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The National
27 minutes ago
- The National
Israel allows aid to trickle into Gaza after widespread condemnation of blockade
Israel has begun to airdrop aid into Gaza and has announced a 10-hour military pause in three designated areas as deaths from starvation and international condemnation were on the rise this week. The Israeli army on Sunday said the pause will take place daily in Al Mawasi, Deir Al Balah, and Gaza city, from 10am (0700 GMT) to 8pm (1700 GMT) until further notice, the military said. 'This decision was co-ordinated with the UN and international organisations following discussions regarding the matter,' it said. Israel said it began aid airdrops to Gaza on Saturday and that it would establish "humanitarian corridors" for UN convoys to deliver aid. This marks the first Israeli air drop of aid since the war began. Gaza's health ministry on Saturday said 127 people had died of malnutrition and starvation. Dozens of lorries carrying tonnes of humanitarian aid that have been waiting for Israeli permission to enter the enclave where mass starvation has been on the rise moved towards the Karam Abu Salem crossing in southern Gaza, Egyptian state-affiliated Al Qahera News reported. International aid groups have been repeatedly warning for months that mass hunger was spreading among Gaza with food running out after Israel cut off all supplies in March. Most of the aid distribution has been handled by the controversial US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation since May, the site of deadly violence. Western countries have condemned Israel's 'drip feeding of aid' and have called the Israeli aid delivery model dangerous. More than 1,000 aid seekers have been killed since May. H umanitarian organisations say many warehouses filled with aid are just outside the territory and subject to Israeli entry controls. For warehouses inside Gaza, the NGOs are blocked from accessing and delivering the supplies, they say. Israel has also denied the claims of large-scale starvation, accusing Hamas of looting aid and blocking its distribution. But the UN says Israel's restrictions and rejections of permits are the main reason for mounting stockpiles at border crossings. An internal US government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by Hamas of US-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the US give for backing a new armed private aid operation. Israel's announcement on airdrops and military pause came after indirect ceasefire talks in Doha with Hamas were broken off. The Israeli military said in a statement that the airdrops would be conducted in co-ordination with international aid organisations and would include seven pallets of aid containing flour, sugar, and canned food. Israel said it would also allow the UAE and Jordan to resume dropping humanitarian supplies. The UAE on Saturday also announced it would resume air drops of aid into Gaza as the humanitarian situation reaches a 'critical and unprecedented level', Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, said. Up until last year, the UAE dropped thousands of tonnes of humanitarian aid, food and relief supplies into Gaza as part of the country's Birds of Goodness operation.
The National
27 minutes ago
- The National
UAE to resume airdrops to Gaza immediately as aid routes open up
The UAE is to resume air drops to Gaza to help the most vulnerable people after restrictions on aid routes into the enclave were lifted. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, said the UAE was responding to a humanitarian situation that had reached a critical and unprecedented level. Since Israel cut off supplies to the territory in March, starvation has claimed the lives of more than 100 people, the Gaza Health Ministry said. On social media, Sheikh Abdullah said the UAE would lead relief efforts alongside Jordan and the UK, that has also been permitted to resume air drops into Gaza. 'Our commitment to alleviating suffering and providing support is resolute and unwavering,' he said. 'The humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached a critical and unprecedented level. The United Arab Emirates remains at the forefront of efforts to deliver life-saving assistance to the Palestinian people. 'We will ensure essential aid reaches those most in need, whether through land, air or sea. "Air drops are resuming once more, immediately.' Up until last year, the UAE dropped thousands of tonnes of humanitarian aid, food and relief supplies into Gaza as part of the country's Birds of Goodness operation. According to the Co-ordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, the life-saving airdrops will be delivered in partnership with the Israeli military. Gaza's 2.1 million inhabitants have been left starving with severe restrictions on humanitarian aid and commercial deliveries. UN nutrition screenings of 15,000 children in Gaza city in July assessed more than 16 per cent of the population as being acutely malnourished, above the 15 per cent threshold the UN uses for famine declarations. It is a rapidly deteriorating situation, with just 4 per cent considered acutely malnourished in February. A total blockade on humanitarian aid has been in place since March 2 after ceasefire talks collapsed. Meanwhile, the Israeli army said it carried out an airdrop of humanitarian aid 'in accordance with the directives of the political echelon'. An aid ship left the UAE from Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi to deliver 7,166 tonnes of supplies for Gaza this month under Operation Gallant Knight 3. The Khalifa will deliver 4,372 tonnes of food, 1,433 tonnes of shelter materials, 860 tonnes of medical supplies and 501 tonnes of health supplies to Al Arish Port in Egypt. Since the humanitarian crisis emerged in Gaza, the UAE has sent 77,266 tonnes of aid supplies to help those most in need.
Gulf Today
an hour ago
- Gulf Today
Three dead in Israel strike on south Lebanon
The Lebanese health ministry said three people were killed in Israeli strikes on the south on Saturday despite a ceasefire, as the Israeli military said one of them targeted a Hizbollah fighters. "The Israeli enemy drone strike that targeted a vehicle" in Tyre district "killed one person", a ministry statement said. The Israeli military said that it "struck and eliminated" a Hizbollah commander who was "involved in efforts to rehabilitate the terrorist organisation in the area of Bint Jbeil" near the border. It did not specify where the strike took place. The Lebanese health ministry later reported that another Israeli strike in Tyre district, on the town of Debaal, killed two people. The state-run National News Agency reported that it targeted a house. Israel has kept up its strikes on Lebanon despite a November ceasefire that sought to end over a year of hostilities with Hizbollah including two months of all-out war. It has warned it will continue to strike until the Iran-backed militant group has been disarmed. Under the truce, Hezbollah was to withdraw its fighters north of the Litani river, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the Israeli border, leaving the Lebanese army and United Nations peacekeepers as the only armed parties in the region. Israel was to withdraw all its troops from Lebanon but has kept them in five areas it deems strategic. Agence France-Presse
