Gaza aid

Humanitarian aid for Gaza has piled up at a crucial border crossing. Photo: Ahikam SERI / AFP
Hamas-Israel war

Food piles up at Gaza crossing as aid agencies say unable to work

Desperation among Gaza's 2.4 million population has increased as fighting rages, sparking warnings from agencies that they are unable to deliver aid.

Ships are seen near a temporary floating pier built to receive humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip in Gaza Beach, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on May 18, 2024. Photo: Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Hamas-Israel war

US preparing to temporarily remove Gaza pier due to sea conditions, official says

A satellite image shows an overview of trident pier and aid trucks, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, on the Gaza shoreline, May 18, 2024. Photo: Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS
Hamas-Israel war

The US-built pier in Gaza broke apart. Here’s how we got here and what might be next

A food aid truck sits abandoned near the entrance to the Kerem Shalom border crossing, as military operations continue in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, at an area outside Kerem Shalom, Israel, May 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Aid trucks expected to start entering Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing

Palestinians gather in the hope of obtaining aid delivered into Gaza through a US-built pier, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from central Gaza Strip, May 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

New routes planned for halted Gaza aid from US-built pier

FILE PHOTO: Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

UNRWA says food distribution in Rafah suspended due to insecurity

A ship loaded with aid sails near a US-built pier, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from central Gaza Strip, May 18, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

More than 569 tons of aid delivered across floating pier into Gaza, says US CENTCOM

This picture taken on May 16, 2024 shows the temporary US-built Trident Pier connecting to the coastline in Gaza aimed at ramping up emergency humanitarian assistance to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, and in the background a view of Israel's Rutenberg power station near the Israeli city of Ashkelon. Photo: AFP
Hamas-Israel war

First aid enters Gaza via US-built pier

A view of trucks carrying aid to Gaza that were stopped after they were damaged by Israeli settlers near a checkpoint near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 14,2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
Hamas-Israel war

Palestinian truckers fear for safety after aid convoy for Gaza wrecked

A drone view shows a trail of trucks lining up on a road near Mitzpe Ramon following a protest aiming to prevent humanitarian aid from arriving to Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel May 9, 2024. REUTERS/Shimon Bokshtein/File Photo
Bangladesh

Bangladesh denounces Israeli settlers' attack on Jordanian aid convoy in Palestine

FILE PHOTO: A drone picture of part of a line of trucks waiting on an Egyptian road along the border with Israel, near the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip May 2, 2024. REUTERS/Oren Alon/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Truckers stuck at Rafah crossing fear food won't reach hungry Gaza

Traces of a fire are visible as an ultra-Orthodox Israel man walks past the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Photo: AFP
Hamas-Israel war

UN, EU officials condemn 'escalation' of violence against UNRWA

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike as Israeli forces launch a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 7, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
Hamas-Israel war

Aid to Gaza choked off after Israeli forces seize Rafah border crossing