Israel scraps system protecting aid workers in Gaza, agencies say

Israel ‘executes 16 rescue workers shot in pit’

Red Crescent and Civil Defence teams report horrifying war crime site Indicative illustration of the scene found by a civil defence team in Gaza Teams of Red Cross/Red Crescent workers and Palestinian Civil Defence crews have reported finding the mass grave of sixteen of their colleagues who had been shot and dumped into a pit…

Israel scraps system protecting aid workers in Gaza, agencies say

Military no longer acknowledges notifications designed to help groups move safely around the strip

Israeli actions in Gaza resemble ‘atrocity crimes’, says UN aid agency

GENEVA (Reuters) – Israeli actions in Gaza, including strikes on populated areas in which civilians have been killed, “bear the hallmarks” of atrocities, the United Nations’ aid agency said on Friday. “There is a callous disregard for human life and dignity. The acts of war that we see bear the hallmarks of atrocity crimes,” Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the OCHA aid agency, said in Geneva. He also noted the resumption of rocket fire from Palest…

New humanitarian disaster hits Gazans already broken by 16 months of brutal warfare

Humanitarian organizations have expressed alarm at ongoing efforts to block aid. They have criticized Israel for refusing to guarantee their safety, which makes them unable to carry out their work.

By Kareem El Damanhoury, Kareem Khadde and Dana Karni, CNN More than a dozen aid workers have been killed or missing in Gaza in recent days, according to several groups, as Israel intensifies its renewed military assault on the Palestinian enclave after the collapse of a two-month ceasefire.

Aid workers reported killed and missing in Gaza as Israeli blockade nears one month

More than a dozen aid workers have been killed or gone missing in Gaza over the past few days, several groups say, as Israel’s complete blockade of humanitarian aid neared the one-month mark amid its renewed military assault on the Palestinian enclave.