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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

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Palestinians line up for food in Deir Balah, Gaza, on December 25, 2024. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
December 25, 2024, 10:20 pm
US-backed monitor takes down report alleging north Gaza famine after envoy’s critique
Washington says Famine Early Warning System Network inflated estimated civilians in the area by 5 to 10 times; US ambassador to Israel called report ‘irresponsible’
By Jacob Magid
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Gaza Sports Club in Gaza City on Nov. 1, 2023, after it was damaged. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
December 23, 2023, 12:31 am
At least 5 US-funded projects in Gaza are damaged or destroyed, but most are spared
American officials over the years have provided coordinates to affiliated sites and Israel has largely been careful to avoid striking them as it targets terrorists in the enclave
By JULIET LINDERMAN, Martha Mendoza and CEDAR ATTANASIO
Screen capture from video shows smoke rising after a fuel depot explosion near Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, September 25, 2023. (Twitter via AP)
September 26, 2023, 11:09 am
At least 20 dead, 200 injured in Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion
Local official say victims were lining up for fuel to join thousands of others fleeing to Armenia following Azerbaijani military rout of Armenian forces in separatist region
By Agencies
A Palestinian pupil walks past United Nations Relief and Works Agency, (UNRWA) and USAID humanitarian aid, on June 6, 2010 in the Shatie refugee camp in Gaza City. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
May 19, 2022, 3:39 am
US official: Israel ‘enthusiastic’ about Biden’s restoration of aid to Palestinians
USAID chief Samantha Power tells congressional panel that Israeli officials recognize that economic stability in West Bank and Gaza is critical after Trump cut aid
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Israeli Jews and Palestinians talk to each other during a coexistence meeting in the West Bank, on July 22, 2015 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 4, 2022, 10:32 pm
US fills board that’ll dish out $250m for Israel-Palestine peace-building projects
Partnership for Peace Fund Advisory Board will be chaired by Palestinian-American lawyer George Salem along with other prominent figures in field from both sides of the aisle
By Jacob Magid
Alan Gross, freed from a Cuban prison earlier in the day, waves after concluding his remarks with his wife, Judy, at a news conference in Washington shortly after arriving in the United States, December 17, 2014. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
November 27, 2016, 6:37 pm
Jewish ex-prisoner of Cuba: ‘History will never absolve’ Castro
Alan Gross, jailed while working for US development agency, calls on Cubans to speak up about deceased dictator
By JTA
Palestinian children play in the rubble of buildings, reportedly destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, in Gaza City on July 21, 2015. (AFP / MOHAMMED ABED)
May 9, 2016, 11:00 pm
US announces $50 million aid program for Gaza Strip
Five-year plan aims to provide basic humanitarian assistance and create jobs in enclave where unemployment is 40%
By AP and ToI Staff
Alan Gross, recently released by Cuban authorities, concludes his remarks with his wife Judy at a press conference in Washington, DC, shortly after arriving in the United States, December 17, 2014 (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
April 6, 2015, 10:04 pm
Alan Gross’s lawsuit against US government rejected
Jewish-American contractor filed litigation against authorities for sending him to Cuba with inadequate support
By JTA
This photo courtesy of the office of US Senator Jeff Flake's (R-AZ) Twitter account, shows Alan Gross and his wife, Judy, before departing from Cuba on December 17, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Jeff Flake/Handout)
January 25, 2015, 8:00 pm
Alan Gross gets welcome home party at synagogue
Jewish-American contractor feted a month after release from Cuban prison; praised for resilience, humor
By JTA
More than 6,000 young Russian-speaking Jews participated in summer camp programs offered by the Jewish Agency in the former Soviet Union. (Photo credit: Courtesy of the Jewish Agency via JTA)
October 28, 2012, 11:40 am
In Putin’s Russia, Jewish groups adopt silence as best protection
While they’ve avoided trouble so far, aid organizations fear getting swept up in growing repression
Alan Gross, with his wife Judy, at the Western Wall in the spring of 2005. (photo credit: courtesy)
February 22, 2012, 9:54 am
Alan Gross, jailed for providing Internet to Cuba’s Jews, not going anywhere soon
An Associated Press report earlier this month has exacerbated concerns that Cuba will hang tough on its stated determination not to release Gross
By Ron Kampeas
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