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5 Killed, 10 Injured After Gaza Aid Airdrop Parachute Fails To Open

March 9, 2024 admin

The deadly airdrop occurred north of the coastal Al-Shati refugee camp. A medic at Gaza’s largest hospital said Friday a humanitarian airdrop in the north of the Palestinian territory killed five people and wounded 10. The casualties were taken to Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital, the emergency room’s head nurse, Mohammed al-Sheikh, told AFP. Sheikh said…

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China calls war in Gaza ‘a disgrace to civilisation’

March 7, 2024 admin

March 07, 2024 10:07 pm | Updated 10:07 pm IST – Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories China described the war in Gaza as a “disgrace to civilisation” and called on Thursday for an immediate ceasefire as the conflict stretched into its sixth month despite efforts by mediators to reach a truce. U.S. President Joe Biden has…

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India On Gaza Conflict Says Committed To Support A Two-State Solution

March 5, 2024 admin

The conflict in Gaza escalated after the October 7 attack by Hamas. New York: India is committed to support a two-state solution where the Palestinian people are able to live freely in an independent country, with due regard to the security needs of Israel, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj has said….

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US Starts Airdropping Aid To War-Hit Gaza As Israeli Strikes Continue

March 2, 2024 admin

US President Joe Biden had announced the imminent air drops on Friday. Washington: American cargo planes air-dropped 38,000 meals into the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday, part of a series of drops planned by Washington to help curb a growing humanitarian crisis in the war-racked territory. The United Nations has warned of famine in Gaza,…

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Risks, Past Examples, Other Options

March 2, 2024 admin

The United States will use military aircraft to drop supplies over Gaza Washington: The US military will start carrying out airdrops of food and supplies into Gaza in the coming days, joining other countries like France, Jordan and Egypt that have done the same. HOW WOULD AN AIRDROP OF AID WORK? The United States will…

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Deadly Scenes As Desperate Gazans Rush Aid Trucks: Pity Us

March 1, 2024 admin

According to the UNRWA, just over 2,300 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip in February Palestinian Territories: Thousands of Palestinians flocked to an aid distribution point early Thursday, desperate for food amid Gaza’s looming famine, only to be met with lethal chaos including live fire by Israeli troops. By mid-afternoon the Hamas-run health ministry said…

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‘Massacre’ by Israeli troops at aid delivery site in Gaza draws condemnation

March 1, 2024 admin

TOPSHOT – This image grab from a handout video released by the Israeli army on February 29, 2024, shows what the army says are Gazans around aid trucks in Gaza City. Israeli forces shot dead 104 people when a crowd rushed towards aid trucks on February 29, the Health Ministry in Gaza said. | Photo…

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Gaza’s Only Cancer Hospital Goes Out Of Service

November 1, 2023 admin

The deaths in Gaza reached 8,796 Palestinians: Health ministry in the Hamas-controlled enclave (File) Dubai: The only cancer treatment hospital in the Gaza Strip has gone out of service after it ran out of fuel, health officials said today. The director of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship hospital told a press conference aired by Al-Jazeera TV that…

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Internet, Phones Completely Shut Off In Gaza

November 1, 2023 admin

Internet and phone networks were completely cut last week but were restored at the weekend. Jerusalem, Undefined: Internet and phone networks were down across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian telecommunications agency said, in the second such blackout in the besieged territory in less than a week. “To our good people in the beloved…

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US, Others Looking At “Variety Of” Options For Future Of Gaza After Hamas

November 1, 2023 admin

Israel has vowed to wipe out Hamas in a relentless onslaught in the Gaza Strip. Washington: The United States and other countries are looking at “a variety of possible permutations” for the future of the Gaza Strip if Hamas militants are removed from control, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday. Blinken told…

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