US says that Israel accepts Gaza ceasefire plan
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Gaza, U.S and aid
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While Arab states may be watching closely, their media doesn't seem to be doing a lot of independent reporting on this issue.
After the failed attempt to create a humanitarian pier to deliver aid by sea, skepticism ran high that outside actors could facilitate the mass transfer of aid across Gaza. And in the first 48 hours of its operations, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation faced a slew of online criticism — largely from activists and other aid groups.
After 11 weeks of a total blockage of aid into Gaza, two U.S.-backed food distribution centers opened in Rafah, sparking chaos as thousands descended on the area.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy expressed optimism about brokering an agreement to halt the Israel-Hamas war.
Every day he delays, Benjamin Netanyahu harms both Palestinian civilians and his people. Israeli strikes bombard the ruins of northern Gaza this week. (Heidi Levine/For The Washington Post).
Facing rising pressure over the acute suffering of civilians in Gaza, the British government is considering sanctions on two far-right ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.
A U.S.-backed group approved by Israel to take over aid distribution in Gaza says it has started operations, despite opposition from the U.N. and most humanitarian groups and the unexpected resignation of its executive director.
As hunger grows in Gaza, hundreds of Palestinians stormed a United Nations warehouse on Wednesday in search of food. A day earlier, a crowd was fired upon while overrunning an aid distribution site set up by a new foundation backed by Israel and the United States.
Britain and the United States are allies that cooperate and coordinate ... in offering its strongest rebuke yet of Israel’s conduct in Gaza. Trump has expressed concern about the humanitarian ...
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce hits back at UN and NGO criticism of the new US-backed Gaza aid effort, calling it "the height of hypocrisy."