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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

US humanitarian aid

Palestinians carry boxes and bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-backed organization approved by Israel, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025.(AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)
May 31, 2025, 8:03 pm
‘Hunger has hit home’: Gazan describes chaos under new aid mechanism in Strip
In wake of mayhem at distribution sites, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation denies claims of injuries or deaths during handouts
By AP and ToI Staff
Palestinians jostle for position to get a hot meal, in front of a distribution point at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on May 10, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
May 12, 2025, 5:38 am
Sa’ar backs newly announced ‘US aid plan’ to bypass Hamas in Gaza
Despite FM’s framing of initiative as US-led, officials say Jerusalem helped design the mechanism; international groups resist plan, arguing it fails to address urgency of crisis
By Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid and Agencies
US Army soldiers stand at the US-built floating pier Trident backdropped by the coast of the Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
May 8, 2025, 7:43 pm
Pentagon reveals 62 US troops – not 3 – were hurt during operation of Gaza aid pier
Inspector General report says number of servicemembers injured while operating Biden’s failed aid project is far higher than previously acknowledged
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinians walk past tents lining the streets amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, February 18, 2025. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
February 22, 2025, 10:23 am
Trump administration approves funds for Gaza aid, Red Cross after initial freeze
Included in $5.3 billion of unfrozen US aid funds is $78 million for Strip and $56 million for the Red Cross related to hostage-ceasefire deal
By Jonathan Landay and Simon Lewis
A US Army vessel is seen moored at the US-built floating pier Trident that connected to the beach on the coast of the Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
July 12, 2024, 2:39 am
US confirms Gaza pier to be shut down after unsuccessful attempt to reanchor it
Head of US agency for global humanitarian assistance says Israel’s port of Ashdod is now likely to play larger role in delivering aid to war-torn Palestinian enclave
By Reuters and AP
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 29, 2024, 9:41 pm
UN workers begin removing aid stuck on US Gaza pier after security fears
Tons of aid have piled up on the pier, which has stopped functioning, but unclear when goods will reach Palestinians
By AP and ToI Staff
Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over Gaza City, Gaza Strip, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Essa)
June 10, 2024, 3:55 am
US resumes airdrops of humanitarian assistance into northern Gaza
Resumption of aid shipments by air comes day after deliveries also restarted at US-built pier that was damaged by bad weather
By AFP and ToI Staff
A US Army landing craft is seen beached in Ashdod on Sunday, May 26, 2024, after being swept by wind and current from the temporary humanitarian pier in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
May 29, 2024, 3:47 am
US suspends aid deliveries via Gaza pier after it suffers serious weather damage
Pentagon says it needs a week or more to recover detached parts and vessels, tow pier to Israel for repairs and then return it to Gaza; Ashdod Port still receiving aid via sea
By Jacob Magid
American soldiers and Israelis stand near a US vessel that washed up on the beach in Ashdod, May 25, 2024. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
May 25, 2024, 9:24 pm
US naval vessels disconnect from Gaza aid pier, wash up on Israeli beaches
CENTCOM reports no casualties, says humanitarian jetty still functioning after four ships break off their moorings
By Emanuel Fabian and Reuters
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Satterfield speaks during a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
April 24, 2024, 10:10 am
Biden’s Gaza humanitarian envoy to be replaced after overseeing aid boost
Lise Grande, ex-UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, Iraq and Sudan, to take over from David Satterfield, who says volume of assistance entering Gaza has expanded significantly
By Jacob Magid
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tours the coast of the Gaza Strip, March 10, 2024. (Elad Malka/Defense Ministry)
March 10, 2024, 11:00 pm
Gallant says sea corridor plan for Gaza aid will help bring Hamas down
Defense minister touts internationally backed route as key to making sure aid gets to civilians and not terror group as Spanish ship in Cyprus loaded with food readies pilot voyage
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
This aerial view shows humanitarian aid trucks arriving at a storage facility in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 21, 2023, after having crossed through the Rafah border from Egypt. (Belal Al Sabbagh/AFP)
November 14, 2023, 4:00 am
Jerusalem conditionally backs including Gaza aid in US security package for Israel
Senior official urges funding for Strip to be spent on both immediate relief that is fully coordinated with Israel and post-war projects, including shoring up Egypt-Gaza border
By Jacob Magid
Commissioner General for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krahenbuhl speaks during a press conference at the United Nations Information center in Cairo on September 10, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / Khaled DESOUKI)
September 10, 2018, 9:25 pm
UNRWA appeals for funds amid ‘worst financial crisis’ in its history
Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees says it needs $200 million to tackle deficit following halt of American funding
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinians collect food aid at a United Nations food distribution center in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 28, 2018. (Said Khatib/AFP)
September 9, 2018, 10:35 am
Fearing collapse amid UNRWA cuts, Israeli officials urge aid for Gaza
With US defunding the UN’s Palestinian aid agency over its expansive definition of a refugee, Israel fears humanitarian crisis could spark war in south
By ToI Staff
Palestinians collect food aid at a United Nations food distribution center in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 28, 2018. (Said Khatib/AFP)
February 11, 2018, 9:44 am
102 Democrats in Congress urge Trump not to cut Palestinian aid
US lawmakers say slashing UNRWA funding will damage American interests and encourage extremism
By ToI Staff
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