U.S. envoy says humanitarian situation in Gaza improved, but famine risk remains


by Axios

Axios— Israel has been under intense international pressure to improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

The Foreign Desk—Cost for U.S. to Build Gaza ‘Humanitarian Pier’ Rises to $320 Million. U.S. military sources told Reuters on Monday that the cost of the proposed ‘humanitarian pier’ in Gaza has risen to $320 million. Initial estimates for the project were reported to be roughly half of that amount. The construction effort, said to involve roughly 1,000 U.S. military personnel, was initiated by the Biden administration to serve

Japan Today—In Hamas video, U.S.-Israeli hostage says living in Gaza 'hell'. Palestinian militant group Hamas released Wednesday a video of an Israeli-American man held hostage in Gaza who is seen alive and saying that the captives are living "in hell". He identifies himself as Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, one of the hostages abducted from the Nova music festival in southern Israel during

The Washington Times—Pentagon says U.S. pier for Gaza aid is more than half-completed, to be ready soon. The Pentagon said Wednesday that a temporary pier under construction off the coast of the Gaza Strip is more than 50% complete and is on track to provide humanitarian relief in the coming days to relieve the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave.