humanitarian aid

An Israeli restaurant owner now reps a controversial U.S.-backed Gaza food program

12:33pm June 26, 2025

Shahar Segal — known for restaurants around the world that include Manhattan's Michelin-starred Shmoné — is a spokesperson for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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Food is running out in Gaza nearly a month into Israeli blockade

12:40pm March 27, 2025

The World Food Programme says it has just five days left of flour and two weeks left of other food supplies in Gaza.

What to know about Lesotho, the country Trump said 'nobody has ever heard of'

5:19pm March 05, 2025

President Trump defended his humanitarian aid cuts to countries around the globe, including one nation he joked "nobody has ever heard of." Here are some facts about the African nation of Lesotho.

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USAID workers return to HQ to clear their desks, as Trump dismantles the agency

4:57pm February 27, 2025

Workers who served in the U.S. Agency for International Development were allowed a final and brief visit back to their offices to clear out their belongings on Thursday.

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Musk, Department Of Government Efficiency Move To Shut Down USAID

Musk and Trump aim to shut down USAID, leaving humanitarian work in doubt

1:58pm February 03, 2025

USAID is in the crosshairs of Elon Musk's government efficiency push, sending chills through the humanitarian world and drawing criticism from Democrats and nonpartisan foreign service workers.

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Israel threatens to starve out northern Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say

6:55pm October 15, 2024

Israel has allowed almost no food aid into north Gaza for two weeks. Humanitarian groups say it leaves 400,000 people with the choice of eventual starvation or fleeing their homes to the south.

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Dozens killed from an Israeli strike in a Gaza humanitarian zone, Palestinians say

2:13am September 10, 2024

Tuesday's strike was among the deadliest strikes yet in a sprawl of crowded tent camps along the Gaza coast that Israel designated as a humanitarian zone for hundreds of thousands of civilians.

Israel's evacuation orders in Deir al-Balah displace Palestinians again

The U.S. urges major changes to Israel's evacuations in Gaza, a leaked memo says

11:07am August 29, 2024

In an internal memo obtained by NPR, U.S. officials warn that Israel's "drastically increased" evacuation orders in Gaza have further displaced Palestinians and could debilitate aid efforts.

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A damaged United Nations vehicle is seen in front of a hospital in the Gaza Strip after a U.N. employee was killed in an attack on Monday.

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Strike kills U.N. aid worker, injures another in southern Gaza

11:56am May 14, 2024

by Hadeel Al-Shalchi

The United Nations said that one of its aid workers was killed and another injured when their vehicle was struck on Monday in Rafah in southern Gaza.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is shown speaking during a joint statement to the media in Baghdad, on April 22, 2024.

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Turkey halts all trade with Israel over military actions in Gaza

3:55am May 03, 2024

by The Associated Press

The government described the step as the "second phase" of measures against Israel, adding the steps would remain in force until Israel allows a "sufficient flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza."