"Worst-case" famine scenario unfolding in Gaza, food security experts say
The leading international authority on food crises predicted "widespread death" in Gaza without immediate action.
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The leading international authority on food crises predicted "widespread death" in Gaza without immediate action.
Israel is facing mounting international condemnation and pressure over the hunger crisis in Gaza.
Local groups, like MedGlobal, are working to get aid to starving Palestinians in Gaza as the food crisis continues. Dr. Zaher Sahloul, President of MedGlobal weighs in on the aid efforts.
The local pause in fighting came days after ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas appeared to be in doubt.
Both aid groups and people with family in Gaza described the situation as the worst it has ever been.
Both aid groups and people with family in Gaza described the situation as the worst it has ever been. Sabrina Franza reports.
It’s the second day aid was delivered to the region after Israel agreed to pause military activity each day in a few areas.
The meeting follows one Sunday between Trump and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, when they announced a trade deal between the U.S. and the EU.
This comes as Israel faces a wave of international criticism over how they are handling the now 21-month war, especially as starvation deaths are rising in Gaza.
The Hamas-run Palestinian health ministry said at least 54 people have starved to death in Gaza just this week. Twenty-eight western nations, more than a hundred humanitarian aid organizations, and top UN officials have all said Israeli policies are to blame.
The UN's World Food Program said nearly 100,000 women and children urgently need treatment for malnutrition, but medicine is running out.
At least 85 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach aid at locations across Gaza on Sunday, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said, in one of the deadliest days yet for aid-seekers in over 21 months of war.
The UN's human rights office is calling it an atrocity, saying people are being given the choice between being shot or being fed.
Trump has made it clear that he wants an Israel-Hamas ceasefire to be his next diplomatic achievement. Can he convince Netanyahu the time is right to make a deal?
The meeting between Mr. Trump and Netanyahu could give new urgency to a U.S. ceasefire proposal being discussed by Israel and Hamas, but whether it will lead to a deal that ends the war is unclear.
Hamas said it has given a "positive response" to the latest proposal for a ceasefire in its war with Israel, but negotiations are needed on how to implement it. Meantime, a hospital in Gaza reports 15 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
A Gaza hospital said another 20 people died overnight while waiting for aid near sites connected to the Gaza humanitarian foundation.
New video shows several blasts lighting up the sky over the Gaza Strip early Friday morning. Health officials in Gaza said about half of those killed were women and children, with many waiting for aid.
Trump said in a Tuesday evening social media post that Israel had "agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize" a 60-day ceasefire, and he called on Hamas to accept the deal, warning the U.S.- and Israeli-designated terrorist group that "it will not get better — IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE."
A large blast was seen over northern Gaza early this morning. This comes as Israeli strikes continue on the strip.
According to witnesses, hospitals, and health officials, at least 30 people were killed when an airstrike hit the Al-Baqa Cafe in Gaza City.
Prosecutors said Karen Diamond suffered severe injuries when Mohamed Sabry Soliman threw Molotov cocktails into a crowd supporting the Israeli hostages in Gaza.
The Israeli Defense Forces said it was targeting a suspicious person who posed a threat to IDF troops.
Many of the children injured in bombings in Gaza have come to America to receive medical treatment and prosthetics.
After some confusion, the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem says the State Department is "planning for contingencies" to help Americans leave Israel, but some aren't waiting around.
