Hamas studying US Gaza ceasefire plan backed by Israel
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The situation in Gaza is the worst since the war between Israel and Hamas militants began 19-months ago, the United Nations said on Friday, despite a resumption of limited aid deliveries in the Palestinian enclave where famine looms.
The U.N. food agency says Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have blocked and offloaded dozens of food trucks as desperation mounts following Israel’s monthslong blockade and airstrikes.
Israel appears to be changing tack as pressure mounts to get more aid into Gaza, and may let aid groups operating in the battered enclave take charge of non-food assistance.
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Al Jazeera on MSNUN says famine stalks all in Gaza; Israel shoots, wounds aid seekersGaza is the “hungriest place on Earth”, the United Nations has said, as Israel continues to block all but a trickle of humanitarian aid from entering the Strip, where famine stalks the entire Palestinian population,
Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky said Thursday night that the United States should stop all military aid to Israel, citing mounting civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip. Newsweek reached out to Massie's office via email Thursday for comment.
A U.S. plan for Gaza seen by Reuters proposes a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 28 Israeli hostages alive and dead in the first week.
Singapore will participate in a United Nations conference in June co-hosted by France and Saudi Arabia on a roadmap to a Palestinian state while ensuring Israel’s security.
Some E.U. states are calling for a full suspension of trade relations. Others are trying to distance themselves from the grisly images emerging from the enclave.