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At least 16 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military in Gaza on Friday, according to local health authorities, as a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group said it had handed out aid in the enclave after earlier saying that its distribution sites were closed. CBC | World News
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U.S.-backed Gaza aid group halts distribution as 18 killed in Israeli strike on school shelter
The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) will not give out any aid on Wednesday as it presses Israel to boost civilian safety beyond the perimeter of its distribution sites, a day after dozens of Palestinians seeking aid were killed. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 31 killed near aid site in Gaza, health officials say. Israel denies troops fired at civilians
At least 31 people were killed, with scores more wounded Sunday while on their way to receive food in Gaza, according to health officials and multiple witnesses who said Israeli forces fired on crowds about a kilometre away from where aid was being distributed. Israel’s military denied that its troops fired at civilians. CBC | World News
Read More »New Gaza aid distribution backed by Israel, U.S. met with chaos, gunfire in its 1st week
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation started distributing aid this week, but it was off to a rough start as desperate Palestinians scrambled to get food after weeks of delays. The group denies any reports of violence and says it will push forward with opening more distribution points in the strip. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. proposes 60-day ceasefire for Gaza and hostage-prisoner swap, plan shows
A U.S. plan for Gaza proposes a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 28 Israeli hostages alive and dead in the first week, in exchange for the release of 1,236 Palestinian prisoners and the remains of 180 dead Palestinians. CBC | World News
Read More »How will Gaza aid distribution work under controversial U.S.-backed group? Here’s what we know
In the wake of the resignation of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation chief a day earlier, questions have arisen surrounding the controversy behind the U.S.-backed group that has drawn criticism and widespread condemnation from other aid agencies operating in the territory. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli strike kills at least 20 in Gaza school housing displaced people, health authorities say
An Israeli strike on a school housing displaced people in Gaza killed nearly two dozen people and injured dozens of others, local authorities told Reuters early on Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »Father of 9 children killed in Israeli strike on Gaza being treated in intensive care
Hamdi Al-Najjar was at home with his family in Khan Younis when an Israeli airstrike hit Friday, killing all but one of his 10 children. CBC | World News
Read More »‘Hunger makes you do bad things’: Desperate Palestinians loot aid trucks as some enter Gaza Strip
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Read More »Dozens of trucks of humanitarian aid for Gaza still sitting at border entry
Israel began allowing dozens of humanitarian trucks into Gaza on Tuesday, but the aid has not yet reached Palestinians in desperate need, according to aid groups. CBC | World News
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