Humanitarian aid

Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla stalled in Tunisian ports for a week

The Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla has spent a week stalled in Tunisian ports, with some vessels deemed unseaworthy as others prepare to join from Italy.

Global Sumud Flotilla members sit on a boat on the day of their departure to Gaza from Barcelona, Spain, September 1, 2025, after stormy weather forced the flotilla to return to port earlier.
Israeli army Merkava main battles are stationed at a position along the border fence with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on September 12, 2025.

Trump praises Qatar as 'great ally', Hollywood stars use Emmys to protest Israel, Palestine issues

Humanitarian aid is dropped over the Gaza Strip from a Spanish aircraft, August 1, 2025.

Israel approves Egyptian request to aidrop aid to Gaza Strip due to an 'urgent need' - KAN

 Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks to the media at the Capital Jewish Museum, near the site where two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead, in Washington, DC, US, May 22, 2025

Israel's Ambassador Leiter rebukes US rabbis over Gaza claims, urges apology


Israel offers Syria channel to send aid to Gaza in closed-door meetings

At one point, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa even raised the issue of the Abraham Accords, giving a sense of rapprochement to all sides involved.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, with a map of the Middle East (Illustrative).

IDF divided by disputes over legality of Gaza City invasion plan

Two key meetings of top IDF officials indicate that the military is going through with its Gaza City invasion plan without consensus on the legality or proper measures.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir ahead of Israel's strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar, September 9, 2025.

Anti-Islamic biker gang members hired to guard Gaza aid distribution sites, BBC finds

A contractor of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has hired multiple members of a notoriously bigoted biker gang to act as security for the humanitarian sites.

Josh Miller posted a photo of contractors in Gaza with their faces obscured and a "Make Gaza Great Again" sign

'Intolerable situation in Gaza,' UK PM Starmer discusses with PA President Abbas in London

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met PA President Mahmoud Abbas, backing Palestinian statehood at the UN while stressing the need for a Gaza ceasefire, hostages' release, and no role for Hamas.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meet at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, September 8, 2025.

UN says time is short to stop famine spreading as IDF in Gaza City

As the IDF continues its operations in Gaza City, the UN raised concerns regarding civilian safety.

Palestinians seeking aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation travel in an animal-drawn cart, near Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 24, 2025

Despite lack of local protests, Gaza City evacuation threatens Hamas's tight grip

Why are there no protests in Gaza against Hamas, who is threatening it on the ground, and what will happen without the human shield?

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike that destroyed a residential building earlier today, in Gaza City, September 6, 2025

Israel to move 100,000 tents to new humanitarian area ahead of Gaza City push

The defense establishment is preparing for the possible outbreak of epidemics by expanding medical services and distributing vaccines, especially polio vaccines.

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive take shelter in tents, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 19, 2025.

Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla nearing Tunisia, likely to arrive off Gaza's coast by September 17

The flotilla is believed to be seeking to reach the eastern Mediterranean off the coast of Gaza sometime around September 15 to 20.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and other Global Sumud Flotilla members wait on their boat to depart to Gaza from Barcelona, Spain September 1, 2025.

Gaza child once declared dead revealed to be alive

An eight-year-old boy once claimed to have been killed by the IDF in Gaza was found alive, safely extracted with his mother. He spoke in an interview with Fox News, which was published on Thursday.

An eight-year-old child in body camera footage covered by a GHF worker (R) and after being extracted from the enclave on September 4, 2025 (L).

New Gaza flotilla revives debate: Is Israel's naval blockade legal? - explainer

While the legal argument may appear straightforward in military manuals, Israel’s actions are also scrutinized through the lens of international diplomacy.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and other Global Sumud Flotilla members wait on their boat to depart to Gaza from Barcelona, Spain September 1, 2025, after stormy weather forced the flotilla to return to port earlier.

Gazan school principal: Hamas are 'murderers,' I was happy to see hostages go home

Saad Al-Mashalal, whose son was killed by Hamas during one of its attacks on aid distribution sites in Khan Yunis, cursed the terror group for its violence in a video released by COGAT.

Hamas terrorists carrying clubs and firearms secure humanitarian aid trucks in the northern Gaza area of Jabaliya on June 25, 2025.