Humanitarian aid

WHO suspends medical evacuations from Gaza following death of contractor in 'security incident'

The evacuations were suspended after an individual who was contracted to provide services to the WHO in Gaza was killed during a security incident, Tedros said.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
FILE PHOTO: A view shows The World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 28, 2025.
ILLUSTRATIVE: A WORKER carries sacks of rice inside a warehouse at a wholesale market in Navi Mumbai, India, January 13, 2026.

India expands Africa push with rice aid, long-term mineral ambitions

In recent weeks, New Delhi has shipped rice to Burkina Faso, Malawi, and Mozambique while policy thinkers in India are urging a stronger push into Africa’s critical minerals sector.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Children look out of a building as Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages, including those held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, February 22, 2025.

Holocaust survivor, descendants urge High Court to allow Gaza children medical access

Letter read by The Jerusalem Post invokes Holocaust-era rescue precedent to argue for “children’s exception” in wartime policy.

|ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Activists of the Nuestra America Convoy and Cuban officials unload humanitarian aid from the vessel Maguro -- symbolically renamed "Granma 2.0" as a tribute to the yacht used by Fidel Castro's guerrilla fighters to launch their revolution in 1956 -- at Havana port on March 24, 2026.

Two humanitarian aid boats en route to Cuba are missing, Mexico says

The vessels had been expected to arrive between March 24 and 25, but there had been no communication from them and no confirmation of their arrival, the navy said.

|ByREUTERS

Sudan defense minister rejects claims aid convoy carried weapons in North Kordofan strike

Gen. Hassan Kabroun claimed the area was under the full control of the Sudanese Armed Forces and “does not require transporting any military equipment using aid convoys as decoys.” 

FEBRUARY 13, 2026ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Displaced Sudanese wait to receive humanitarian aid at the Abu al-Naga displacement camp in the Gedaref State, some 420km east of the capital Khartoum on February 6, 2026.

US security firm involved in Gaza aid looking to recruit new Arabic-speaking contractors

The GHF had faced criticism from the United Nations and other international bodies over the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians trying to reach its aid sites.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026ByREUTERS
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff arrives in Rafah in the Gaza Strip to visit the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid site, August 1, 2025.

Over 65,000 aid trucks have entered Gaza since October ceasefire, COGAT says

Delivered aid included tents and tarps, humanitarian staff, and the evacuation of Gazans in need of medical treatment and those with dual citizenship.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026ByTPS
Humanitarian aid trucks enter through the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on February 4, 2026.

Why the IDF should hire a PR firm, not a general - opinion

Maj.-Gen. Ghassan Alian of Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, when asked how many Gazans Israel killed, mentioned Hamas’s figure of 70,000 without checking or knowing.

FEBRUARY 6, 2026ByGIL HOFFMAN
Daniel Hagari, then-IDF spokesman, gives a statement to the media in Tel Aviv on October 16, 2023.

IDF 'Palestinian Affairs Chief': Jewish violence on W. Bank Palestinians harms Israeli security

Humanitarian efforts in Gaza held back worse delegitimization attacks, IDF Civil Administration Commander Maj. Gen. Rasan Elian said

FEBRUARY 4, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Palestinian protesters confront a jewish man during a protest against Israeli settlements, near Qalqilya, in the West Bank, on August 12, 2022.

IDF finds huge haul of mortars in UNRWA blankets, humanitarian aid

Disclosure is one of the largest long-range weapons seizures post-ceasefire.

FEBRUARY 3, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Weapons found in humanitarian aid bags in southern Gaza.

French judges issue legal summons for French-Israel activists accused of 'genocide' - interview

One of the activists was identified as Nili Kupfer-Naouri, a French-Israeli lawyer and the founder of the charity Israel Is Forever.

FEBRUARY 2, 2026ByMATHILDA HELLER
People block the entrance to Ashdod port during a protest against aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip, in Ashdod, southern Israel, February 1, 2024.

Head of new Gaza leadership Ali Shaath says Rafah Crossing opens 'window of hope' for Gazans

Israel fully reopened the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Monday for people on foot, a day after rolling out a limited, one-day pilot on Sunday to address potential logistical issues.

FEBRUARY 2, 2026ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
A Palestinian patient, accompanied by relatives, waits to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt after it was opened by Israel on Monday for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 2, 2026.

UAE denies reports it would assume civilian administration of Gaza

The UAE issued a blunt denial of reports it would take over Gaza’s civilian administration following a Channel 12 report.

FEBRUARY 2, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A UAE AID tent stands in front of a collapsed building at Saftawi street in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on February 5, 2025

Israel to terminate Doctors Without Borders activity in Gaza after org. backtracks on promise

This comes despite MSF's claims just last week that it would provide the employee lists required by Israel in order to continue working in Gaza as an NGO.

FEBRUARY 1, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PEOPLE AFFILIATED with Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hold signs during a vigil to honor colleagues and others who have been killed during the war in Gaza outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, December 6, 2023.