Casualties of the Gaza war
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A mother pressed a final kiss to what remained of her 5-month-old daughter and wept. Esraa Abu Halib’s baby now weighed less than when she was born.
On a sunny street in shattered Gaza, the bundle containing Zainab Abu Halib represented the latest death from starvation after 21 months of war and Israeli restrictions on aid.
The baby was brought to the pediatric department of Nasser Hospital on Friday. She was already dead. A worker at the morgue carefully removed her Mickey Mouse-printed shirt, pulling it over her sunken, open eyes. He pulled up the hems of her pants to show her knobby knees. His thumb was wider than her ankle. He could count the bones of her chest.
The girl had weighed over 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) when she was born, her mother said. When she died, she weighed less than 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds).
A doctor said it was a case of “severe, severe starvation.”
She was wrapped in a white sheet for burial and placed on the sandy ground for prayers. The bundle was barely wider than the imam’s stance. He raised his open hands and invoked Allah once more.
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Israeli says it has begun aid airdrops into Gaza
In a statement early on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the airdrop "included seven packages of aid containing flour, sugar, and canned food".[SEVEN?]
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Israel cut off all supplies to Gaza from the start of March, and resumed with new restrictions in May.
Along with the US, it backed the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and allowed it to operate in Gaza.
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There have been almost daily reports of Palestinians being killed while seeking aid since the GHF began operations in late May. Witnesses have told the BBC most have been shot by Israeli forces.
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Israel's apparent concessions on Saturday followed its acceptance of a Jordanian and UAE plan, backed by the UK, to air drop aid into Gaza. Aid agencies however said such moves would do little to mitigate the hunger of Gazans.
The head of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency Unrwa, Philippe Lazzarini, said air drops were "expensive, inefficient, and can even kill starving civilians" if they did not go according to plan.
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Convicted US Felon To Arrive In Scotland
-The National (Scotland)
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Israel cut off all supplies to Gaza from the start of March, and resumed with new restrictions in May.
Along with the US, it backed the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and allowed it to operate in Gaza.
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There have been almost daily reports of Palestinians being killed while seeking aid since the GHF began operations in late May. Witnesses have told the BBC most have been shot by Israeli forces.
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Israel's apparent concessions on Saturday followed its acceptance of a Jordanian and UAE plan, backed by the UK, to air drop aid into Gaza. Aid agencies however said such moves would do little to mitigate the hunger of Gazans.
The head of the UN's Palestinian refugee agency Unrwa, Philippe Lazzarini, said air drops were "expensive, inefficient, and can even kill starving civilians" if they did not go according to plan.
[Yeah, canned goods, heavy sacks dropped from airplanes? Is that a torture joke?]
Lazzarini said his organisation had "the equivalent of 6,000 trucks" in Jordan and Egypt waiting to enter Gaza, and urged Israel "lift the siege, open the gates and guarantee safe movements and dignified access to people in need".
Lazzarini said his organisation had "the equivalent of 6,000 trucks" in Jordan and Egypt waiting to enter Gaza, and urged Israel "lift the siege, open the gates and guarantee safe movements and dignified access to people in need".
Trump flees Washington controversies for golf-heavy trip to Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland —
Fleeing Washington’s oppressive humidity and nonstop questions over heated controversies, President Donald Trump is once again taking weekend refuge at his golf clubs — this time more than 3,000 miles away in Scotland.
