Aid

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the food situation remains “very critical” since Israel closed all crossings into Gaza a month ago, cutting off all humanitarian deliveries.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels, seeking to halt Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip, have repeatedly targeted vessels in the Red Sea.

Concerns are growing from Palestinians in the Gaza Strip that Israel’s decision to cut the entry of food and other supplies will accelerate a humanitarian crisis.

The head of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Jorge Moreira da Silva, made the appeal on a visit to Gaza on Thursday.

“The EU cannot fill this gap left by others,” the European Commission told Euronews as disability NGOs seek emergency aid from Brussels after US President Donald Trump blocked international development projects.

Musk-led cuts to the US foreign aid agency have impacted rights groups, independent media, and election monitoring campaigns in Russia, Belarus and Moldova.

Thousands of Gazans have begun to travel back to the homes they evacuated earlier in the war.

The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid was cut off almost overnight.

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When fighting broke out in April 2014, many people including health professionals fled the Luhansk and Donetsk Donbas regions. Those left behind were mainly elderly residents.