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Sky News
6 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News
Benjamin Netanyahu vows to defeat Hamas as he condemns 'global campaign of lies' over starving Gazans
Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel has "no choice but to finish the job" against Hamas due to the militant group's "refusal to lay down its arms". The Israeli prime minister made the comment in a news briefing for foreign journalists on Sunday, where he also denied starving Gazans and claimed there is a "global campaign of lies" against Israel. "Given Hamas's refusal to lay down its arms, Israel has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas," he said. Mr Netanyahu said there are "two remaining [Hamas] strongholds" in Gaza that he intends to "dismantle", claiming this is "the best way to end the war". He also addressed global concerns about a lack of aid being allowed into Gaza. Many aid organisations have said the enclave is on the verge of famine and Palestinian officials recently said at least 100 people have died of malnutrition, including 80 children. Mr Netanyahu said: "If we had a starvation policy, no one in Gaza would have survived after two years of war." He also repeated the allegation that Hamas has been looting aid trucks and claimed uncollected food has been "rotting" at the border, blaming the UN for not distributing it. The war in Gaza began on 7 October 2023 when Hamas killed about 1,200 people - mostly civilians - and abducted 251 others in its attack. Most of the hostages have been released in ceasefires or other deals. It is believed Hamas is still holding 50 captives, with 20 believed to be alive. Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed more than 61,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry, which does not differentiate between militants and civilians in its count.
BBC News
09-06-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Activists say Israeli troops have boarded aid ship
Activists say Israeli troops have boarded a ship trying to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on X to get the latest alerts.
South China Morning Post
16-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
US aid cuts leave food for millions, including biscuits, grains, oil, decaying in warehouses
Food rations that could supply 3.5 million people for a month are mouldering in warehouses around the world because of US aid cuts and risk becoming unusable, according to five people familiar with the situation. The food stocks have been stuck inside four US government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programmes, according to three people who previously worked at the US Agency for International Development and two sources from other aid organisations. Some stocks that are due to expire as early as July are likely to be destroyed, either by incineration, using them as animal feed or disposing of them in other ways, two of the sources said. The warehouses, which are run by USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), contain between 60,000 to 66,000 metric tonnes of food, sourced from American farmers and manufacturers, the five people said. An undated inventory list for the warehouses – in Djibouti, South Africa, Dubai and Houston – stated that they contained more than 66,000 tonnes of commodities, including high-energy biscuits, vegetable oil and fortified grains. Those supplies are valued at over US$98 million, according to the document reviewed by Reuters, which was shared by an aid official and verified by a US government source as up to date. That food could feed over a million people for three months, or the entire population of Gaza for a month and a half, according to a Reuters analysis using figures from the World Food Programme (WFP), the world's largest humanitarian agency.
