Israel To Again Allow Airdrops Of Aid Into Gaza
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Starvation Spreading in Gaza
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For months, the U.N. and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, with reports of increasing numbers of people dying from causes related to malnutrition.
The focus on air drops into Gaza is a "grotesque distraction" that will not reverse the territory's deepening starvation crisis, aid agency leaders have warned. Israel's military said it would allow aid to be dropped into Gaza on Saturday night, while also announcing humanitarian corridors for UN aid convoys.
Israel will coordinate airdrops of aid into Gaza from foreign countries in the coming days, an Israeli security official confirmed to ABC News.
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Israel controls almost every part of an aid distribution process plagued by bureaucracy, deadly attacks on civilians seeking food and a bombing campaign that has escalated civil disorder.
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Airdrops of food have resumed in Gaza, Israel and the United Arab Emirates said, as deaths from starvation in the besieged enclave spread.
An analysis compiled by USAID officials examining more than 150 reported incidents involving the theft or loss of U.S.-funded humanitarian aid in the war-torn Gaza Strip says it failed to find any evidence that Hamas -- the militant rulers of the Palestinian enclave -- engaged in widespread diversion of assistance,
The Israeli military says it's resuming airdrops of aid to Gaza. Humanitarian corridors will also be established. Also: the Indian Supreme Court issues new guidelines to tackle a rise in student suicides.
Israel announced it would allow aid drops to Palestinians in Gaza to resume as the U.S. left ceasefire talks early this week. Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for House Affairs Joel Rubin joins Erielle Reshef to break down the latest news out of the Middle East.