“It is vital that we get full rations back on track as soon as possible,” said Dom Scalpelli, WFP Country Director for Bangladesh. “Doing so will not only address the immediate crisis, but also ease the pressure on other vital programmes such as protection, health, education, shelter, cooking gas – many of which are now…
PM Hasina urges IOM to raise more funds for Rohingyas
A man looks at the vehicle where World Central Kitchen (WCK) employees, including foreigners, were killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to the NGO The Israeli military said it was investigating at the highest level to understand the circumstances. Was reviewing. This “tragic” incident took place in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on…
The United Nations has repeatedly warned of impending famine, as only a fraction of the supplies needed to feed Gaza's 2.4 million people are being allowed to arrive. With the entry of less aid trucks by road, relief efforts by air and sea have increased manifold. Cyprus, the nearest EU member state to Gaza, also…
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, severe food shortages in Gaza have caused the deaths of 27 people, most of them children, due to malnutrition and dehydration. Amnesty Secretary-General Agnès Callamard said the air drops and seaborne aid supplies were “a sign of the powerlessness and weakness of the international community”. “The international community must…
USAV General Frank S. From the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, XVIII Airborne Corps Bessan (LSV-1) en route to the Eastern Mediterranean following President Biden's announcement that the US would provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza via sea route. Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, United States, March 9, 2024.reuters
The official said initial shipments “will come via Cyprus” at the port and floating pier manned by US military personnel. It can take a ship about 10 hours to reach Gaza from Larnaca, about 370 kilometers (230 mi) away. Israel welcomed the planned opening of the sea corridor. “After security checks in accordance with Israeli…
Dhaka seeks continued aid despite LDC graduation
The Ministry of External Affairs, in collaboration with the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, handed over the first tranche of humanitarian aid consignment for the war-affected people of Gaza Strip to the Palestinian envoy in Dhaka on Monday afternoon. A press release from the Ministry of External Affairs said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen…
There were also fresh shootings along Israel’s border with Lebanon, which the Israeli military warned could drag the Islamist movement and Hamas ally Hezbollah into a war. On a visit to troops near the Israeli-Lebanese border, Netanyahu said it would be “the mistake of his life” if Hezbollah started a war with Israel. Netanyahu said,…
According to Israeli officials, the Islamic group attacked into Israel from the Gaza Strip and killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians, who were shot, beheaded or burned in the first day of the attack, with More than 200 people were taken hostage. Israel has declared a complete siege of Gaza and cut off supplies…
Biden said the shipment likely won’t cross until Friday because road repairs are needed at the crossing. “They are going to patch the road. To get these trucks out, they have to fill potholes. And that’s going to take – they expect it to take about eight hours tomorrow,” he said. The US President said…
A research paper, ‘China’s Overseas Humanitarian Action to Aid Refugees’, published in July last year by the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, known as Chatham House, showed that China is slowly Is adopting a policy of increasing humanitarian assistance for But this is mainly through UN agencies and bilateral diplomatic relations. The study…
Food aid reduced, what will happen to Rohingyas?
US is providing $250,000 to aid emergency relief efforts: Peter Haas