Israeli troops fire on starving Palestinians seeking food in Gaza

11 / 12Experts with the UN have called the situation in Gaza ‘one of the world’s worst hunger crises, unfolding in real time’. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]

By Lyndal Rowlands, Federica Marsi, Urooba Jamal, Steffie Banatvala, Patrick

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• 1h ago (23:59 GMT)Thanks for joining usFor more on the chaos that ensued at the Israel-backed aid distribution in Gaza, read this.Israel is applying many of the tactics used in its war on Gaza to seize and control territory across the occupied West Bank. Find out more here.Check out this story on Israeli forces raiding money exchanges across the West Bank.And you can follow all our coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, here.Click here to share on social media
• 1h ago (23:50 GMT)Here’s what happened todayWe’ll be closing this live page soon. Here’s a recap of the day’s major developments:
  • Large crowds gathered in southern Rafah as the US-and-Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) opened its first aid distribution point, with thousands of Palestinians storming past barricades in desperation for food after a three-month blockade.
  • Israeli forces opened fire in a bid to disperse the crowd during the chaos, with Gaza’s Government Media Office saying Israel’s military killed three people and wounded 46 others.
  • The United Nations and other aid groups have roundly criticised the GHF’s aid distribution model, saying it doesn’t abide by humanitarian principles and could displace people farther from their homes.
  • Israeli bombardment across Gaza continued, with at least 26 Palestinians killed, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
  • Yemen’s Houthis claimed responsibility for two missile attacks on Israel, saying they came in response to the storming of occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound a day earlier by Israeli settlers.
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• 2h ago (23:40 GMT)Where’s the evidence of Hamas stealing Gaza aid?A veteran humanitarian aid worker says Israel should provide evidence that Hamas is stealing humanitarian relief – the reason Israel claims the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation must take over crucial food distribution for starving Palestinians.Hardin Lang from Refugees International questioned the reasoning of the need for a new aid group.“This is not set up to meet the needs of people. It very much feels like it’s been designed to locate people into the south of Gaza – into an area that’s been designated by the Israelis as ‘a humanitarian zone’, as opposed to trying to meet the needs of a very desperate population,” he said.“If the entire public narrative of this plan is because there’s been strategic aid diversion by Hamas, it would be very helpful to have some evidence of that,” said Lang.Hamas denies it is looting aid and Lang said even if it is true, the best way around it is to “flood the zone with humanitarian aid”.“That lowers prices on the black market and turns aid into a non-commodity from the perspective of controlling the community,” he said.Lang also noted that with so many wounded and malnourished Palestinians, it’s impossible for most to walk long distances and carry back 20kg (44lb) boxes of aid to their families after waiting in long queues in the hot sun.https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.695.1_en.html#fid=goog_458229430Play Video38:34Gaza hunger crisis: Desperate crowds storm US aid distribution site in Rafah as operation collapsesClick here to share on social media
• 2h ago (23:30 GMT)How common is Israel’s use of human shields in Gaza and West Bank?
  • Lorraine Mallinder
  A story on the Israeli military’s “systematic” use of Palestinians as human shields has shone a light on an illegal practice that has become commonplace over the 19-month war in Gaza and parallel offensives in the occupied West Bank.It featured the testimony of seven Palestinians who had been used as human shields, with two Israeli army officers confirming the ubiquity of the practice, which is considered a violation of international law.So, what are human shields? How widely have they been used by the Israeli military? And is Israel likely to launch a crackdown any time soon?Read the full story here.Israeli soldiers during raid in the old town of Nablus in the occupied West Bank [File: Jaafar Ashityeh/AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 2h ago (23:20 GMT)Israeli cabinet ‘secretly’ approves 22 new illegal settlements in occupied West Bank: ReportThe Israeli Security Cabinet has “secretly” approved the construction of 22 new illegal settlements on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth has reported.According to the newspaper, the cabinet “secretly approved two weeks ago the establishment of 22 settlements in [the occupied West Bank]”.The report added that the proposal was submitted by Defence Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.The Palestinian presidency said that the approval of the new illegal settlements constitutes “a dangerous escalation that drags the region into a cycle of violence and instability”.Click here to share on social media
• 2h ago (23:10 GMT)Woman and daughter dig through rubbish for bits of food in desperate GazaWith flies buzzing all around them, a woman and her daughter picked through the pile of rubbish bags for scraps of food at the foot of a destroyed building in Gaza City. They find a small pile of cooked rice, a few scraps of bread and a box with some smears of white cheese still inside.Islam Abu Taeima picks off soggy bits from a piece of bread and puts the dry part in her sack. She will take what she found back to the school where she and hundreds of other families live, boil it, and serve it to her five children, she says.“We’re dying of hunger. If we don’t eat, we’ll die.”Abu Taeima says her family can’t afford anything in the market, where prices have skyrocketed for the little food that remains on sale. She says she has tried going to charity kitchens, but every time, they run out of food before she gets any.“People are struggling, and no one is going to be generous with you. So collecting from the trash is better.”The incident is a new sign of the depths of desperation being reached in Gaza, where the population of some 2.3 million has been pushed towards famine by Israel’s nearly three-month blockade.Click here to share on social media
• 2h ago (23:00 GMT)Mapping Israel’s military campaign in the occupied West Bank
  • Al Jazeera Staff
  Israel is applying many of the tactics used in its war on Gaza to seize and control territory across the occupied West Bank, during its Operation Iron Wall campaign, a new report says.Israel launched the operation in January. Defending what the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) termed “by far the longest and most destructive operation in the occupied West Bank since the second intifada in the 2000s”, the Israeli military claimed that its intention was to preserve its “freedom of action” within the Palestinian territory as it continued to rip up roads and destroy buildings, infrastructure, and water and electricity lines.The report by the British research group Forensic Architecture suggested that Israel has imposed what researchers call a system of “spatial control”, essentially a series of mechanisms that allow it to deploy military units across Palestinian territory at will.The report focused on Israeli action in the refugee camps of Jenin and Far’a in the northern West Bank as well as Nur Shams and Tulkarem in the northwestern West Bank. Researchers interviewed and analysed witness statements, satellite imagery and hundreds of videos to demonstrate a systematic plan of coordinated Israeli action intended to impose a network of military control in refugee camps across the West Bank similar to that imposed upon Gaza.Read more here.Click here to share on social media
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• 3h ago (22:40 GMT)Young Palestinians endure beatings and starvation in Israeli prisons: ReportPalestinian children and youths detained in Israel’s Megiddo prison endure brutal conditions, including beatings, starvation and a denial of medical care, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs has said.The Palestinian Authority agency detailed ongoing abuses, citing retaliatory measures by prison authorities, intensified crackdowns, poor food quality and a lack of humanitarian provisions.The commission highlighted the case of Jihad Maher Hajjaj, a 15-year-old boy from al-Mazraa ash-Sharqiya in eastern Ramallah, who suffered severe chest pain and a suspected rib fracture after a prison guard beat him about a month ago.“The blow was so hard it felt like my bone dislodged, and I’ve received no treatment or clarity on whether the fracture healed,” Hajjaj, detained since February 2024, reportedly told the commission’s lawyer.Aws Mohammed Taher Dheib, 19, from Silwad, also in eastern Ramallah, lost more than 30kg (66 pounds) because of prison starvation policies since his detention on September 30, 2024. He contracted scabies but received no medical care, the commission said.Ali Dhiab, 18, from Kafr Aqab in northern Jerusalem, told the commission’s lawyer that food is scarce and insufficient, forcing prisoners to skip meals and combine rations to eat once a day.“All prisoners have lost dozens of pounds,” Dhiab told the commission.Click here to share on social media
• 3h ago (22:30 GMT)Palestinians describe Gaza aid centre pandemoniumAhmed Abu Taha, who was among the thousands of people seeking food in Rafa, said that a crowd stormed into the distribution centre by breaking fences.He heard gunfire and saw Israeli military aircraft overhead. “It was chaos. People were panicked.”Another Palestinian, Saleh Abu Najjar, said he heard a tank firing from a distance. “The situation was very dangerous and people were frightened,” he said.In a statement, Israel’s aid distributor, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, said that because of the large number of Palestinians seeking aid, staff at the hub followed safety protocols and “fell back”.The foundation uses armed private contractors to guard the sites and the transportation of supplies. Shortly before the aid effort began this week, its chairman, Jake Woods, a US military veteran, resigned, citing a risk to humanitarian principles.Palestinians carry boxes containing food in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Tuesday [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP]Click here to share on social media
• 3h ago (22:15 GMT)Israel’s longstanding policy of ‘diversion, delusion, distraction and lies’ no longer workingIsrael’s programme to drive out Palestinians has always been based on a “rolling process of diversion, delusion, distraction and lies”, but it’s not working anymore, Rami Khouri, a distinguished fellow at the American University of Beirut, has told Al Jazeera.“If you see the reaction out of Europe over the last 10 days [to what’s been happening in Gaza], it’s been phenomenal how quickly the flaccid Europeans, who for the past year and a half or so – most of them, with a few exceptions – have said nothing,” he said.“And suddenly they’re speaking out – including the British, French, and Germans – saying that what Israel is doing is unacceptable, that they’re going to think of sanctions.“So this is the playbook of Zionism and Israel, and it’s succeeded for a century, but it’s really running out of time now.”Click here to share on social media
• 3h ago (22:00 GMT)Despite chaos in Gaza, Israel and GHF claim food distribution went to plan
  • Hamdah Salhut
  Reporting from Amman, JordanAl Jazeera is reporting from Amman, Jordan, because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.When you look at the statements from the Israeli military and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, they say that everything went according to plan today.They say they were able to distribute meals, and that the chaos that happened in the southern Gaza city of Rafah was just Palestinians in a large number who came to get food parcels, and that the American food contractors simply backed away. So they essentially downplayed everything that happened.They say that Palestinians can still go to these four distribution points to pick up more food during certain hours. But they are not really acknowledging the fact that this chaos ensued in the southern part of the Palestinian territory where three out of the four distribution points are. So it will be interesting to see how this plays out.It’s worth remembering that the UN and other organisations, like the World Central Kitchen, who have been instrumental in providing aid to the Palestinian people throughout this war, have slammed the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.They are refusing to work with it and say it’s unethical, that there are a lot of unanswered questions, and that they are not doing a correct job with distributing this much-needed aid.Click here to share on social media
• 3h ago (21:50 GMT)Hundreds of Israeli army officers sign letter demanding end to ‘immoral’ war: ReportHundreds of active and reserve Israeli army officers have prepared an open letter urging the Israeli government and military leadership to halt the war in Gaza, labelling it a political conflict that “doesn’t serve Israel’s national security and is therefore immoral”, according to a report by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.The letter, which has garnered approximately 1,200 signatures from reservists and active-duty officers across various military units, demands an immediate cessation of hostilities and the safe return of all captives.“We, former and current reserve [army] officers and commanders, demand the government and chief of staff [Eyal Zamir] stop the political war in Gaza and immediately return all the hostages,” the letter states, as reported by Haaretz.“Continuing the war goes against the will of an overwhelming majority of the public, will result in the deaths of hostages, [Israeli army] soldiers and innocent civilians, and may even lead to the commission of war crimes.”Click here to share on social media
• 4h ago (21:40 GMT)Photos: Thousands crowd US-Israeli aid centre in Gaza’s RafahThousands of Palestinians gathered earlier at a controversial aid distribution site in southern Gaza, braving intense heat and bombardment in a desperate bid to secure food and essentials following more than 80 days of a total Israeli aid blockade.The site, operated under a contested new coordination mechanism, has drawn criticism from aid groups and United Nations officials over safety and fairness concerns.Here are some photos showing long lines, children waiting, and chaotic scenes as hunger deepens across the besieged enclave. For more, check this photo essay.Organisers were forced to briefly close the distribution centre as aid seekers rushed the site out of hunger [Hatem Khaled/Reuters]Israel only recently began allowing limited aid shipments into Gaza to resume after imposing a total blockade in March [Hatem Khaled/Reuters]On Tuesday, thousands of Palestinians showed up at an aid centre set up by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) [Hatem Khaled/Reuters]Click here to share on social media
• 4h ago (21:20 GMT)Ireland moves to ban trade with Israeli-occupied areas in PalestineThe government of the Republic of Ireland has approved the drafting of a bill to ban the import of goods from illegal Israeli settlements – an unprecedented move for a European Union member.The move comes after the International Court of Justice last year said Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip is illegal under international law in an advisory opinion that the Irish government said guided its decision.“The government has agreed to advance legislation prohibiting trade in goods with illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory,” Ireland’s Foreign Ministry said. “It is the government’s view that this is an obligation under international law.”The settlements include residential, agricultural and business interests that lie outside Israel’s internationally recognised borders.Before the cabinet decision, Foreign Minister Simon Harris told reporters that he hoped other EU countries would follow Ireland’s lead.“What I hope today is when this small country in Europe makes the decision and becomes one of the first countries, and probably the first country, in the Western world to consider legislation in this space, I do hope it inspires other European countries to join us.”Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Harris [File: John Thys/AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 4h ago (21:10 GMT)Israel’s army accused of ‘deliberate massacre’ during aid site chaosGaza’s Government Media Office says Israel’s military killed three Palestinians and wounded 46 others at a food distribution site in southern Rafah earlier. Seven other people are missing.“The occupation forces, positioned in or around those areas, opened live fire on starving civilians who were lured to these locations under the pretense of receiving aid,” the press office said in a statement.“What happened today in Rafah is a deliberate massacre and a full-fledged war crime, committed in cold blood against civilians weakened by over 90 days of siege-induced starvation.”The office added: “This incident provides undeniable evidence of the Israeli occupation’s total failure in managing the humanitarian catastrophe it has deliberately created.”Click here to share on social media
• 4h ago (21:00 GMT)Israel’s ‘mass murder on industrial scale’ must be halted: US groupThe Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has denounced Israel’s devastating war on Gaza after the official death toll surpassed 54,000 – the majority of victims children, women, and the elderly.“The Israeli government’s mass murder on an industrial scale must be stopped. The world can no longer sit back and watch the brutal extirpation of a population and the erasure of their legacy,” said Nihad Awad, CAIR’s national executive director, in a statement.“The Israeli government is not interested in peace. It is time for the United States and the rest of the nations of the world to force them to stop these atrocities.”It is widely believed that the death toll in Gaza is far higher than the official count. Awad noted the medical journal The Lancet estimated about 186,000 may have died since Israel’s invasion of Gaza in October 2023.Click here to share on social media
• 5h ago (20:45 GMT)Israeli army blames UN for ‘avoiding’ aid role in GazaThe Israeli military’s agency for the coordination of goods into Gaza, COGAT, has accused the United Nations of failing to fulfil its role and not collecting humanitarian aid from the Gaza side of the Karem Abu Salem crossing, known as Kerem Shalom to the Israelis.“With the renewed entry of Humanitarian Aid to the Gaza Strip, we have reached out to all humanitarian aid organizations and the international community – and called for them to take part in the distribution of aid to Gazan civilians,” COGAT said in a statement.“However, in the past few days, the UN has avoided fulfilling its role and instead continues to spread false and incorrect information regarding civilian distress.”The comments come after the Israeli-backed foundation, tasked with bringing aid into Gaza, had one of its facilities swarmed by Palestinians desperate for food after nearly three months of a total blockade.Click here to share on social media
• 5h ago (20:30 GMT)Israel ‘very generously’ using high-tech US weaponry in GazaThe US government should question Israel on the use of its munitions after a US-made “smart bomb” was dropped by Israel in an grisly attack on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City, a military analyst says.The air strike killed 36 displaced Palestinians, including 18 children and six women.The Israeli military has been “very generously using these bombs against civilians”, Elijah Magnier told Al Jazeera.Monday’s strike on the school was “really deliberate”, he added.“There is no accountability and Israel can exert pressure on the Palestinians, starting with the civilians, to say ‘nowhere is safe’ and to say ‘you have to turn against Hamas or we will continue to kill more of you’,” Magnier said.The United States should “question” Israel about the use of these high-tech weapons on the Palestinian people, he added.Palestinians mourn victims from an Israeli attack on Gaza City on Monday [Khames Alrefi/Anadolu]Click here to share on social media
• 5h ago (20:15 GMT)Witness describes ‘frightening’ chaos at Gaza aid facilityWe’ve been reporting on the pandemonium that erupted as hungry Palestinians stormed a food distribution centre operated by an Israel-US-backed foundation in southern Gaza.According to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, normal operations have now resumed following the disturbing incident.“I was standing in the line at an aid distribution point in Rafah with hundreds of citizens, and suddenly a large number of people started pushing and entering randomly,” said war-displaced Palestinian Ayman Abu Zaid.“It was because of the lack of aid and the delay in distribution, so they tried to get in to take whatever they could.”At one point, gunfire rang out, he said. “The sound was very frightening and people began to scatter, but some still kept trying to take the aid despite the danger.”Click here to share on social media
• 5h ago (20:00 GMT)Israel PM acknowledges ‘loss of control momentarily’ at Gaza aid centreIsrael’s prime minister said there was a “loss of control momentarily” when crowds of Palestinians rushed into a new aid centre in Gaza.“We worked out a plan with our American friends to have controlled distribution sites where an American company would distribute the food to Palestinian families … There was some loss of control momentarily. Happily, we brought it back under control,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech.Click here to share on social media
• 6h ago (19:45 GMT)Bruce’s UN criticism rings hollow amid Israel’s blockade on Gaza
  • Rosiland Jordan
  Reporting from Washington, DCThe other significant point that Tammy Bruce, the US State Department spokesperson, raised in her news conference was essentially dismissing all the criticism from the United Nations and UN-related humanitarian offices that have been providing humanitarian aid inside Gaza for decades.The criticism from Tammy Bruce is essentially that they are not involved, they couldn’t find a way to deliver the aid without it falling into the hands of Hamas or other “bad actors”, and they are now upset that they’ve been left on the sidelines while people are being helped.It is important to point out, however, that a humanitarian blockade was imposed by Israel back on March 2. We’re nearly entering the fourth month of that ongoing blockade, along with the return to warfare by the Israeli military on the people of Gaza.So without the Israeli government allowing humanitarian organisations to get into Gaza, you now have a situation that we’ve seen in the videos where you’ve got people basically rushing through a very small checkpoint trying to get their hands on food and medicines and other supplies that they so desperately need, and doing so because they are watching their relatives get sick and die every single day.Click here to share on social media
• 6h ago (19:30 GMT)US downplays Gaza aid chaos and blames Hamas for issuesUS State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce has downplayed the chaos earlier today at an Israeli-US food distribution initiative, blaming Hamas for the situation in Gaza.“All of this could have stopped if [Hamas] had released the hostages and laid down its weapons, but they’ve refused to do so. They’ve also rejected ceasefires,” she said at a news conference.“Hamas has been opposed to this [aid] dynamic, they have attempted to stop the aid movement through Gaza to these distribution centres, but they have failed … In that kind of environment, it’s not surprising that there might be a few issues involved. But the good news is that those seeking to get aid to the people of Gaza, which is not Hamas, have succeeded.”Journalists at the news conference challenged these claims, saying that there was no evidence that Hamas had attempted to obstruct the aid.Bruce responded by saying the aid delivery will improve over time and needs to expand, and that while she says she doesn’t speak for the initiative, it’s “clear that the goal was to reach as many people as possible”.“The real story is that aid and food is moving into Gaza in a massive scale, we’re looking at 8,000 boxes [today],” she said.“Was this going to be like going to the mall or a drive-through? No, it wasn’t. This is a complicated environment, and the story is the fact that it’s working.”Click here to share on social media
• 6h ago (19:15 GMT)UN says its Gaza aid system was ‘not perfect, but it worked’While the UN’s system of delivering aid in Gaza was not perfect, “it worked, and we saw how it worked during the ceasefire”, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference.Dujarric said the Israeli-US aid initiative, which descended into chaos earlier today, did not match the UN’s principles.“Humanitarian aid needs to be distributed in a way that is safe under principles of independence [and] impartiality, in the way we’ve always done it,” he said.“We saw the plan that they’ve [Gaza Humanitarian Foundation] published and that they presented to us, and it is not done with the parameters that we feel match our principles, which we apply across the board, from Gaza to Sudan to Myanmar, to anywhere you want to talk about.”Click here to share on social media
• 6h ago (19:00 GMT)German government’s comments on Israel suggests policy shift
  • Dominic Kane
  Reporting from Berlin, GermanyFor generations of German politicians, whatever their party perspective, there’s been what’s called “staatsraison”: The reason for the Federal Republic of Germany to exist is for the state of Israel to exist and to provide security for it.Although governments come and go, it hasn’t changed. And yet, in the course of the last 36 hours, we’ve heard the sort of language from Chancellor Fredrich Merz and Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, which basically says there are certain things the government shouldn’t really be doing.So, for this government now to say it’s thinking very hard about what weapons will be provided to Israel and what won’t, it’s clearly a change of tone, and perhaps a subtle policy shift.Click here to share on social media
• 7h ago (18:45 GMT)‘Only the word genocide can describe what’s happening in Gaza,’ Belgian foreign minister saysBelgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot says “only the word genocide” can describe what Israel is doing in Gaza.“As the foreign minister, it is not up to me to make such statements. But my personal opinion is that this is very close to genocide. I don’t know what other horrors have yet to occur before that word can be used,” Prevot said in an interview with Humo magazine.He said he felt “very angry” seeing images of death, destruction and hunger coming out of Gaza.“I have been saying since April that the humanitarian blockade is an absolute disgrace. Deliberately starving a population is a war crime,” he said.About sanctions on Israel, Prevot said that both the Belgian government and the EU should intensify pressure on Israel.“I am in favour of sanctions against the military and political leaders on both sides and against the Jewish settlers who are forcibly evicting the Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank,” he said.“It is no longer enough for the Belgian government to condemn the situation. Actions are needed to make Israel move.”Click here to share on social media
• 7h ago (18:30 GMT)WATCH: Pandemonium breaks out at Israeli-backed aid site in GazaWe’ve been reporting on the chaotic scenes as thousands of starving Palestinians burst into a distribution centre set up by Israel and the United States in southern Gaza.People grabbed boxes of desperately needed humanitarian relief as American security contractors hastily retreated and Israeli soldiers fired warning shots into the air.Watch the video below:https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.695.1_en.html#fid=goog_458229431Play Video00:41Chaos erupts as Palestinians rush to aid site after months of blockadeClick here to share on social media
• 7h ago (18:20 GMT)Two civilians killed in Israeli attack on tent camp near Khan YounisTwo Palestinian civilians have been killed in an Israeli attack near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, the Wafa news agency reports.A Wafa correspondent said Israeli forces hit a tent sheltering displaced civilians in Asdaa, northwest of the city, killing two civilians and wounding others.Click here to share on social media
• 7h ago (18:10 GMT)Gaza media office denies aid obstruction, says GHF spreading false claimsGaza’s Government Media Office has rejected allegations by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) that Palestinian fighters blocked public access to its aid sites.In a lengthy statement, it called the claims “a blatant fabrication” and the GHF’s efforts “a dangerous deviation from humanitarian neutrality”.It blamed the chaos and delays in aid distribution on the new foundation’s mismanagement. The distribution sites are actually “segregated buffer zones” serving Israel’s military agenda, it added.“GHF … has lost any pretense of credibility or neutrality by parroting and adopting the occupation’s narrative,” the statement said. “It thus bears moral and legal responsibility for covering up the ongoing crime of genocide being committed against over 2.4 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip through the complete blockade of food, medicine, water, and fuel.”The media office also accused the foundation of seizing aid trucks from a humanitarian organisation and diverting them – with Israeli army protection – to its own distribution sites in buffer zones.Click here to share on social media
• 7h ago (18:00 GMT)Israeli military says it did not directly shoot at aid distribution crowdThe Israeli army says its soldiers did not direct gunfire towards an aid distribution centre after thousands of desperate Palestinians stormed it while seeking long-blockaded food.Soldiers fired “warning shots” in the air to disperse the rowdy crowd outside the aid site in southern Gaza’s Rafah area, the military said.In a statement, it said control over the chaotic situation has been established with aid distribution to continue as planned. The comments could not be independently verified.Desperation for food among Palestinians overcame concern about biometric and other checks Israel said it would employ at the Israel-US-backed centre. Click here to share on social media
• 7h ago (17:52 GMT)Israeli forces kill 26 people in Gaza since dawnAt least 26 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn today, Gaza’s Ministry of Health says.Click here to share on social media
• 7h ago (17:50 GMT)Israel weaponising aid in a ‘phenomenally cynical’ wayThe chaos at the US-Israeli aid distribution centre in southern Gaza was expected as the Israelis “continue to humiliate the Palestinians and weaponise the aid” to Gaza, Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, says.“[The Israelis] weaponised hunger. Now they are weaponising the aid that is supposed to take care of the hunger,” he said, adding that the US-Israeli aid initiative is “so shady” that its executive director quit two days ago.“It is phenomenal how much cynicism goes into Israeli policymaking on Gaza besides all the horror of the bombings and destruction.”Bishara said it remains to be seen whether increased US and European pressure on Netanyahu to agree a ceasefire will succeed as Hamas badly wants a deal to end the war while Netanyahu intends to continue fighting to transfer Palestinians out of Gaza.“The relationship between the United States and Israel has been slowly but surely deteriorating, and that is leading to some tensions and a bit more pressure on Netanyahu,” he said.Click here to share on social media
• 8h ago (17:40 GMT)UN: Gaza aid rush at US-Israeli site ‘heartbreaking’Footage of thousands of Palestinians storming the site where aid is being distributed by a foundation backed by the US and Israel is “heartbreaking”, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric says.“We and our partners have a detailed, principled, operationally sound plan supported by member states to get aid to a desperate population,” Dujarric told reporters.“We continue to stress that a meaningful scale-up of humanitarian operations is essential to stave off famine and meet the needs of all civilians, wherever they are.”Click here to share on social media
• 8h ago (17:30 GMT)Israel-US aid initiative driven by military rather than humanitarian logic, says NGO VPHardin Lang, the vice president for programmes and policy at Refugees International, said it’s no surprise that the Israeli-US-backed initiative has descended into chaos as the humanitarian community has been warning policymakers that a desperate population would overwhelm a couple of aid distribution sites.“This is not the way in which you try to feed a population, much less a population that is on the verge of famine,” he told Al Jazeera, speaking from Washington, DC in the US.“The kind of operation that is required to prevent famine, or stop it if it’s already ongoing, is a tremendously large and complex logistical operation. And it’s not just food. You have to have access to medical facilities, access to acute malnutrition centres … which have not been factored into this plan.”He said that only the UN and some international NGOs have the necessary infrastructure, experience and community acceptance to do this kind of work, and stressed that if the Israeli-US initiative is intended to use aid to forcibly transfer Gaza’s population, it would be a violation of international humanitarian law.“The way in which this is being done feels as though it has much more of a military and securitised logic to it, than it does a humanitarian logic,” Lang said.Click here to share on social media
• 8h ago (17:20 GMT)Criticism mounts over Israel’s Gaza aid planWe’ve been reporting on the chaos at the GHF food distribution point in Rafah.The UN and several aid organisations have expressed strong opposition to the GHF’s approach, saying the joint Israeli-US initiative does not abide by humanitarian principles and could displace more people from their homes.In some of the latest criticism, the spokesperson from the UN humanitarian office, Jens Laerke, called the effort “a distraction” as famine threatens Gaza, saying what’s truly needed is the reopening of all crossings into Gaza and the unrestricted, large-scale entry of humanitarian relief.Earlier this month, UN aid chief Tom Fletcher described the initiative as a “fig leaf for further violence and displacement”, saying it politicises aid and undermines established humanitarian protocols.The International Committee of the Red Cross and other agencies have also raised concerns about the lack of impartiality and the potential for aid to be politicised.Jake Wood, the GHF executive director and a former US marine, resigned on Sunday, just days before the foundation began its Gaza operation. Wood cited its inability to uphold essential humanitarian principles such as “neutrality, impartiality and independence”.Click here to share on social media
• 8h ago (17:10 GMT)Ex-Israeli PM says Israel ‘committing war crimes’Ehud Olmert, who was prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009, has written an op-ed in which he says that Israel “is committing war crimes”.“The government of Israel is currently waging a war without purpose, without goals or clear planning and with no chances of success,” the Netanyahu critic said in the piece that was published by the Israeli news outlet Haaretz.“Never since its establishment has the State of Israel waged such a war. The criminal gang headed by Benjamin Netanyahu has set a precedent without equal in Israel’s history in this area, too.”Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert [File: Debbie Hill/Pool via Reuters]Click here to share on social media
• 8h ago (17:00 GMT)Journalist injured in Israeli settler attack near West Bank’s RamallahIssam al-Rimawi, a photojournalist with Turkiye’s Anadolu news agency, has been injured by Israeli settlers attacking the village of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank, according to his employer.Muatasim Saqf Al-Hait, a colleague who witnessed the incident, told Al Jazeera that the settlers were emboldened by the arrival of the Israeli military and intensified their attacks, including hitting al-Rimawi.“They started attacking him with rocks. They beat him on his head. It was clear that he was a journalist doing his job, but we know that journalists are attacked as well,” Al-Hait said.Anadolu reported that the photojournalist lost consciousness and was transferred to the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah.Click here to share on social media
• 8h ago (16:50 GMT)Israeli settlers burn Palestinian vehicles, attack homes near West Bank’s NablusIsraeli settlers have burned vehicles and attacked homes in the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.Residents said the settlers targeted Palestinian homes with stones and torched and destroyed seven vehicles.Settler attacks on Palestinians have been on the rise since the war on Gaza began on October 7, 2023, and new settlement building has accelerated under the right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Al Jazeera’s correspondent Hamdah Salhout said Palestinians are “essentially left defenceless whenever there are settler attacks because the military is watching and not protecting them”.They believe these attacks are aimed at “kicking them out of their lands to try and take [them] permanently”, she added.Israeli settlements and outposts in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are illegal under international law.Click here to share on social media
• 9h ago (16:40 GMT)‘A lot of frustration’ at the UN as Israel blocks aid efforts
  • Kristen Saloomey
  Reporting from the United Nations, New York CityThe chaos in Gaza today – this is exactly what the United Nations has been warning about. The UN has refused to take part in the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid operation that has been organised with Israel and the United States.The UN says it does not adhere to the basic rules of humanitarian laws, including rules that involve neutrality. The criticism from the United Nations is this organisation doesn’t have the reach or experience that it does.We know how desperate the situation is. The UN had 400 trucks of aid immediately ready to go, but because of the difficulties on the ground – 80 percent of the Gaza Strip is an Israeli-militarised zone – distributing that aid once it gets in is a real challenge.The UN has hundreds of locations for aid pickup and distribution compared to the four now being used by this new organisation. The UN has a five-point plan it says would do a better job but it’s not being allowed to do so. So there’s a lot of frustration here.https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.695.1_en.html#fid=goog_458229432Play Video02:51Aid workers in Gaza speak to ‘Start Here’.Click here to share on social media
• 9h ago (16:30 GMT)Chaos at Gaza aid site ‘endangers’ Israeli soldiers: PoliticianThe chaos at the humanitarian aid distribution site in southern Gaza “is a direct result of a failed government that promises ‘order in the distribution’ and once again endangers our heroic soldiers”, according to Israeli politician Avigdor Lieberman.“Israel needs real leadership,” he said in a social media post.Click here to share on social media
• 9h ago (16:20 GMT)GHF is ‘armchair humanitarianism at its worst’, ex-UNRWA spokesperson saysChris Gunness, former spokesperson for UNRWA, tells Al Jazeera that the chaos at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) food distribution point in Rafah “speaks to the extraordinary naivety, amateurishness and inexperience” of the joint Israel-US initiative, calling it “armchair humanitarianism at its worst”.He said the lack of planning stands out to him, particularly a failure to consult with the community – something known in the humanitarian sector as “the principle of no harm”.“This was not done. This was imposed by the two powers in the world that are committing a genocide against these people,” he said.He said UNRWA is the only organisation that has the infrastructure, aid warehouses, food distribution centres, vehicles and workers to effectively distribute aid to Gaza but international donors have allowed UNRWA to be sidelined based on a campaign of “lies, misinformation and propaganda” by Israel.“We need to re-establish UNRWA. We need to get the international UNRWA staff back into Gaza. We need order restored, and we need proper, orderly food distribution. Only UNRWA can do that,” he said, adding that otherwise there will likely be more mass killings, such as a massacre in February last year when more than 100 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces while they waited for aid.Only sanctioning Israel and re-empowering UNRWA are “going to see us pull back from this absolute catastrophe, which is a stain on the conscience of the world”, he said.Click here to share on social media
• 9h ago (16:10 GMT)Photos: Palestinians seeking aid gather near distribution site in Rafah[Hatem Khaled/Reuters][Hatem Khaled/Reuters][Hatem Khaled/Reuters]Click here to share on social media
• 9h ago (16:07 GMT)If you’re just joining usLet’s bring you up to speed with the main developments of the past hour:
  • Large crowds have gathered west of Rafah in southern Gaza after the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) opened its first aid distribution point.
  • Thousands of Palestinians have stormed past the barricades, desperate to get food to feed their families after three months of an aid blockade.
  • Guns are reported to have been fired into the air to disperse the crowds.
  • The UN and other aid groups have roundly criticised the GHF’s aid distribution model, saying it doesn’t abide by humanitarian principles and could displace people farther from their homes.
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• 9h ago (16:00 GMT)Gunshots fired to disperse people from aid distribution area
  • Hani Mahmoud
  Reporting from Gaza CityWhile there is a lot of chaos going on in the Tal as-Sultan area of Rafah in southern Gaza, the situation remains extremely difficult in the northern part of the Gaza Strip as well.It’s unlikely Palestinians there are going to see aid anytime soon. Today, we’ve seen what desperation can do to people, how hunger can lead to violence and chaos.There are reports talking about the Israeli military trying to secure a safe corridor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation employees out of the area as thousands of people surrounded it, trying to get to food.In response, forces fired machine guns in the air to disperse people. This highlights the risk Palestinians are taking right now just to feed themselves.Click here to share on social media
• 9h ago (15:55 GMT)Israel’s weaponisation of food ‘shameful and must stop’Tamer Qarmout, an associate professor of public policy at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, has said Israel’s weaponisation of food was behind the “horrific” and “tragic” scenes at the aid distribution site in Rafah.Speaking to Al Jazeera, he denounced global inaction in the face of a “man-made disaster” unfolding in Gaza as the starvation crisis worsens.“Aid used to be distributed in an organised manner once it was available in Gaza. But the moment [Israel] started weaponising food, weaponising aid, this is the outcome we get,” Qarmout said.“There is still a paralysed international community that is watching this, that is allowing these scenes to happen … allowing a criminal state to experiment with people,” he added.“In this modern century, this is shameful and it should stop.”Palestinians heading to receive aid packages from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in Rafah, Gaza [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]Click here to share on social media
• 9h ago (15:50 GMT)Aid points Israel’s ‘last card’ in expelling Palestinians from Gaza
  • Mohamed Vall
  Senior Al Jazeera correspondentThe chaos at the aid centre is the result of the refusal to listen to people who have 80 years of experience at organisations such as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, or UNRWA.They are dealing with two million starved people. The civilians of Gaza are obviously trying to get just any piece of food for their children.And how logical is this claim that they are doing this aid distribution to separate civilians from Hamas?Critics say Israel established these distribution points only in the south to encourage people – or even to force them – to flee from the north. This is a clear plan for the complete expulsion of the Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip.It didn’t work before. No amount of starvation, no amount of killing, no amount of bombing has convinced them or forced them to move from northern Gaza, where their homes are.Now this is the last card that Israel has, which is to force them by starvation to the south, where the distribution is taking place. If Israel gets its way, we will end up with a real concentration camp in the south.A displaced Palestinian receives a food package from a US-backed foundation pledging to distribute humanitarian aid in Rafah, southern Gaza [AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (15:45 GMT)GHF parcels contain non-nutritious, meagre amount of food: AJ correspondentWhile the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says it has handed out some 8,000 food boxes today, supposedly amounting to 462,000 meals, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary says that the parcels she’s seen contain only a meagre amount of food that will not feed a family for long and is not nutritious enough.She said she had seen a food box that contained 4kg (8.8lbs) of flour, a couple of bags of pasta, two cans of fava beans, a pack of tea bags and some biscuits, while other food parcels contained lentils and soup in very small quantities.“This is definitely not enough, and it is not enough for all the humiliation that Palestinians are going through to receive these food parcels,” she said, reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.“We’re talking about nearly three months without chicken, without meat, without nutritious food, and that’s why most people coming to the hospital now are malnourished Palestinian children.”Khoudary said that while these GHF food parcels might last a family a day or two, Palestinians used to receive packages from United Nations agencies that would last one to two weeks – until Israel imposed its total blockade on aid almost three months ago, and people increasingly became so hungry they could often not even cobble together one meal a day.“[The GHF says] 8,000 Palestinians received parcels today. We’re talking about hundreds of thousands of Palestinians squeezed into the area very close to Rafah [in southern Gaza], and all of these people said they were forced to go to these distribution points after weeks of not having even one meal a day,” she said.Palestinians open a food box delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in Rafah, Gaza [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (15:40 GMT)‘These are the scenes we have been warning about’We have spoken to Ahmed Bayram, of the Norwegian Refugee Council, about the chaotic scenes at the aid distribution site in Rafah, southern Gaza, and the prior warnings by aid agencies.Here’s what he said:“What we’re seeing is indeed a summary of the tragedy that the people of Gaza are living.“To be honest, I have been describing this plan as a non-starter, and today we see it’s a literal non-starter. You have been starving the entire population for almost three months, and then you’re asking them to walk miles and miles in order to get hold of a bag of lentils and a bag of flour.“This is not how aid is done, this is not how aid should be distributed, not least obviously an occupier doing that – a country that has destroyed and flattened Rafah asking people to come back to Rafah, that has displaced people out of Rafah and now tells them to come back and receive whatever they can get hold of.“These are the scenes we have literally been warning about all month now.“It spread chaos, it spread confusion and this is the result.“I think the best thing that can be done now is for this plan to be cancelled, to be reversed and for us professional humanitarians in the UN and NGOs to do our job. There are tonnes and tonnes of aid waiting across the border. It’s a very simple decision: open the gates, and keep them open.”Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (15:30 GMT)Israeli tank and gunfire reported from aid distribution siteA reporter from The Associated Press says Israeli tank and gunfire could be heard as large crowds of Palestinians tried to reach an aid centre in southern Gaza.There was no immediate word on whether there were any casualties.The firing came as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians walked through Israeli military lines to reach the distribution hub set up on the outskirts of Rafah by a United States-backed group that Israel has slated to take over food distribution in Gaza. It was the second day of operations at the hub.Palestinians in the war-battered territory are starving after Israel blockaded the Gaza Strip of all humanitarian relief for nearly three months.Israel’s new distribution plan – backed by the US – has been widely criticised by established aid agencies such as the United Nations.Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (15:25 GMT)Contractors in charge of aid distribution sites ‘completely lost control’
  • Hamdah Salhut
  Reporting from Amman, JordanAl Jazeera is reporting from Amman, Jordan, because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.Security sources who have been speaking to Israeli Army Radio say that the US contract workers who are in charge of securing the aid distribution sites completely lost control after people rushed to the area to try and get the much-needed food they have been deprived of for several months.The contractors had reportedly fired shots in the air to try and disperse the crowds, which caused a lot of chaos.The Israeli army was then sent in to try and evacuate these contractors, according to the reports.We’re also hearing reports of military helicopters that were firing in the vicinity to also try and get the crowds to disperse.But it’s worth noting how we got here in the first place: This was an incredibly controversial plan for humanitarian assistance after the Israeli government had blockaded any type of aid for nearly three months.Throughout the war, there was very little aid going into Gaza to begin with, so people had been hungry, and there has been malnutrition among women and children.Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (15:20 GMT)Gaza aid distributor admits losing control of aid site in RafahThe US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says the volume of people seeking aid at its distribution site was so great its team had to pull back to allow people to “take aid safely and dissipate” and to avoid casualties.It added that “Gazans experienced several-hour delays in accessing the site due to blockades imposed by Hamas”.The foundation said it has so far distributed about 8,000 food boxes, totaling 462,000 meals. The claim could not be independently verified.Chaotic scenes erupted as thousands of desperate people rushed the site after a nearly three-month total aid blockade by Israel led to mass hunger.Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (15:15 GMT)Chaotic scenes proof of Israel’s failure to manage crisis it created: Gaza Government Media OfficeThe Government Media Office in Gaza has issued a statement about the scenes at the aid distribution point in southern Gaza, saying Israel’s project to distribute supplies “in the so-called ‘buffer zones’ has failed disastrously”.“Thousands of starving civilians – besieged and cut off from food and medicine by the occupation for nearly 90 days – rushed to these areas in a heartbreaking scene that ended with the storming of distribution centres and the seizing of food under the crushing weight of hunger,” it said.It added that Israeli forced had responded “by opening fire and injuring several citizens, which clearly reflects the total collapse of the so-called humanitarian track that the occupation claims to uphold”.The office said the scenes were evidence of Israel’s failure to manage the humanitarian crisis “it deliberately created through a policy of starvation, siege, and bombing”.It added that the establishment of “buffer ghettos” to distribute limited aid “under the threat of death, bullets, and starvation does not indicate a genuine intention to address the crisis”.“Rather, it represents a calculated political strategy to perpetuate starvation, dismantle Palestinian society, and impose politicised humanitarian tracks that serve the occupation’s security and military agenda.”Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (15:10 GMT)More than 90,000 tonnes of military equipment brought to Israel since war beganIsrael’s Defence Ministry has announced the 800th flight bringing in military equipment and ammunition since the start of the war on Gaza has landed in the country.In a statement, it said the military equipment and weapons airlift is being carried out in collaboration with the ministry’s mission to the US, Israel’s top ally, and other parts of the Israeli military.“Throughout this operation, over 90,000 tons of military equipment have been delivered to Israel via 800 flights and approximately 140 maritime shipments,” it said. “The procured and transported equipment includes munitions, armored vehicles, individual protective equipment, and medical supplies.”As we’ve been reporting, Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 54,000 Palestinians and wounded tens of thousands more.The Democratic and Republican administrations of former US President Joe Biden and his successor, Donald Trump, have faced criticism over their policies of arming Israel, which critics say violate US laws prohibiting military aid and weapons sales to countries engaged in rights abuses.Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (15:05 GMT)‘Not the way to do it’: Israel’s new Gaza aid system criticisedHardin Lang from Refugees International says it’s incomprehensible why Israel has set up its own Gaza aid distribution system when the UN and other international groups have decades of experience.“Mounting the kind of operation to keep famine at bay is very complex and logistics-intensive. It is not something you turn the keys over to an operation that is just finding its feet. So if you’re trying to meet humanitarian needs, this is not the way to do it,” Lang told Al Jazeera.He noted Jake Wood, executive director of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), announced his resignation because the organisation could not adhere “to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence”.While the long-established UN-led distribution process had 400 sites throughout Gaza, the GHF has only four “mega” ones for its 2.3 million people, Lang said.“If the point of the project is to meet the humanitarian need, then you go with distribution sites throughout the Gaza Strip – much like what the United Nations and international humanitarian community have established.”Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (14:56 GMT)‘Complete chaos’Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, says there was “complete chaos” as Palestinians in southern Gaza rushed to receive some of the first aid that entered the besieged territory in months.Khoudary said that after the first Palestinians returned back to their shelters with some food parcels, more people started heading towards the aid distribution point in the south.“The forces that were present in that area were shooting live ammunition to disperse the Palestinians who were going to receive the food,” Khoudary said.She added that what needs to be underlined is that after months of a total blockade, Palestinians are “very desperate”.“They are not having any food, and this is the only way to feed their children,” she said.Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (14:55 GMT)Shots fired at aid distribution point as controversial Gaza relief plan kicks offIsraeli media are reporting that shots have been fired at an aid distribution point in southern Gaza, hours after a US-backed aid mechanism became operational.Videos of the scene showed large crowds running past a broken fence and rushing to receive some of the first parcels delivered in Israeli-controlled areas in coordination with the US government, a private US security company and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).It is not yet clear who fired the shots, and no injuries have thus far been reported.Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (14:53 GMT)Footage shows desperate Palestinians storming new Gaza aid siteThousands of desperate Palestinians have swarmed an aid distribution site in Rafah in southern Gaza, and security contractors have lost control of the crowds and opened fire with live ammunition.The incident happened after the centre was opened under an Israeli-backed plan to disperse humanitarian assistance.The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation was tasked by Israel and the United States with taking over the distribution of aid after Israel banned the UN and other international bodies from doing so.Click here to share on social media
• 10h ago (14:50 GMT)Israeli army highlights ‘gradual opening’ of Gaza aid centresThe Israeli army says it has set up four aid distribution centres “in recent weeks” in Gaza.Two began operations today “as part of the gradual opening of the distribution centers”, it said in a statement. The sites are giving out food packages, it added, without specifying how many were distributed.The centres were set up “in coordination” with the US government, a private US security company and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which has been labelled “a distraction” by the United Nations.The army’s statement comes as the UN announced it has no information on whether the GHF has actually distributed any aid in Gaza as famine looms.https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.695.1_en.html#fid=goog_458229433Play Video00:50Israel’s denial of Gaza famineClick here to share on social media
• 11h ago (14:40 GMT)‘Death traps’: PFLP warns people in Gaza against approaching GHF aid centresThe Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has warned that aid distribution centres set up by the US and Israel in the Gaza Strip represent “collective death traps”, and warned citizens not to approach them.The leftist group said these centres are being used to arrest people and are “part of the ongoing war of genocide” against Palestinians.It also said the centres, set up by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), are being used as tools of displacement, forcing Palestinians southwards.The GHF has faced criticism, including from the UN, that it is using humanitarian relief as a political tool.Trucks transport aid as GHF said it has commenced operations in Rafah, May 26, 2025 [Gaza Humanitarian Foundation/Handout via Reuters]Click here to share on social media
• 11h ago (14:30 GMT)Israeli displacement orders ‘psychological and physical warfare’: MSFDoctors Without Borders (MSF) has denounced Israel’s ongoing use of last-minute displacement orders in Gaza as a form of ethnic cleansing, warning that Palestinians are being trapped in an endless cycle of suffering.People are sometimes forced to flee in the middle of the night, only for their new “safe refuge” to be bombed again, the medical charity said in a statement.The “unpredictable” orders are distributed through leaflets, social media or phone calls and come with “ridiculously short deadlines”, it added.The NGO labelled the orders as a “violent tool, turning the Gaza Strip into hell on earth for Palestinians”.Israel has issued 31 displacement orders since it broke the ceasefire on March 18, according to MSF. Together with no-go military zones, these cover about 80 percent of Gaza, it said.“I don’t know what to answer when colleagues ask me where they can go with their children in the middle of the night,” said MSF’s Omar Alsaqqa. “We are running out of options to stay alive.”MSF said the displacement orders are turning Gaza into ‘hell on earth for Palestinians’ [File: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]Click here to share on social media
• 11h ago (14:00 GMT)Israeli attacks on West Bank’s exchange shops ‘dangerous escalation’: Palestinian Mujahideen MovementThe group says the raids are “part of the open war against our people, targeting their very existence and cause”.“This new aggression is part of the policy of siege and starvation that targets the foundations of our people’s steadfastness and aims to break their will,” the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement said in a statement published on Telegram.The group urged the Palestinian Authority to “defend” Palestinians from such attacks and “halt its policy of security coordination” with Israel.Israeli army soldiers take position during a raid in the heart of the Palestinian city of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on May 27, 2025 [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 11h ago (13:50 GMT)WATCH: Teenage Gaza gymnast who lost both legs dreams of walking againAhmed is a 16-year-old gymnast who lost both his legs in an Israeli attack on Gaza. His mother hopes to send him abroad for prosthetic limbs so he can once again practice the sport he loves.Watch the report below:https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.695.1_en.html#fid=goog_458229435Play Video01:58Teenage Gaza gymnast who lost both legs dreams of walking againClick here to share on social media
• 11h ago (13:50 GMT)Why is Israel raiding money exchanges in the occupied West Bank?As we’ve been reporting, Israeli forces have carried out several raids on money exchanges across the occupied West Bank.The Israeli army used live bullets and tear gas as they stormed the city of Nablus, killing at least one person and wounding more than 30.The Israeli police and military have not put out any official statement about the raids, but one military official speaking anonymously to Israeli media said officials will release information about their findings at some point later today.“But this official said earlier that Israel ‘believes’ – not that it has any evidence or proof – but ‘believes’ that these cash exchange places are funneling money to what they call terror organisations,” said Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut, who has extensively reported from the West Bank but is currently in Amman, Jordan, because Israel has banned Al Jazeera from reporting from Israel and the West Bank.“The people who own these shops say they were not given any sort of proof by the Israeli military,” she added.Salhut noted this was the fourth time that such raids have taken place since the start of the war on Gaza.“The first time was in December of 2023, when five different cash exchange places were raided by the Israeli military and they seized nearly $3m,” she said. “It happened again in August 2024 and again in September of that same year.”Click here to share on social media
• 12h ago (13:45 GMT)Palestinian Foreign Ministry warns of ‘deliberate attempt’ to justify West Bank annexationIsrael is creating the impression of a flare-up in the occupied West Bank to justify its annexation, according to the Palestinian Foreign Ministry.Its statement called for immediate action by the US and the international community to “halt the crimes of genocide, displacement, and annexation” and to compel Israel to abide by international law.The ministry warned that failing to do so would have repercussions for the prospect of implementing a two-state solution and for the stability of the region.Palestinians are blocked by Israeli soldiers from entering the Tulkarem refugee camp to retrieve their belongings [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]Click here to share on social media
• 12h ago (13:40 GMT)EXCLUSIVEUS-made guided bombs used in Israeli attack on Fahmi al-Jarjawi School in Gaza CityAl Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking unit has obtained exclusive images of the remains of the weaponry used by the Israeli army in the bombing of the Fahmi al-Jarjawi School in the Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City on Sunday.The fragments belonged to US-made GBU-39 SDB guided bombs, which have been identified in repeated attacks on Gaza. Trevor Ball, an American expert and researcher in munitions, confirmed Sanad’s results.Israel imports these bombs from the US company Boeing, and multiple investigations have documented their use in targeting displacement camps in central and southern Gaza.Once launched from an aircraft, the bomb deploys its wings and uses a GPS guidance system to precisely correct its trajectory towards its target. It is also equipped with a warhead designed to penetrate hard targets, such as reinforced concrete or fortifications, before detonation.Analysed images from the site of the attack show the bomb broke through the school’s roof and first floor before detonating on the ground floor, killing at least 36 people.The same type of bomb was used in a strike that hit the al-Tabin School in Gaza City in August, killing 100 people, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.In February, the US approved the sale of 2,166 GBU-39 SDB bombs to Israel in a deal valued at $6.75bn, according to the official website of the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency.The fragments of US-made GBU-39 SDB guided bombs used in an Israeli attack on a school in Gaza City [Sanad/Al Jazeera]Click here to share on social media
• 12h ago (13:30 GMT)Iraq condemns ‘painful starvation’ faced by Palestinians in GazaIn a new statement, the Iraqi government has slammed Israel’s “starvation policy” in Gaza and urged the international community to “exert maximum pressure” on the country to allow the delivery of aid into the besieged and bombarded territory.The statement accused Israel of ignoring “all humanitarian and legal considerations” and of using “the denial of humanitarian and food aid as additional tools to perpetuate the killing of Palestinians”.As Israel’s blockade that has choked off access to food, fuel, and medical supplies nears its three-month mark, the World Food Programme warned last week that more than 70,000 children in Gaza face acute levels of malnutrition.Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Jabalia [File: Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]Click here to share on social media
• 12h ago (13:20 GMT)WATCH: Girl tells Al Jazeera how she escaped school infernoWard al-Sheikh Khalil, a young Palestinian girl, spoke to Al Jazeera after surviving an Israeli air attack on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City. Video showed her walking among the flames of the fires that broke out. The attack killed more than 36 Palestinians, including her mother and siblings.Watch the interview below:https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.695.1_en.html#fid=goog_458229434Play Video02:22Girl tells Al Jazeera how she escaped school infernoClick here to share on social media
• 12h ago (13:15 GMT)EU chief slams Israel’s ‘abhorrent’ attacks on Gaza civilian sitesUrsula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, has denounced as “abhorrent” Israel’s deadly wave of attacks on civilian facilities in Gaza, during a call with Jordan’s King Abdullah II.“The expansion of Israel’s military operations in Gaza targeting civilian infrastructure, among them a school that served as a shelter for displaced Palestinian families, killing civilians, including children, is abhorrent,” she said, according to a European Commission readout of the call.Click here to share on social media
• 13h ago (12:45 GMT)Germany will not be forced into solidarity with Israel: Top German diplomatGerman Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul voices his shock at the Israeli campaign in Gaza, where people are unable to access food and medicine.“Our committed fight against anti-Semitism and our full support for the right to exist and the security of the state of Israel must not be instrumentalised for the conflict and the warfare currently being waged in the Gaza Strip,” he said in an interview with the WDR broadcaster.“We are now at a point where we have to think very carefully about what further steps to take,” Wadephul said, without giving further details.Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann David Wadephul in Madrid on May 26, 2025 [Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 13h ago (12:30 GMT)UN calls for Gaza crossings opening, calls GHF ‘a distraction’The UN says it has no information on whether the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) had actually distributed any aid in Gaza, as the US-backed group announced yesterday.Speaking to reporters in Geneva, the spokesperson of the UN humanitarian office labelled the reported operations of the GHF “a distraction”.“What is actually needed,” OCHA’s Jens Laerke said, “is a reopening of all the crossings into Gaza, a secure environment within Gaza, and faster facilitation of missions and final approvals of all the emergency supplies that we have just outside the border and needs to get in.”The spokesperson also called for an end to Israeli curbs on the kind of aid being allowed to enter Gaza, which he said was being “cherry-picked” and did not always match needs.Separately, UNRWA spokeswoman Juliette Touma told the same briefing via videolink that UN agencies do not “have any information” about the delivery of any supplies by the GHF into the besieged territory.“We know what’s needed, we know what’s missing, and we are very, very far from that daily target,” Touma said.“The needs are 500-600 trucks at a minimum that should go into Gaza, loaded with supplies. Not only food but also medicine, medical supplies, vaccines for children, fuel, water and other basics for people’s survival.”A woman carrying jerrycans walks along with other Palestinians transporting their belongings as they flee the northern Gaza Strip towards the south [File: Omar aL-Qattaa/AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 13h ago (12:15 GMT)Israeli attacks on West Bank’s exchange shops ‘new chapter’ of war: HamasHamas has denounced Israeli raids on money exchange shops in the occupied West Bank.“Escalating incursions in the West Bank and targeting money exchange shops are a continuation of the occupation’s war against the foundations of the steadfastness of our Palestinian people,” the group said in a statement.The attacks “constitute a new chapter in the occupation’s open war against the Palestinian people, their lives, their economy, and all the foundations of their steadfastness and perseverance on their land”, it added.Hamas urged the Palestinian Authority to take measures against the attacks.Israel has stated, without evidence, that it is targeting the shops as they are used as a way to funnel money to Palestinian fighters and armed groups.Israeli army soldiers take positions outside a currency exchange shop in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, during a raid on May 27, 2025 [Zain Jaafar/AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 13h ago (12:00 GMT)Gaza ceasefire agreement still lofty ‘optimism’There is not enough evidence suggesting a breakthrough in ceasefire talks “despite some occasional optimism being aired from all sides”, says Dan Perry, an Israel affairs analyst.“We remain where we have been tragically for 19 months now, which is that Hamas refuses to hand over all the hostages without being allowed to remain in power in Gaza … whereas Israel refuses to end the war without Hamas being gone,” Perry told Al Jazeera, speaking from Tel Aviv.“There’s probably still a majority of people in Israeli society willing to end the war right now in exchange for all the hostages,” he added.Perry said a “radical pressure” was needed on all sides to reach a permanent ceasefire, saying Hamas would need to disarm and relinquish power completely and Israel would need to accept that “it will not occupy Gaza and that it will withdraw in favour of the reformed version of the Palestinian Authority”.“Now that is something that the Israeli opposition and the Israeli majority undoubtedly would support,” he said.Click here to share on social media
• 14h ago (11:45 GMT)Germany, Finland urge aid pressure on Israel; Sweden summons ambassadorThe leaders of Germany and Finland have urged the international community to ramp up pressure on Israel to allow immediate humanitarian aid into Gaza, as civilians in the besieged territory continue to face severe shortages of food and medicine.“We must put pressure on Israel to ensure the aid truly reaches its target,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said during a visit to Helsinki, describing the suffering in Gaza as “excessive” and calling for urgent action.“But it is also crucial that Hamas must not prevent humanitarian aid from arriving,” added Merz, a day after expressing unusually strong criticism of Israel.“I no longer understand what the Israeli army is now doing in the Gaza Strip, with what goal,” he had told a forum organised by WDR television on Monday, adding that the effect on civilians in Gaza “can no longer be justified”.For his part, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo echoed Merz’s appeal, also telling reporters in Helsinki that the situation in Gaza is a “terrible human catastrophe” that demands swift international response.Sweden, meanwhile, summoned Israel’s ambassador to the country, urging Israel to allow aid into Gaza.“The current way the war is waged is unacceptable,” the Swedish Foreign Ministry said in a statement, which also noted Israel’s right to defend itself.German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, left, and Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo attend a joint news conference in Turku, Finland [Lehtikuva/Roni Rekomaa via Reuters]Click here to share on social media
• 14h ago (11:30 GMT)If you’re just joining usHere’s what you need to know:
  • The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has released pictures of aid distributions taking place in Israeli-controlled areas of southern Gaza, amid criticism that the organisation is using humanitarian relief as a political tool.
  • Hamas has called on organisations and institutions worldwide to “escalate all forms of global actions” as the war hits the 600-day mark.
  • The Israeli army has raided several exchange shops in the occupied West Bank, injuring at least 19 people in Nablus.
  • The UK trade envoy to Israel is meeting Israeli businesses and officials to promote trade, a week after the British government said it was suspending free trade negotiations with the country over its war in Gaza.
  • Israeli attacks on displacement camps in Gaza have forced more than 180,000 people to relocate in just 10 days, the International Organization for Migration has said.
    This picture, taken from a position in southern Israel, on the border with the Gaza Strip, shows an Israeli vehicle on patrol on May 27, 2025 [Jack Guez/AFP]
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• 14h ago (11:15 GMT)Hamas condemns Israeli attacks, chants on ‘Jerusalem Day’The Palestinian group has denounced the Israeli settlers’ march on “Jerusalem Day” yesterday.Haroun Nasser al-Din, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, condemned the “barbaric incursions and provocative attacks” that took place during the parade with the participation of far-right Israeli ministers.Al-Din said the march was a “failed attempt to break the will of our people and impose alleged Zionist sovereignty over our holy sites”.“The occupation will come to an end, no matter how arrogant and intoxicated it may appear,” the official said.He urged for “increased mobilisation, steadfastness, and resistance in all its forms”.Some Israelis chanted “Death to Arabs” and “May your village burn” as they marched through the alleyways of Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday, going through the Muslim quarter to mark the commemoration of the Israeli occupation and annexation of East Jerusalem after the 1967 war.https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.695.1_en.html#fid=goog_458229436Play Video01:51Far-right Israelis storm Al-Aqsa, UNRWA compounds amid Jerusalem Day marchClick here to share on social media
• 14h ago (11:00 GMT)Palestinian Mujahideen Movement slams US-backed aid delivery mechanismThe Palestinian Mujahideen Movement has rejected the US-backed aid distribution mechanism, saying it was “another ugly manifestation of the policy of starvation and siege aimed at breaking the will of our people and humiliating them”.In a statement, it said the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation was a “security institution” aimed at “tampering with [Gaza’s] social fabric”.It called on Palestinians not to engage with the organisation, saying it promoted Israel’s goal of occupying Palestinian territory.Click here to share on social media
• 15h ago (10:46 GMT)Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for missile attacks on IsraelWe have reported earlier that Israel’s army claimed to have intercepted two missiles fired from Yemen earlier today in separate incidents.The Houthi armed group confirmed those attacks, saying they came in response to the storming of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound yesterday by Israeli settlers.The group’s statement, published on Telegram, said one of the missiles targeted Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport and the second one was directed towards “a vital Zionist enemy target” in eastern Israel.“The operation successfully achieved its goal, thanks to God, and caused millions of usurping Zionists to rush to shelters, halting air traffic at the airport,” it claimed, contrary to the Israeli military statement, which did not report any impact.“The genocide against our brothers in the Gaza Strip, along with the siege and starvation, is a crime unprecedented in human history. This necessitates that all free people from our nation and the world take action to uphold justice, defend humanity, and fulfil their duty towards the oppressed Palestinian people,” the Houthi statement concluded.Click here to share on social media
• 15h ago (10:45 GMT)Editor’s Choice: What to read, watch and listen to right nowHere are a few highlights published in recent hours covering all aspects of the war:
  • Read: More than 95 percent of Gaza’s agricultural land is unusable
  • Photos: Provocative march by right-wing Israelis raises tensions in Jerusalem
  • Watch: Why is Israel now facing pressure from some of its Western allies?
  • Listen: Why the US and Israel are pushing to privatise aid to Gaza
  And there’s plenty more here.Click here to share on social media
• 15h ago (10:30 GMT)Israeli forces injure at least 19 Palestinians in West Bank’s Nablus: PRCSThe Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says 19 people have been wounded by live bullets in Nablus, as the Israeli army launched a series of simultaneous raids on money exchange shops in cities across the occupied West Bank.Two people were shot, including a 15-year-old, while 15 people suffered tear gas inhalation.As we reported earlier, Israeli forces have carried out raids in cities including Nablus, Jenin, Tubas, Qalqilya, Bethlehem and Hebron.Click here to share on social media
• 15h ago (10:19 GMT)Gaza death toll tops 54,000The Health Ministry in Gaza has just released its latest daily update on the number of casualties due to Israeli attacks on the besieged and bombarded territory.In a statement, it said:
  • At least 79 people were killed and 163 wounded, as reported by hospitals in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.
  • The update does not include hospitals in the North Governorate due to the difficulty of accessing them.
  • The figures bring the number of people killed since the start of the war to 54,056, with 123,129 wounded.
  • There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the streets, and ambulance and civil defence crews are unable to reach them.
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• 15h ago (10:15 GMT)Renewed Israeli offensive displaced 180,000 in Gaza: IOMIn just 10 days through to May 25, Israeli attacks on displacement camps in Gaza have forced more than 180,000 people to relocate, according to the Global Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster of the UN’s International Organization for Migration.“The latest wave of displacement comes as direct attacks on sites have become common, including deadly airstrike on tents in the al-Mawasi area and a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City,” CCCM Cluster said in a statement.“The Global CCCM Cluster unequivocally condemns attacks on displacement sites in the strongest terms. These sites serve to protect displaced civilians, in line with the enduring obligation under international humanitarian law to ensure the safety and dignity of civilian populations in all circumstances.”Since March 18, when Israel renewed its war, more than 260 sites hosting some 125,000 individuals have been affected by forced evacuation orders, it said.“The Global CCCM Cluster calls for an immediate end to attacks on displacement sites, unimpeded and sustained humanitarian access, and the protection of civilians irrespective of their location,” the organisation stated.Tents are set up as temporary shelters for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City [File: Omar al-Qatta/AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 15h ago (10:00 GMT)Israeli raids on West Bank’s exchanges remind Palestinians who has ‘upper hand’
  • Nida Ibrahim
  Israel is raiding several money transfer shops across the occupied West Bank.The Israeli army has released a statement saying these money transfer shops are used for funding what they call “terrorism”.Of course, Palestinians would deny that. There’s no way, they say, that Israel can prove this money is being given or funnelled to Palestinian fighting groups in the West Bank.We should also remember that no matter how many fighting groups there are in the West Bank, they are still very small groups, very limited, and there has been a crackdown on them, specifically in Jenin and Tulkarem.Palestinians will tell you this is the way that Israel reminds the community who has the upper hand, and who controls all aspects of their lives, including money.Click here to share on social media
• 16h ago (09:45 GMT)Israeli violence in occupied West Bank ‘is not less serious’
  • Nida Ibrahim
  Israeli forces have been raiding different cities like Hebron, Nablus, and Bethlehem.These areas are part of Area A, according to the Oslo Accords that were signed between Israel and the Palestinian Authority back in the ’90s. But as Palestinians would tell you, Israel disregards the fact that the PA should be controlling Area A – the Israeli military raids the cities day in, day out.Israeli forces have been raiding Tulkarem, Nur Shams, and Jenin refugee camps since mid-January. Today, we’re seeing a large-scale raid all across the occupied West Bank, injuring people.People can be going to their schools, can be going to their work when they are suddenly surprised by Israeli military jeeps raiding them.We’ve seen Israeli forces raiding Nablus, but before that, they sent undercover units to the city. So basically, they are disguised in Palestinian clothing, Palestinian cars, and then they catch people off guard before the raid starts, which leads to violent confrontations. Yesterday night, a young Palestinian boy was killed in Jericho.Because of the scale of the relentless bombardment in Gaza, eyes turn there, but what’s happening in the West Bank is no less serious.Israeli soldiers patrol in the Tulkarem camp for Palestinian refugees after an evacuation order was issued to the residents whose houses were scheduled to be demolished on May 26, 2025 [Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 16h ago (09:30 GMT)Hamas calls for global action to stop Gaza war as it marks 600 daysThe Palestinian group has issued a statement, calling for “voices to be raised loudly against the occupation and in solidarity with the Gaza Strip” as the war hits the 600-day mark.Hamas called on organisations and institutions worldwide to “escalate all forms of global action, in cities and squares around the world, against the aggression, extermination, and starvation against our people”.“May the coming days … be days of global rage marked by demonstrations, marches, and mass sit-ins in cities and squares around the world,” it added.A group of pro-Palestinian Americans hold a demonstration to raise awareness of the severity of Israel’s attacks on Gaza during Memorial Day Gaza in New York City, on May 26, 2025 [Selcuk Acar/Anadolu]Click here to share on social media
• 16h ago (09:15 GMT)French socialist leader accuses Israel of ‘genocide’French Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure has accused Israel of committing “genocide” in Gaza, aligning his group for the first time with the Greens and Communists on the issue.“Genocide is characterised when there is intentionality, and members of the Israeli government are making numerous declarations to this effect,” Faure told a rally.“It must be said loud and clear that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu is committing genocide in Gaza.”Olivier Faure [File: Thomas Padilla/AP Photo]Click here to share on social media
• 16h ago (09:10 GMT)Qassam Brigades claims it killed Israeli soldiers in Beit LahiyaThe armed wing of Hamas has targeted an Israeli army unit of 10 soldiers with an antipersonnel missile on Sunday, according to the group’s statement.It claimed many officers were killed and wounded in the attack in the al-Atatra area of ​​Beit Lahiya city in northern Gaza.Click here to share on social media
• 16h ago (09:00 GMT)Israeli forces raid exchange shops in West BankThe Israeli army has raided several exchange shops in the occupied West Bank, according to videos verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency.Footage showed simultaneous raids on exchanges in cities, including Nablus, Hebron, Ramallah, Tubas, Jenin, and Bethlehem.Smoke bombs were fired in the centre of Jenin, and streets were closed in Tubas and Bethlehem.The Israeli Army Radio reported that the raids were conducted due to suspicions that these shops supported “terrorism”.It added that the operation would result in the confiscation of large amounts of money that were designated for “terrorism infrastructure” in the West Bank.Israeli soldiers stop Palestinians from entering the Tulkarem refugee camp to remove their belongings, May 26, 2025 [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]Click here to share on social media
• 17h ago (08:45 GMT)Israel takes German criticism of military actions in Gaza ‘seriously’: EnvoyRon Prosor, the Israeli ambassador to Germany, has told the country’s ZDF broadcaster that his government is taking German criticism of its campaign in Gaza seriously.It comes a day after Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Israel’s military actions “can no longer be justified by the fight against Hamas terrorism”.“When Friedrich Merz voices this criticism of Israel, we listen very carefully because he is a friend,” Prosor was quoted as saying.Ambassador of Israel to Germany Ron Prosor in Berlin, Germany [File: Clemens Bilan/Pool/Getty Images]Click here to share on social media
• 17h ago (08:30 GMT)Israeli activists block aid en route to GazaFar-right activists have gathered at Israel’s port of Ashdod, about 30km (18 miles) from the Gaza Strip, to block aid destined for the besieged enclave.According to footage published by Israeli media and social media, protesters stood in front of trucks as they exited the port gates, while Israeli police forces attempted to remove the protesters from the trucks’ path.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-2&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1927247610370228315&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2Fliveblog%2F2025%2F5%2F27%2Flive-israel-kills-89-in-gaza-as-different-messages-emerge-on-truce-talks&sessionId=f767a3ee60a0e4661f112357853620e6edd525a8&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550pxTranslation: Right-wing activists arrived at the Ashdod port to block aid trucks destined for Gaza.Click here to share on social media
• 17h ago (08:15 GMT)First aid deliveries by GHF raise concerns among Palestinians
  • Tareq Abu Azzoum
  Reporting from Deir el-Balah, central GazaThe Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has released photos of a group of locals who received aid parcels from a distribution centre in one of the areas under Israeli control.But it’s very difficult for people to get aid from the recently formed aid distribution hubs in southern Gaza.Many Palestinians are questioning the neutrality of the foundation and the use of aid as a political tool to control the movement of the population.In fact, only those who move southwards will get aid, while those who are in central and northern Gaza will not.People who move southwards would have to make a very long journey under very dangerous circumstances. They are also very concerned that they would be relocated and would not be able to return home.People carry boxes of aid as GHF said it has commenced aid distribution in Rafah, May 26, 2025 [Gaza Humanitarian Foundation/Handout via Reuters]Click here to share on social media
• 17h ago (08:00 GMT)Jerusalem Day parade ‘violent and degrading’: Israeli opposition leaderIsraeli opposition politician Yair Lapid has denounced celebrations of Jerusalem Day, which took place a day earlier.“Jerusalem Day was celebrated yesterday with a violent and degrading parade, with the singing of ‘may your village burn’ and mocking songs about the children who are dying in Gaza,” Lapid said in a post on X.He questioned what a prominent rabbi from Israel’s founding days, the late Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, would have thought about the celebrations.“Actually, we know what. He is, after all, the man who wrote: ‘Love for people should be alive in the heart of man … even towards peoples who are not from our world,’” Lapid added.Former Israeli Prime Minister and opposition leader Yair Lapid [File: Jack Guez/AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 18h ago (07:45 GMT)Israeli forces carry out arrests amid raids on occupied West BankThe Israeli military has conducted arrests in Nablus and Hebron, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office has said, as military operations continue across the occupied West Bank.Two men were arrested during a raid on the Askar al-Jadeed refugee camp, east of Nablus, and two others in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.Israeli forces have detained at least 10,068 Palestinians since launching a war on Gaza on October 7, 2023. Israeli authorities have confirmed the death of 70 Palestinian prisoners in jail.Click here to share on social media
• 18h ago (07:30 GMT)UNRWA says only 6 of its health centres operational in GazaThe UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said only six out of 22 UNRWA health centres remain operational in the Gaza Strip due to “constant bombardment”.In a post on X, UNRWA said 37 medical points were also in place, but essential medical supplies remained “critically low”.“Unhindered access to deliver lifesaving aid including medicine and basic medical supplies is urgently needed,” it said.Israel has imposed a total blockade on food and aid entering the Strip since March 2.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-4&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1927243373691478524&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2Fliveblog%2F2025%2F5%2F27%2Flive-israel-kills-89-in-gaza-as-different-messages-emerge-on-truce-talks&sessionId=f767a3ee60a0e4661f112357853620e6edd525a8&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550pxClick here to share on social media
• 18h ago (07:15 GMT)UK trade envoy visits Israel, despite suspended free trade talksIan Austin, the UK trade envoy to Israel, has said in a post on X that he is currently in Israel to “meet businesses and officials to promote trade with the UK”.His visit to Israel comes a week after the British government said it was suspending free trade negotiations with Israel due to its military conduct in the war on Gaza.An earlier post from the UK embassy in Israel said Austin’s itinerary on Monday included visits to Israel’s Institute of Technology – Technion – and a “cutting-edge Customs Scanning Centre”.Critics say Israel’s economy profits from selling surveillance technology and weapons it tests on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, to countries around the world.
• 18h ago (07:00 GMT)More than 800 lawyers say UK legally obliged to sanction IsraelAn open letter detailing “concrete actions” the UK government should take over Israel’s war on Gaza has been signed by 823 legal professionals, including 11 former judges as well as dozens of lawyers and legal academics.This includes imposing “financial and immigration sanctions” on “Israeli Ministers and other civil and military personnel reasonably suspected of involvement in unlawful conduct”, the document said.The letter also urged the British government to “review existing trade ties with Israel” and confirm it will meet its obligations to execute International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants, related to the occupied Palestinian territory.A family waits next to the Fahmi al-Jarjawi school after it was destroyed in an Israeli attack on Monday [Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu]Click here to share on social media
• 19h ago (06:45 GMT)LISTEN: Why the US and Israel are pushing to privatise aid to GazaThe United States and Israel are backing a new aid initiative in Gaza that critics say sidelines the United Nations and violates humanitarian principles.With biometrics and military ties, is it really about help or control?Listen to the episode of The Take below:https://omny.fm/shows/the-take/why-the-us-and-israel-are-pushing-to-privatize-aid-to-gaza/embed?style=CoverClick here to share on social media
• 19h ago (06:30 GMT)Israel claims to have intercepted second missile fired from YemenWe have reported earlier that the Israeli army has intercepted a missile launched from Yemen after sirens were heard in several areas of Israel.Hours later, the military claimed to have intercepted another projectile launched from the same country, triggering no sirens.There were no reports of damage or casualties.Click here to share on social media
• 19h ago (06:15 GMT)Australian government ‘complicit in genocide until they sanction Israel’: SenatorAustralian Senator Lidia Thorpe says recent statements from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Israel’s war on Gaza are “too little, too late”.“Weak words of condemnation are meaningless without action,” she said in a post on X.Albanese’s “comments on Israel’s latest campaign of forced starvation come 597 days into the genocide in Gaza, while this government continues to supply weapon parts to the [Israeli military]”, Thorpe said.“As Palestinians continue to starve between bombings, [the ruling Labor party] will remain complicit in genocide until they sanction Israel, end the arms trade, and join global action,” she added.
• 19h ago (06:00 GMT)‘Jewish supremacy’ on display in occupied East Jerusalem march: Rights groupProminent Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has described Israel’s Jerusalem Day march as an “example of Jewish supremacy” over Palestinians living in occupied East Jerusalem.In post on social media accompanied by video clips of Israeli marchers attempting to kick in the door of a Palestinian home, and another showing a group engaged in anti-Islamic chants and dancing, B’Tselem said those involved “often” provoke and attack Palestinian residents of the city.“The ‘Flag March’ is an example of Jewish supremacy: thousands of Jewish-Israelis celebrate defiantly while Palestinians are forced to shut their shops and stay home in fear,” the rights group said.
• The child victims of Israel brutal war on GazaA child with a head bandage at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza, on May 26, 2025 [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu]Sila Madi, 8, lies in a hospital in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza on Monday. Doctors have amputated Sila’s right leg and are trying to save her left leg, following injuries from an Israeli attack [Doaa Albaz/Anadolu]Two-year-old Palestinian girl Maryam Abu Daqqa, who is suffering from malnutrition, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza on Monday [Haitham Imad/EPA]Children mourn the killing of their family members at Nasser Hospital on Monday [Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu]A man carries the body of a child killed in an Israeli attack on the Fahmi al-Jarjawi school, where families had been seeking refuge, in Gaza City, on Monday [Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu]Click here to share on social media
• 20h ago (05:30 GMT)Where do Israel’s allies stand, as it starves and bombs Gaza?Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Monday that the EU should impose sanctions on Israel to pressure it to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.Kristersson’s statement comes after France, the United Kingdom and Canada said they would take “concrete actions” if Israel did not “cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid”.French President Macron has also suggested his country may recognise the Palestinian state when it co-hosts a conference on Palestine with Saudi Arabia in New York City next month.France would be following in the steps of 10 countries, including Mexico, Armenia, Slovenia, Ireland, Norway, Spain, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Barbados, that have newly recognised Palestine since Israel’s war on Gaza began.Click here to share on social media
• 20h ago (05:15 GMT)WATCH: Far-right Israelis storm Al-Aqsa, UNRWA compounds amid Jerusalem Day marchChanting, “Death to Arabs”, and under the protection of Israeli forces, thousands of Israelis gathered at the Damascus Gate of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the so-called “Flag Day March” in occupied East Jerusalem.They also call it “Jerusalem Day”, as it celebrates the annexation of East Jerusalem in 1967.Among the marchers were members of the Israeli government, including ultra-nationalist Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.Watch the full report:https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.695.1_en.html#fid=goog_458229437Play Video01:51Far-right Israelis storm Al-Aqsa, UNRWA compounds amid Jerusalem Day marchClick here to share on social media
• 20h ago (05:00 GMT)If you’re just joining usHere’s what you need to know:
  • At least three Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli attacks on Gaza City and Az-Zawayda, our colleagues reported.
  • Israeli forces shot dead a young Palestinian man in Jericho, in the occupied West Bank.
  • Israeli soldiers with bulldozers entered Meiss el-Jabal in the Marjayoun district of southern Lebanon, according to NNA.
  • Images of Palestinians burning alive in an attack on a school in Gaza City have drawn widespread condemnation.
  • UNRWA said Israel’s forced displacement is treating Gaza’s population “like pinballs”.
  • Israel said it intercepted another missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi fighters.
  A man sits next to the shrouded bodies of people killed in an Israeli strike, inside an ambulance at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on May 26, 2025 [AFP]Click here to share on social media
• 21h ago (04:45 GMT)‘We must not give them humanitarian aid,’ Israel’s Ben-Gvir tells marchersIsrael’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, addressed a large crowd participating in the controversial Jerusalem Day march on occupied East Jerusalem.Speaking about Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, Ben-Gvir said: “This victory must be taken further and further… we will enter Gaza and triumph,” The Times of Israel reported.Ben-Gvir also said he had voiced his objections to Israel lifting its total blockade on food entering the Gaza Strip.“I say to the prime minister, ‘Dear prime minister, we must not give them humanitarian aid. We must not give them fuel…’ Our enemies deserve only a bullet to the head!”The Israeli finance minister also addressed the crowd of thousands, saying: “Are we settling the land of Israel? Are we liberating Gaza?” to cheers of approval.Israeli ultra nationalist national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, joined the controversial Jerusalem Day march on Monday [Ammar Awad/Reuters]Click here to share on social media
• 21h ago (04:30 GMT)Israeli military says air attack alert near Gaza Strip was false alarmThe military said air attack sirens that were activated in the Nir Am area, near the Gaza Strip, a short while ago at 07:15 local time (04:15 GMT) were a “false identification”.The false alarm followed after the Israeli military said earlier this morning that it intercepted another missile launched from Yemen.No damage or casualties were reported from the missile attack.Click here to share on social media
• 21h ago (04:15 GMT)Israeli soldiers raid West Bank refugee camp as settler attacks continueOur colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israeli soldiers have raided Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank as intensified Israeli settler attacks continue.Here’s the latest:
  • Israeli soldiers arrested two young Palestinian men after raiding the Askar al-Jadid refugee camp in Nablus.
  • Israeli settlers set up new mobile homes near the illegal “Mitzpe Ziv” outpost, on the lands of the Palestinian village of Berin, in Hebron.
  • Settlers set fire to Palestinian agricultural land in the town of Haris, in Salfit.
  As we reported earlier, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a young Palestinian man in Jericho.Israeli soldiers block Palestinians from entering the Tulkarem refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank, on Monday [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]Click here to share on social media
• 21h ago (04:00 GMT)Pregnant Palestinian women endangered by Israeli military restrictions in West Bank: UNThe UN’s Population Fund (UNFPA) said international law must be upheld to protect people who need medical treatment, as the Israeli military’s restrictions on travel in the occupied West Bank are endangering pregnant women.“These restrictions could threaten the lives of more than 50 women who give birth every day” in the West Bank, the UN agency said.In a post on social media, the agency quoted a Palestinian mother who was forced to wait three weeks to have stitches removed after a caesarean-section birth.“Snipers were targeting anything that moved on the road,” the mother from West Bank’s Tulkarem City was quoted as saying.Palestinian women are blocked by Israeli soldiers from entering Tulkarem refugee camp to remove their belongings, in the occupied West Bank, on May 26 [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]Click here to share on social media
• 22h ago (03:45 GMT)WATCH: US-Israel aid plan ‘washes’ Gaza genocideFormer UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunness has told Al Jazeera that a new scheme to deliver aid in Gaza is “aid washing”.“It’s quite simply the use of humanitarian aid to justify the weaponisation of humanitarian assistance, but also to justify ethnic cleansing and genocide,” Gunness said.Gunness added that the plan, led by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, could have other serious consequences.“The subcontracting of aid to mercenaries is the sort of disaster we saw with the ‘flour massacre’ in February last year, when over 100 people were killed when inexperienced people brought in trucks,” he said.You can watch more here:https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.695.1_en.html#fid=goog_458229438Play Video08:02US-Israel aid plan ‘washes’ Gaza genocide, says ex-UNRWA spokespersonClick here to share on social media

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