Humanitarian Aid

Fatah, the “moderate” ruling party of the Palestinian Authority, has admitted on live television that Hamas steals humanitarian aid and kills aid workers in the Gaza Strip.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that Hamas “has a long history of stealing aid,” and “needs to stop that” but Israel also should inspect land shipments of aid much faster so more aid can

Media reports in Israel, citing Palestinian sources, say that containers of humanitarian aid airlifted into Gaza by the United States killed five Palestinian civilians and injured many more, apparently after parachutes failed to deploy.

Israel is delivering thousands of tons of aid to Gaza every day — though the mainstream media continue to claim otherwise.

On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) said that aid that has gone into Gaza that the United States helped fund is “being stolen by Hamas” and “is not being given to the civilians, the

Israel said Monday that the United Nations is not doing enough to ensure that humanitarian aid is reaching Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, amid reports of Hamas stealing the aid, and amid delays in the processing of air trucks entering the territory.

Israel accused Hamas Sunday of blocking a convoy of humanitarian aid trucks destined for the northern Gaza Strip under a deal to release additional Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian terrorist group.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that it’s “a very dangerous path” to have a pay-for in the Israel aid bill that House Republicans proposed that is “a Democratic policy priority” and that he

John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), issued his latest report on Monday.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) stated that the House Republican Israel aid bill has “politicized this effort to support Israel” and “sets a precedent that these national security supplementals will be subject to politics

The New York Times, hardly a pro-Israel outlet, has reported that the Palestinian Hamas terrorist group is hoarding essential supplies while ordinary civilians in Gaza “scrounge” for fuel, food, and water, confirming a charge Israel has made for weeks.

U.S. aid given to Gaza could very well end up in the hands of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) warned.

The Egyptian government agreed on Thursday to open the Rafah crossing into Gaza for humanitarian aid convoys, although Egypt still refuses to accept any Palestinian refugees from Gaza.

No humanitarian aid will be delivered to the Gaza Strip until Hamas terrorists release the hostages they kidnapped in their October 7 attack, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced on Wednesday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday repeated that his government will accept no Palestinian refugees from Gaza.

The European Union announced it will triple financial aid to Gaza despite concerns of such funding propping up Hamas terrorists.

Egypt, the other country besides Israel that borders Gaza, moved quickly this week to fortify its border and prevent a flood of Palestinians from entering Egyptian territory during Israel’s counteroffensive against Hamas.

Germany has suspended humanitarian aid payments to Palestine in the wake of the deadly terrorist assault on Israel by Hamas terrorists.

Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar is accused of exploiting the devastating Derna floods to tighten his grip on the eastern half of the country.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul says he is “prepared to put a hold on funding” for Afghanistan due to Taliban theft.

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko said on Thursday his agency has uncovered “some really horrific information about the problems with the U.N. operations in Afghanistan.”

Residents of the Kherson region in Ukraine find themselves dealing with new hardships thanks to the breach of the Kakhovka Dam on Tuesday, including flooded homes, drowning, disease, and even landmines dislodged by floodwater from the Dnipro River.

Internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in Ethiopia’s Tigray region staged massive demonstrations on Tuesday to protest delays in returning to their homes, the continued presence of hostile tribal militia forces on their lands, and the suspension of humanitarian aid.

The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, said on Friday that over a million polio vaccine doses intended for children have been destroyed during the civil war in Sudan.

A crowd apparently panicked by gunfire and an electrical explosion stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Yemen’s capital late Wednesday, killing at least 78 people and injuring at least 73 others, according to witnesses and Houthi rebel officials.

Andrii Yermak, head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, announced on Sunday that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will provide $400 million in aid to Ukraine, including $300 million in oil products plus $100 million in humanitarian assistance.

According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), Syrian government troops fought with rebel forces in the region devastated by the earthquakes of February 6 on Thursday night, the first battles in the affected area since the disaster occurred.

The famed Syrian civil defense organization known as the White Helmets on Tuesday condemned the United Nations for its “shocking” decision to work with dictator Bashar Assad on earthquake relief.

The United Nations said on Sunday that disaster relief for quake-ravaged towns in Syria is being held up by a “hardline group” that refuses to allow aid convoys from government-controlled areas to enter its turf. The group in question soon revealed itself to be Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the rebranded Nusra Front, which was itself an offshoot of al-Qaeda.

Chinese state media on Tuesday was stuffed with articles about the humanitarian aid China is sending to Turkey and Syria in the wake of Monday’s devastating earthquakes, including about $6 million in emergency assistance, a rescue team with 82 members, and satellite surveillance of the affected region.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign affairs announced on Wednesday that the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” will send 10 million Afghanis in aid (about $111,000) to Turkey, and half that amount to Syria, “on the basis of shared humanity and Islamic brotherhood” after Monday’s extremely destructive earthquakes.

The Taliban cannot keep the people of Afghanistan fed and clothed without massive international humanitarian aid, which they might not be getting for much longer if they keep oppressing women, but somehow the junta found time and resources to design and build a prototype “supercar” called the Mada 9.

The United Nations announced on Wednesday that it has suspended certain “time-critical” activities in Afghanistan to protest the Taliban edict barring women from working for non-governmental organizations (NGOs.) Such organizations are heavily involved in delivering food and medicine to the large number of displaced, impoverished, and oppressed people in Afghanistan.

European Union (EU) foreign policy head Josep Borrell on Sunday condemned the Taliban junta for barring women from working for both local and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Save the Children and four other international aid agencies suspended operations in Afghanistan on Sunday after the ban was announced.

The Taliban-controlled central bank of Afghanistan posted several images to Twitter last week showing a large pallet of cash sitting on an airport runway.

In an interview with independent journalist Tera Dahl, Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Massoud denounced the Taliban as no less extreme than the Islamic State and faulted both Western nations and the ousted government of Afghanistan for errors that allowed the Taliban to return to power.