Israeli-Palestinian conflict
This Ramadan, starving Gazans will break their fast with scraps found in the garbage
Middle East
March 14, 2024
This Ramadan, starving Gazans will break their fast with scraps found in the garbage
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside…
Gaza is ‘dying of starvation’ – a look on the ground
Middle East
March 13, 2024
Gaza is ‘dying of starvation’ – a look on the ground
Most of their days are filled with the hardship of searching for food. Two million hungry residents of Gaza, on…
Relative of Palestinian boy facing starvation in northern Gaza says “there is no treatment” for him
Middle East
March 13, 2024
Relative of Palestinian boy facing starvation in northern Gaza says “there is no treatment” for him
Ayman Al-Zanat, 28, worries that his young nephew, Fadi, will not make it through the night. The Palestinian boy, age…
Israel turns away aid trucks for having scissors in medical kits, UN relief agency head says
Middle East
March 13, 2024
Israel turns away aid trucks for having scissors in medical kits, UN relief agency head says
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini has said that a truck loaded with aid…
Sisi says Egypt makes strenuous efforts to reach ceasefire in Gaza
Egypt
March 13, 2024
Sisi says Egypt makes strenuous efforts to reach ceasefire in Gaza
CAIRO, March 12 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt is making strenuous efforts to reach a ceasefire in…
Mediator Qatar says it hopes for Israel-Hamas truce before April 9
Middle East
March 13, 2024
Mediator Qatar says it hopes for Israel-Hamas truce before April 9
Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said Wednesday that he hopes a truce agreement will be reached between Israel and…
Palestinian boy with firework, 12, shot dead by Israeli border police at east Jerusalem refugee camp
Middle East
March 13, 2024
Palestinian boy with firework, 12, shot dead by Israeli border police at east Jerusalem refugee camp
CNN — A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by a border police officer in Shuafat refugee camp in…
Children in Gaza are suffering “relentless mental harm,” charity warns
Middle East
March 12, 2024
Children in Gaza are suffering “relentless mental harm,” charity warns
Children in Gaza are experiencing “relentless mental harm” after five months of war, hunger, displacement and years of a blockade,…
Nonprofit says it will distribute 200 tons of aid once ship reaches Gaza
Middle East
March 12, 2024
Nonprofit says it will distribute 200 tons of aid once ship reaches Gaza
World Central Kitchen, the nongovernmental organization that launched an aid ship from Cyprus to Gaza on Tuesday, says it plans to distribute aid itself once the…
US intelligence report states Netanyahu’s viability to lead Israel is in jeopardy
Middle East
March 12, 2024
US intelligence report states Netanyahu’s viability to lead Israel is in jeopardy
CNN — The US intelligence community assesses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “viability as a leader” to be “in jeopardy,”…