A security source told Israel’s i24 News on Tuesday that the planned ‘humanitarian pier’ being built by the U.S. military has been completed. The logistics structure, located in central Gaza, is expected to enter service on Saturday. Construction, which started on April 26 and was finished on schedule, included roughly 1,000 U.S. combat engineers at
Patients said to have been moved on donkey carts from evacuated hospital, in situation described as ‘catastrophic’ Hospitals in Rafah risk being overwhelmed by a wave of sick and injured people if the fighting there intensifies and routes into Gaza remain impassible, doctors and medical officials in the city say.Medics and patients hastily evacuated the Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital, one of the few remaining functioning hospitals in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, on Tuesday after the Israeli...
Turkey has suspended all trade with Israel over its offensive in Gaza, citing the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the strip, the BBC reports. The Turkish trade ministry said the measures would be in place until Israel allowed an “uninterrupted and sufficient flow” of aid into Gaza. Trade between the two countries was worth almost $7bn …
Officials say the measures will be in place until Israel allows an "uninterrupted and sufficient flow" of aid.
Bernie Sanders remarks on Wednesday night on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the student protests taking place on college campuses across the country, and the ongoing, horrific humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Some of us have been out of school for a while and we may have forgotten our American history. But I did More
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has stated in a report that Afghanistan continues to face a complex humanitarian crisis, including the long-term effects of war, poverty, food insecurity, natural disasters, and climate change. This organization published a report on its website on Monday, April 29th, stating that Afghanistan’s humanitarian […]
Britain is already providing logistical support for construction of a pier to ship in supplies
Several lawmakers criticized President Joe Biden for threatening to withhold weapons and artillery if Israel invades Rafah, Hamas's last stronghold.
The United States Department of Defense has announced that the construction work on a floating pier for humanitarian aid to Gaza has been completed, but the date of its deployment to a usable location has not yet been determined. Voice of America reported on Tuesday, May 7th, citing the US Department of Defense, that the […]
Bristol Royal Infirmary declares a critical incident after a power outage on Friday afternoon.
Tim Loughton had sanctions imposed on him in 2021 by Beijing, which has close ties to east African countryA former government minister who has had sanctions imposed on him by China has said he was detained and deported by Djibouti as a “direct consequence” of the east African country’s close ties with Beijing.Tim Loughton, the Conservative MP for East Worthing and Shoreham since 1997, said he was held for more than seven hours at the airport earlier this month, barred entry to Djibouti, and told...
Ships carrying humanitarian aid traveling from Turkey to Gaza were denied the right to sail by an international shipping registry.