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Shootings, Devastation, Hunger: Israel Fails to Address Gaza’s Power Vacuum

Over the weekend, Israeli soldiers shot Palestinians near an Israeli-backed aid site and a U.N. convoy. Both episodes pointed to Israel’s refusal to allow new governance structures to emerge.

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Mourners after Israeli troops opened fire on people trying to get aid north of Gaza City on Sunday.

Israel Refuses to Renew Visa of Top UN Humanitarian Official for Gaza

The head of the agency that helps oversee international aid deliveries to the territory has criticized the impact of Israeli policy on civilians.

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In a screen grab taken from a handout video provided by the United Nations, Jonathan Whittall is shown standing near a destroyed hospital in Gaza in 2024.

Dozens Are Killed at Aid Site Near Border, Gaza Health Officials Say

The shootings took place after thousands of Palestinians gathered in the hope of getting humanitarian aid from U.N. trucks entering the Gaza Strip.

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Palestinians mourning at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Sunday.

Gaza Health Ministry Says Israeli Military Killed 32 Near Aid Site

The latest deaths add to U.N. figures showing that more than 670 Palestinians have been killed since May near sites built under a new Israel-backed aid system.

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Mourners at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Saturday with the bodies of two people killed near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution site.

At Least 20 Killed in Stampede Outside a Gaza Aid Site

There were conflicting accounts from Palestinian and aid officials over what happened at the food distribution hub run by the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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Casualties were brought into Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza on Wednesday after a stampede at a food distribution site.

Israel Will Allow More Aid Into Gaza, Officials Say

The decision followed discussions with the European Union, which has pressed Israel to ease the dire humanitarian conditions for Palestinians in the territory.

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Palestinians waiting in line to receive flour from an aid center in Gaza City in June.

A British Surgeon Shares What She Saw in Gaza’s Hospitals

Dr. Victoria Rose spent 21 days in the territory, treating people who were shot trying to get food and children with life-changing injuries from Israeli bombs.

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Dr. Victoria Rose at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza in May, in a picture distributed by Anadolu Agency, a Turkish state news outlet. “I’ve not seen this volume and this intensity before,” she said of the traumatic injuries she treated.
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