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NBC News
4 days ago
- Health
- NBC News
Israel says it will let foreign countries drop aid into Gaza as hunger crisis spirals
Israel will allow foreign countries to airdrop aid into Gaza starting Friday, an Israeli security source said, as the country faces mounting backlash over a spiraling hunger crisis in the Palestinian enclave. The airdrops are expected to be carried out in the coming days by the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, according to the security source. Despite pressure for a ceasefire, both Israel and the United States signaled Friday that they were abandoning talks with Hamas. Israel also said that World Central Kitchen, an international relief organization that has provided food to Palestinians in the enclave throughout the war, had also begun reactivating its kitchens. WCK did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News. The organization paused operations in Gaza in November after a number of its workers were killed in an Israeli strike last year, but announced in June it would resume cooking in Gaza. Past efforts to airdrop aid into Gaza, including by the United States, were heavily criticized as an insufficient and impractical way to get relief to the more than 2 million people suffering in dire conditions under Israeli military assault. The developments come as Israel faces growing backlash on the international stage, with doctors and aid groups operating in Gaza warning of starvation spreading across the enclave. More than 100 people had died from 'famine and malnutrition,' most of them children, since the war began in the enclave, the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said in a statement Wednesday.
Metro
4 days ago
- Politics
- Metro
Israel to allow Gaza aid from foreign countries dropped in parachutes
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Israel is set to permit parachute aid deliveries to the blockaded Gaza Strip. People in Gaza have been gripped by hunger and disease during Israel's military offensive following the October 7 Hamas attacks. As images of skeletal children and desperate parents have emerged, the World Health Organisation has warned of 'man-made mass starvation,' which Israel has denied. Now the IDF, the Israeli military, is reportedly allowing foreign aid to be dropped into Gaza on parachutes. A senior IDF official told Sky News: 'Starting today, Israel will allow foreign countries to parachute aid into Gaza. 'Starting this afternoon, the WCK organisation began reactivating its kitchens.' The WCK, the World Central Kitchen aid charity, was one of many organisations forced to pull out of Gaza after its workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike last year. One in five children in Gaza City is suffering from malnourishment, according to the UN aid agency. At least 32 Palestinians trying to get food from distribution hubs have been killed by Israeli soldiers, Gaza's health ministry has said. More Trending Witnesses of a recent incident accused the troops of firing at the crowd 'indiscriminately.' Israel blocked food deliveries to Gaza in March, which led to the death of more than 100 people from starvation, the territory's health ministry said. The aid blockade was lifted in May, but with limitations to prevent supplies ending up in the hands of Hamas militants, Israel said. Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ Or you can submit your videos and pictures here. For more stories like this, check our news page. Follow on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news updates. You can now also get articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here. MORE: Keir Starmer says state is 'inalienable' right of Palestinian people MORE: 'I'm a paramedic in Gaza – the suffering is ten times anything I've ever witnessed' MORE: Pro-Palestine protesters block Israeli cruise ship from docking on Greek island
Jordan News
6 days ago
- General
- Jordan News
New Aid Convoy Departs from Jordan to Gaza - Jordan News
A new humanitarian aid convoy departed today from the Jordanian capital, Amman, heading toward the Gaza Strip, in cooperation with World Central Kitchen (WCK) and the World Food Programme (WFP). اضافة اعلان The convoy consists of 50 trucks carrying essential food supplies, flour, and infant formula. It is part of ongoing relief efforts to meet urgent humanitarian needs in Gaza amid the severe deterioration of living conditions and a critical shortage of food and basic necessities. The shipment includes a variety of ingredients used to prepare hot meals that are distributed inside Gaza by World Central Kitchen teams, in addition to quantities of flour, grains, and cooking oils that will help meet the needs of thousands of families. This convoy is part of a broader series of joint efforts between Jordan and international humanitarian organizations, reaffirming Jordan's enduring humanitarian role in supporting the Palestinian people, particularly during times of crisis. It is the fifth convoy sent in coordination with international organizations within the past 10 days. The previous four convoys included 147 trucks. On Wednesday, the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization succeeded in delivering one aid convoy into Gaza through the Zikim border crossing, which included 36 trucks, after WCK confirmed its readiness to facilitate entry and distribution of aid to residents in the Strip.
21-07-2025
- Politics
Chef José Andrés speaks out as World Central Kitchen forced to pause cooking in Gaza
World Central Kitchen has been forced to once again suspend cooking in Gaza due to a lack of ingredients, the food aid organization said Sunday. In a joint social media post with its founder Chef José Andrés, the not-for-profit humanitarian group said it had "run out of food in Gaza." "We have finished all the stock in hand, and our trucks are stuck at the border," WCK wrote in an Instagram caption. "We are continuing to bake bread and deliver water. But the people of Gaza still need a hot meal. Yesterday, we served 80,000+ meals -- and we are ready to start cooking again the moment that aid trucks make it safely to our field kitchens." Andrés shared the post on his Instagram story Sunday, adding in part, "Once again, @WCKitchen we have run out of food in Gaza. Our brave teams on the ground report the security situation has deteriorated significantly, and our ability to operate is severely constrained. We need to get trucks of supplies safely to our field kitchens ASAP so that we can get cooking!" In an update on its website Sunday, WCK noted that this was the second time it had been forced to pause kitchen operations over "lack of access to aid." The first instance occurred in May, following what it described then as a "complete depletion of food supplies." The group's operations restarted 12 weeks later, in June, after it received new aid shipments. The pause in operations comes as hundreds of Palestinians have been killed trying to access food from aid distribution sites run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group, amid what the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health and global humanitarian groups have described as a forced starvation campaign by Israel. Israel previously barred humanitarian aid shipments from entering Gaza for 11 weeks this spring before lifting the blockade to allow for limited aid deliveries. Israel has denied accusations that it is using starvation tactics against Palestinians, claiming the humanitarian groups are aligned with Hamas. On Sunday, at least 81 Palestinians were killed trying to obtain food, with another 150 people injured, according to the Ministry of Health. The Israeli military has said it is aware of reports of casualties near aid distribution sites and claimed its troops fired near crowds to "remove an immediate threat posed to them," but did not provide details.
Yahoo
20-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
World Central Kitchen's Gaza team runs out of ingredients for warm meals
WCK claimed this is the second time that lack of access to aid in the Gaza Strip "forced our kitchen operations to pause," noting that their operations resumed one month ago. World Central Kitchen teams in the Gaza Strip ran out of ingredients to cook warm meals, while still maintaining the ability to bake bread and deliver water to Gazans, WCK confirmed on Sunday. "We served 80,000 meals yesterday, emptying the last of our replenished stocks while aid trucks remain stuck at the border," WCK stated. WCK claimed this is the second time that lack of access to aid in the Gaza Strip "forced our kitchen operations to pause," noting that their operations resumed one month ago after being allegedly halted for 12 weeks. This is a developing story. Solve the daily Crossword
