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CBS News: What Does the U.S.-built Pier Off Gaza Mean for Humanitarian Aid?

The first shipment of humanitarian aid bound for the U.S.-built pier in Gaza is now on its way. But questions remain on...

The Telegraph: Netanyahu: 'We Will Fight With Our Fingernails'

Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will ‘fight with our fingernails’ if necessary to win its war with Hamas after the US...

France 24: 'World Coming to an End': Kenyan Town Copes with Life Underwater

The deluge had claimed his livelihood, his home and his wife, leaving the 32-year-old bereft as he pondered what was...

NPR: The U.S. Military Pier Off Gaza May Soon Be Operating. Aid Workers Question Its Role

As early as this weekend, some 90 trucks will roll off a metal causeway onto a beach in Gaza.

The New York Times: How 360,000 Haitians Wound Up Living in Empty Lots and Crowded Schools

In a worsening humanitarian crisis, Haitians have been forced to flee their homes in the face of gang onslaughts, but...

Bloomberg Television: Aid Group Sees Considerable Risks in Rafah

Kate Phillips-Barrasso, Mercy Corps Vice President of Global Policy and Advocacy discusses humanitarian crisis in Rafah...

The Guardian : Wednesday Briefing: What Israel's Rafah Offensive Means for the Prospect of Peace

Good morning. Israel has threatened to expand its military operation in Rafah after it seized control of the Palestinian...

NPR: The Latest on the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Proposal and Attacks on Rafah

It has been a whiplash day in Gaza. Hamas accepted a ceasefire proposal with Israel, but the Israeli cabinet has vowed...

NPR: Israeli Forces Seize the Gaza Side of Rafah, as Hamas Truce Talks Resume in Egypt

Israeli tanks rolled into the southern Gaza city of Rafah Tuesday, taking control of the territory's border crossing...

The Washington Post: Israel to Press Attack on Rafah as it Negotiates Possible Cease-fire Deal

Hamas said Monday it agreed to a Qatari-Egyptian cease-fire proposal and Israel said it would send meditators to...