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Gaza aid foundation using Israeli food brands, sparking online criticism The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is distributing Israeli food brands to starving Palestinians, according to photos shared on social media of the food packages. The fact that the US-backed group turned to Israeli companies for food provoked criticism on social media. "Israel is profiting big time from its genocide: the meagre aid packs a...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:At least 26 killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza since dawn At least 26 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn on Tuesday, according to the Gaza health ministry. The death toll comes amid chaotic scenes as starving Palestinians rushed into a food distribution centre guarded by Israeli soldiers and private military contractors. Israel has continued striking Gaza. The death toll since...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:UN spokesman calls images of Gaza aid stampede 'heartbreaking' UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the images of thousands of starving Palestinians in Gaza running for aid as they were met with Israeli gunfire were "heartbreaking". βWe and our partners have a detailed, principled, operationally sound plan supported by member states to get aid to a desperate population,β Dujarric told reporters on Tuesday. βWe...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Chaos erupted in Rafah as thousands of desperate Palestinians swarmed a new aid distribution site.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Former Israeli prime minister says Israel committing 'war crimes' Former Israeli Prime MinisterEhud Olmert, who was the leader of Israel from 2006 to 2009, said that Israel is "committing war crimes" in Gaza. βThe government of Israel is currently waging a war without purpose, without goals or clear planning and with no chances of success,β Olmert said in an opinions article published on Tuesday in Haaretz.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Their letter warns of genocide in Gaza, and calls on the UK to take concrete actions to meet its international legal obligations.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Germany issues sharp rebuke of charges that criticism of Israel's war on Gaza suggests antisemitism Germany's foreign minister has issued a sharp rebuke of charges that Berlin's criticism of Israel's war on Gaza equates to a lack of support for the Israeli state or suggests it is antisemitic. "Our committed fight against anti-Semitism and our full support for the right to exist and the security of the state of Israel...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Palestinian groups slam the raids targeting exchanges in several cities in a widespread operation in the territory.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration's move to cut funding to public media violates the US's First Amendment.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:High court declines to hear bid to block a project that an Apache Indigenous group says would destroy a religious site.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Army under pressure to provide answers amid growing evidence that orders to use Palestinians as 'fodder' come from top.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Trump Media says the money will be used to create a 'Bitcoin treasury'.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Associated Press reports tank and gunfire at Gaza distribution site The Associated Press is reporting tank and gunfire at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's distribution site. The centre was surrounded by Israeli military checkpoints in Rafah, the southern Gaza border city. US military contractors guarding the food aid withdrew as starving Palestinians raced to get meagre food packages causing chaotic scenes.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Gaza media office says aid stampede a result of Israeli starvation policy The Gaza media office has slammed Israel, calling the video footage of starving Palestinians overrunning a US-led aid centre an indictment against Israel and its policy of "starvation, siege, and bombing". βThousands of starving civilians - besieged and cut off from food and medicine by the occupation for nearly 90 days - rushed to these areas in...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it had to 'dissipate' because of demand for aid The US backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said on Tuesday it was overwhelmed with people seeking food aid and that its "team" decided to withdraw because of the crowd. In a statement the GHF said it pulled back to allow people to "take aid safely and dissipate" in order to avoid casualties. The GHF has come under intense scrutiny from...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Trump's U-turn sees European leaders call for βlowest possibleβ tariffs after levies postponed from June 1 to July 9.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Osama Krayem is accused of terrorism and war crimes in relation to the death of Moaz al-Kasasbeh.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Thousands of Palestinians storm new aid distribution site Thousands of Palestinians have stormed a new aid distribution site in Rafah. Israeli media reported that shots were fired at an aid distribution point in southern Gaza. Video footage revealed crowds rushing to receive the first aid packages from aid points in Israeli-cotrolled areas by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). The incident comes hours...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Hundreds of Palestinians collect food from a site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, whose work the UN calls a "distraction".
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Starving Palestinians storm US aid facility as distribution operation breaks down Submitted by Maha Hussaini on Tue, 05/27/2025 - 15:26 The scandal-plagued scheme is a US-Israeli initiative designed to bypass UN infrastructure for aid delivery and distribution in the strip A Palestinian man receives GHF distributed aid in Gaza (AFP) Off Palestinians clamoured for aid and gunfire rang out in chaotic scenes, as a...
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:A Unifil spokesperson said the main violations of a ceasefire deal reached six months ago are from the Israeli side.
Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu vows to never relinquish occupied East Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Monday that Israel would maintain control of "undivided" Jerusalem, during a celebration of Israel's conquest of East Jerusalem in the 1967 war. βWe will keep Jerusalem united, whole, and under Israeli sovereignty,β Netanyahu said. "Jerusalem, our eternal capital, was reunited 58 years ago in the Six-Day War....
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Kristi Noem says the US president 'wants peace' but will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Smotrich says Israel will expand borders, settle Gaza Israel's far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said Israel is preparing to settle the Gaza Strip during remarks to celebrate Israel's occupation of the old city of Jerusalem. "We are conquering the Land of Israel, liberating Gaza, settling Gaza, and defeating the enemy," Smotrich said to crowds that had chanted "death to Arabs" as they marched through...
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says it began operations The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said on Monday that it started operations in Gaza, delivering aid at newly established "distribution sites". The foundation has been slammed by aid groups and the United Nations. The head of a controversial aid organisation,Jake Wood, announced his resignation late on Sunday, hours before the group said it planned to begin...
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Trumpβs crackdowns on universities closely match a right-wing roadmap to crush the pro-Palestinian movement.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:UN food programme chief denies claims Hamas stealing from Gaza aid trucks Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 05/26/2025 - 16:35 Cindy McCain, widow of hawkish Republican senator John McCain, says any theft is because Palestinians are 'starving to death' An empty World Food Programme truck is transported at the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on 26 May 2025 (Amir Cohen/Reuters) Off Cindy...
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:At least 81 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza since dawn At least 81 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Monday, the Gaza health ministry reported. Israel has pounded the enclave as famine sets in among Palestinians.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:A car hit multiple people during Liverpool FCβs victory parade in Liverpool, UK. Police say a man has been arrested.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Villagers in a remote corner of Afghanistan are still struggling with the aftermath of the "mother of all bombs."
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong targets top talent after ban on foreign students at Harvard University Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 05/26/2025 - 17:42 Hong Kong's education bureau told universities to open their doors to international students from the Ivy League school People walk past a Harvard University merchandise store in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 17 April 2025 (Sophie Park/AFP) Off Hong Kong may be the latest...
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Spain hosts key European and Arab nations to pressure Israel to halt Gaza assault.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:UK trade envoy visits Israel despite government suspending trade talks, raising questions The UK's trade envoy, Ian Austin, visited Israel's Haifa port on Monday, raising questions among journalists and observers about London's policy toward Israel amid its war on Gaza. The UK has criticised Israel's war on Gaza recently, but several analysts say the policy does not appear to indicate a broader shift in the UK and...
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:Police say a male suspect is taken into custody after a car collides with several pedestrians in Liverpool.
Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source:European Council calls on Israel to lift Gaza blockade The European Council on Monday called on Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip. In a phone call between European Council President Antonio Costa and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the former called for the "immediate, safe, and unimpeded access for humanitarian aid and assistance" in Gaza. "I reiterated my grave concerns regarding the catastrophic...
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