, peril
Testimonies and footage – including some released by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation itself – point to disorderly distribution of assistance and other issues as well
By Nurit Yohanan
Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
June 11, 2025, 4:33 pm
Palestinians say 25 killed near Gaza aid site; IDF says troops fired at threats
GHF says it’s unaware of incident, says more aid needed to lessen urgency among population; IAF strikes dozens of terror targets across Strip over past day; 4 IDF soldiers hurt
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies
Displaced Palestinians walk past the ruins of destroyed buildings along the Gaza City shoreline, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
June 10, 2025, 2:13 pm
Palestinians say 20 killed near aid site; IDF says troops fired at Gazans who posed threat
Military says toll reported by Palestinian media inconsistent with its data; rocket fired from north Gaza intercepted; IDF says it destroyed 1,200 terror sites in Khan Younis suburb
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Palestinians carry humanitarian aid back from a distribution point at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, early on June 9, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
June 9, 2025, 5:13 pm
GHF says aid site closed due to crowd ‘chaos,’ as Hamas authorities claim 6 killed
Witnesses accuse Israel-backed Abu Shabab militia of firing into crowd at Tel Sultan aid facility; IDF says troops destroyed mile-long tunnel in recent operations
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid, AP and ToI Staff
An Israeli soldier offers activist Greta Thunberg water and a pastrami sandwich after the military intercepted and boarded the boat on which she and other activists were seeking to break Israel's blockade on Gaza, early on June 9, 2025. (Foreign Ministry)
June 9, 2025, 10:20 am
Israeli troops detain Gaza-bound activists including Greta Thunberg, tow boat to Ashdod
Group who sought to bust blockade to be sent home; no injuries reported as Madleen intercepted; Thunberg says she’s been ‘kidnapped’; Israel says ‘selfie yacht’ a provocation, aid onboard to be sent to Strip via ‘real humanitarian channels’
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
People carry relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a private US-backed aid group, as displaced Palestinians return from an aid distribution center in the central Gaza Strip, June 8, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
June 8, 2025, 3:19 pm
4 said killed by Israeli fire near Gaza aid site; IDF says it only fired warning shots
Crowds headed to distribution center reportedly fired at by Israeli troops; GHF to start delivering aid directly rather than at collection sites, in hopes of skirting Hamas
By AP and ToI Staff
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