International aid efforts were dealt a further blow this week when an Israeli airstrike killed seven workers from World Central Kitchen.
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World Central Kitchen victims remembered for going ‘extra mile’ to deliver Gaza aid
The attack on the organization founded by celebrity chef José Andrés drew international rebuke.
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Aid group halts food delivery in Gaza after Israeli strike kills 7 World Central Kitchen workers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that the country’s forces had carried out the ‘unintended strike … on innocent people.’
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Israeli troops withdraw from Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest, after raid
The hospital raid gutted a facility that had once been the heart of Gaza’s health care system but which doctors and staff had struggled to get even partially operating again after a previous Israeli assault in November.
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An Israeli airstrike on a hospital tent camp in Gaza kills 2 Palestinians
The strike hit one of several tents in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, where thousands of people have been sheltering for months after fleeing their homes elsewhere in the war-ravaged territory.
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Hundreds rally in Portland, calling for immediate and permanent cease-fire in Gaza
Maine Coalition for Palestine calls on Maine’s state and federal representatives to push for an end to the violence that began in October.
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Court ruling on ultra-Orthodox in the army imperils Netanyahu’s coalition
Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the suspension of state subsidies for ultra-Orthodox Jews studying in yeshivas instead of doing military service.
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UN top court orders Israel to open more land crossings for aid into Gaza
Thursday’s order came after South Africa sought more provisional measures, including a cease-fire, citing starvation in Gaza. Israel urged the court not to issue new orders.
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Most Americans oppose Israel’s war in Gaza, poll finds
The poll shows growing discontent among Americans over the conflict.
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Israel, Hamas dig in as international pressure builds for a cease-fire in Gaza
The war has killed over 32,000 Palestinians, left much of the Gaza Strip in ruins, displaced most its residents and driven a third of its population of 2.3 million to the brink of famine.