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The Gaza Strip is experiencing a humanitarian crisis as a result of the Israel–Hamas war. [1] [2] The crisis includes both an impending famine and a healthcare collapse.At the start of the war, Israel tightened its blockade on the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in significant shortages of fuel, food, medication, water, and essential medical supplies.
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had delivered hundreds of packets of food to cut-off areas of northern Gaza as fighting raged ahead of a U.S. deadline for Israel ...
In October 2023 alone, the Israeli army dropped around 25,000 tons of munitions on the Gaza Strip, roughly 1.5 times the explosive force of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II. [30] The climate cost of the first 60 days of Israel's military response was equivalent to burning at least 150,000 tonnes of coal.
Even assuming that Israel’s war aim of ending Hamas’s ability to operate in Gaza is an honourable one – and the whole world would be better off without Hamas and its allies – it is hard to ...
Global outrage at the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave of 2.3 million people escalated after an Israeli airstrike on Monday killed seven people working for U.S.-based food charity ...
Israel has conditioned its lifting of the blockade with the return of the hostages abducted by Hamas, [3] which has been criticized as collective punishment and an apparent war crime. [4] Later, Israel eased the complete blockade, but still continued to severely restrict the amount of aid entering the Gaza Strip.
During the Israel–Hamas war, the Israeli military ordered mass evacuations in Gaza, resulting in one of the largest displacements of Palestinians since 1948. [4] [5] [a] On 13 October 2023, just one week after Hamas' attack on Israel, Israel instructed 1.1 million Gazans north of the Wadi Gaza, including those in Gaza City, to evacuate within 24 hours. [7]
Israel denies having any plans to push Palestinians into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula as it pursues its goal of destroying Hamas following the group's devastating Oct. 7 attack on Israeli soil.