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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 472

UN World Food Programme

Cpt. Eitan Israel Shiknazi, 24, and Maj. Dvir Zion Revah, 28, (right), who were killed fighting in the Gaza Strip on January 6, 2024. (Almog Kolt/Israel Defense Forces)
January 7, 2025, 12:27 am
Two IDF soldiers killed, four seriously injured in northern Gaza combat
Cpt. Eitan Israel Shiknazi, 24, and Maj. Dvir Zion Revah, 28, killed in battle in Beit Hanoun; IDF says orders ‘sharpened’ after troops shoot at World Food Programme aid convoy
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians are seen storming trucks loaded with humanitarian aid brought in through a new US-built pier, in the central Gaza Strip, on May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
November 19, 2024, 4:23 am
UN says nearly 100 Gaza aid trucks looted, the war’s worst theft ‘in terms of volume’
United Nations officials don’t specify who carried out the weekend ambush on humanitarian convoy; Hamas says it killed more than 20 ‘gang members involved in looting’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sgt. Koren Bitan, whose death fighting in Gaza was announced by the IDF on October 14, 2024 (IDF Spokesman)
October 14, 2024, 11:43 pm
Soldier killed in Gaza; US horrified as IAF raid said to spark deadly fire at tent camp
Strike on Hamas center in hospital said to cause fires in nearby tents for displaced people, killing 4; US protests as images show civilians burning alive; some aid to north Gaza renewed
By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
Armed and masked Palestinians seen on trucks loaded with international humanitarian aid entering Gaza through the Israeli Kerem Shalom Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, April 3, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
August 31, 2024, 1:25 am
US aid group admits Gaza convoy was taken over by unvetted people before IDF struck them
Israel says individuals were gunmen, which it specifically targeted without harming others; Anera does not explain their presence but says it did not view them as ‘hostile threat’
By Emanuel Fabian
Displaced Palestinians carry a box of food rations provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) at a makeshift street market in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 14, 2024. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
August 30, 2024, 12:58 pm
US says Israel behind aid convoy shooting, must ‘immediately rectify’ its conduct
US envoy claims IDF pinned incident on communication error; army is yet to formally comment after WFP paused Gaza activity following shooting toward car, in which nobody was hurt
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A bullet-ridden World Food Programme vehicle in Gaza on August 27, 2024. (WFP)
August 29, 2024, 12:50 am
World Food Programme suspends movement in Gaza, says vehicle hit by bullets near IDF post
Organization says it got ‘multiple clearances by Israeli authorities to approach’ checkpoint, no staff inside vehicle were harmed; IDF does not immediately comment
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians surround trucks loaded with humanitarian aid brought in through a new US-built pier, in the central Gaza Strip, May 18, 2024. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
June 26, 2024, 1:09 am
UN warns Israel aid operations in Gaza to halt unless safety improved
US defense chief Austin presses Gallant on protecting aid workers during talks; Washington blames looters, gangs for situation UN says is ‘increasingly intolerable’ for staff
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A child plays on a beach as a ship transporting international humanitarian aid is moored at the US-built Trident Pier near Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on May 21, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terror Hamas group. (AFP)
June 20, 2024, 11:07 pm
US-built pier in Gaza resumes operations after latest weather setback, official says
Dock, meant to assist with delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, faces uncertain future after series of complications turning project into costly boondoggle
By AP and ToI Staff
The image provided by US Central Command shows American and Israeli forces placing the Trident Pier on the coast of Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024. (US Central Command via AP)
June 15, 2024, 11:08 am
US to temporarily remove aid pier from Gaza coast again due to bad weather
UN, aid agencies say transfer of goods from pier to Gazans remains suspended due to perception Israeli military used area during last week’s hostage rescue
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A truck of flour supplied by the United Nations' World Food Program is seen at Ashdod Port, before entering the Gaza Strip on April 17, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 10, 2024, 8:57 am
UN food organization halts aid to Gaza via US pier due to security concerns
Two of the aid group’s warehouses were struck by rockets on Saturday, leading it to pause operations for a security review
By AP and ToI Staff
A ship transporting international humanitarian aid is moored at the US-built Trident Pier near Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on May 21, 2024. (AFP)
May 23, 2024, 9:57 am
In first, UN says it distributed some aid that arrived to Gaza via US pier
‘Limited number’ of biscuits reach hungry Palestinians after troubled launch as first trucks coming from dock were looted by Gazans before aid agencies could hand them out
By AP and ToI Staff
A truck carrying humanitarian aid arrives for processing at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Gaza on April 15, 2024. (AFP)
April 20, 2024, 6:34 pm
USAID, UN’s World Food Program to help US distribute aid in Gaza via sea route
America working on temporary pier for aid transfer after strike that killed WCK workers leaves humanitarian groups needing greater assurance
By AP and ToI Staff
UNRWA's headquarters in Gaza City, February 8, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/ Times of Israel)
March 11, 2024, 8:46 pm
IDF seeking to force UNRWA dissolution in Gaza, to be replaced by alternative
Israel working with other bodies in the Palestinian enclave, including the UN’s World Food Programme, to find viable replacements for the agency accused of consorting with Hamas
By Emanuel Fabian
A woman and her children walk past a wall with photographs of hostages who were kidnapped during the October 7 Hamas-led cross-border terror onslaught in Israel, seen in Jerusalem, February 26, 2024. (Leo Correa/AP)
February 28, 2024, 1:26 am
Hamas said to deride deal outline as ‘Zionist document’ as Qatar sees ‘race against time’
Qatari mediators said to relay broadly negative response by terror group to 6-week truce framework; TV report details US formula for 40-for-400 hostage-prisoner exchange
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Volunteers distribute rations of red lentil soup to displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 18, 2024. (Said Khatib / AFP)
February 23, 2024, 9:14 am
Israel agrees to finally release American flour shipment for Gaza, says US official
Aid delivery expected to be distributed by World Food Program instead of UNRWA, after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich blocked its transfer for more than a month
By Jacob Magid
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