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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

UN World Food Programme

People carry boxes of relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the central Gaza Strip on May 29, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
June 5, 2025, 6:26 am
As Gazans clamor for aid, looting and shootings underscore new dangers
Resumption of assistance brings a truckload of deadly issues, as competing actors struggle to safely feed Gazans amid mix of soldiers, armed gangs and terrorists clinging to power
By Nurit Yohanan
Palestinians storm a UN World Food Program warehouse and carry bags of flour in Zawaida, Deir Al-Balah, Central Gaza Strip, on May 28, 2025. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)
May 29, 2025, 3:05 pm
Four Palestinians die in storming of Gaza UN food warehouse; IDF was not in area
At least 2 said killed by gunshots at site in Deir Al-Balah, Hamas denies firing; Israel-backed aid group claims terror group falsely reporting injuries at its hubs
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A worker unloads Gaza aid from a truck inside a US ship at the port of Larnaca, Cyprus, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
May 17, 2025, 6:50 am
US aid cuts leave food for millions, including Gazans, moldering in storage
Reuters analysis says the expiring rations could feed a million people for three months or the Strip’s entire population for a month and a half
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinians struggle to obtain donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 14, 2025, 12:14 pm
Some IDF officers warn Gaza could face starvation in weeks without new aid – report
General said to warn enclave is weeks away from running out of supplies, as officers note that restarting distribution will take time and requires immediate steps
By ToI Staff
Palestinian boys salvage bread from a makeshift bakery hit in Israeli strikes at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on May 8, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
May 8, 2025, 11:15 pm
Israel plans to initially only feed 60% of Gazans, as they endure ‘extreme deprivation’
Foundation set up to manage aid distribution sends memo to potential donors, acknowledging 1st stage will only provide for some 1.2 million people for an unspecified amount of time
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians sift through debris following an Israeli strike in the Bureij refugee camp in the center of the Gaza Strip, May 7, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
May 8, 2025, 1:23 am
US pressuring humanitarian groups to get behind Israeli aid plan for Gaza
Trump administration indicating to organizations, such as World Food Program, that their US funding could be slashed if they don’t take part in initiative that is opposed by UN
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians queue for a hot meal at a charity kitchen run by the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on April 26, 2025 (Eyad BABA / AFP)
May 5, 2025, 2:54 pm
As aid embargo on Strip enters third month, hunger is stalking Gazans again
After a ceasefire shrank malnutrition figures, stores of assistance are now dwindling and food for sale — which may come from Hamas’s stolen hoards — is priced exorbitantly
By Nurit Yohanan
A girl stands with a pot as people queue to receive charity meals from a kitchen in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 24, 2025 (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
April 25, 2025, 10:19 pm
Trump says he told Netanyahu ‘we’ve got to be good to Gaza’ and get more aid in
US president reminded PM ‘those people are suffering’ in enclave: ‘There’s a very big need for food, medicine. We’re taking care of it’; says Netanyahu ‘felt well about’ request
By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
A woman carries a bag of food aid distributed by the World Food Program (WFP) to displaced people from the province of Cabo Delgado, in the town of Namapa, Erati district of Nampula, Mozambique on February 27, 2024. (Alfredo Zuniga / AFP)
April 8, 2025, 12:23 pm
UN food agency: Fresh US aid cuts to 14 countries could be death sentence for millions
In addition to World Food Program, Trump administration notifies United Nations fund dedicated to sexual and reproductive health it is ending programs for Afghanistan, Syria
By AFP
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on March 2, 2025 after Israel suspended the entry of supplies into the Palestinian enclave. (AFP)
April 7, 2025, 6:06 pm
Despite IDF and PMO denials, Israeli official confirms plan to resume Gaza aid
Report says military has told political leaders there’s ‘no choice’ but to resume aid deliveries, for fear of international consequences
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Palestinians entering an UNRWA warehouse in Gaza City, taking sacks of flour, on April 2, 2025. (Telegram, used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 3, 2025, 2:58 pm
Second Gaza clan accuses Hamas of killing a relative, during fight at food warehouse
Killing of Saadi Hassanein allegedly took place in UNRWA facility seized by Hamas, as food supplies dwindle; family’s direct accusation against Hamas is highly unusual
By Nurit Yohanan
Displaced Palestinians fleeing from Rafah amidst renewed fighting, arrive in Khan Younis, Gaza, on March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
March 31, 2025, 1:11 pm
IDF tells Gazans to flee entire Rafah area in largest evacuation since fighting resumed
Israel says it is targeting Hamas infrastructure, senior officials in renewed fighting; Red Crescent: bodies of 15 health workers recovered after Israeli strike last week
By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinians walk past debris of buildings destroyed during the Israel-Hamas war, in Gaza City on March 28, 2025. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
March 29, 2025, 1:17 am
IDF says it hit dozens of terror sites in Gaza as UN agency pans ‘disregard for life’
At least 41 dead in past day, according to Hamas health ministry; after World Central Kitchen says volunteer killed in airstrike, military vows to probe incident
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Displaced Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza, January 29, 2025. (Khalil Kahlout/Flash90)
February 3, 2025, 4:56 pm
Hamas says hundreds of thousands of tents, trailers needed to shelter Gazans
PA estimates $6.5 billion needed for short-term housing; Egyptian sources say heavy machinery to clear rubble set to enter this week
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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
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