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Toronto Star
17 hours ago
- Politics
- Toronto Star
Food rations are halved in one of Africa's largest refugee camps after US aid cuts
KAKUMA, Kenya (AP) — Martin Komol sighs as he inspects his cracked, mud-walled house that is one rain away from fully collapsing. Nothing seems to last for him and 300,000 other refugees in this remote Kakuma camp in Kenya — now, not even food rations. Funding for the U.N. World Food Program has dropped after the Trump administration paused support in March, part of the widespread dismantling of foreign aid by the United States, once the world's biggest donor.
Toronto Star
31-05-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Star
Hungry Palestinians in Gaza block UN aid trucks. Hamas responds to a ceasefire proposal
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Palestinians in the Gaza Strip blocked and offloaded dozens of food trucks, the U.N. World Food Program said Saturday, as desperation mounts following Israel's monthslong blockade while talks of a ceasefire inch forward. Hamas said it has responded to a U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire, which Israeli officials have approved, but details of the response were not immediately known. U.S. President Donald Trump said negotiators were nearing a deal.
Toronto Star
31-05-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Star
Hungry Palestinians in Gaza block and offload dozens of UN food trucks
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Palestinians in the Gaza Strip blocked and offloaded dozens of food trucks, the U.N. World Food Program said Saturday, as desperation mounts following Israel's monthslong blockade and airstrikes while talks of a ceasefire inch forward. The WFP said that 77 trucks carrying aid, mostly flour, were stopped by hungry people who took the food before the trucks were able to reach their destination.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Palestinian children crowd Gaza charity kitchen for food
Hungry Palestinian children crowd a charity kitchen with pots and pans in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Friday. A day earlier, desperate Gazans broke into a U.N. World Food Program aid warehouse in central Gaza, resulting in two reported deaths.
Toronto Star
29-05-2025
- Toronto Star
Live updates: Palestinians in Gaza grow increasingly desperate for food
Palestinians have become increasingly desperate for food as nearly three months of Israeli border closures have pushed the Gaza Strip to the brink of famine. Four Palestinians died Wednesday as a chaotic crush of people stormed into a U.N. World Food Program warehouse where hundreds were trying to grab food aid.
