A ship from the UAE carrying aid for Gaza arrived at Arish this month, delivering aid via a port in Sinai. This is the largest cargo ship aid shipment since the UAE began providing humanitarian aid to people in Gaza in the wake of the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. According to … Read more
As part of a European Union-wide effort to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the Middle East, Cyprus is preparing to begin construction on a new major naval base along the island nation’s southern coast, the country’s defense minister announced Wednesday. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org Built on … Read more
The military had announced at the weekend the daily pauses from 0500 GMT until 1600 GMT in the area from the Kerem Shalom Crossing, in southern Israel, to the Salah al-Din Road and then northwards. It later clarified that normal operations would continue in Rafah, the main focus of its operation in southern Gaza. Meanwhile, … Read more
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich hit out at the IDF after it announced an eleven-hour ‘tactical pause’ in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Sunday morning. An early Sunday statement by the Israeli military, sent exclusively in English, noted that the pause would occur between 8:00 a.m. and … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced an additional $404 million in new aid to Palestinians, while attending the “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza” Conference in Jordan on Tuesday. This is in addition to “the more than $1.8 billion in development, economic, and humanitarian aid that the United States has … Read more
The US-built floating pier faces a new hurdle in the delivery of aid to the coast of Gaza. The pier contained two elements, one of which was attached to the shore and the other of which was out at sea. The pier was constructed after US army vessels made a long month-and-a-half journey to … Read more
Sections of the Trident pier will take at least a week to be rebuilt after it sustained damage on Saturday during heavy sea states, according to the Pentagon. Four US Army vessels supporting the Gaza maritime aid mission were beached ashore after a power failure caused motorized sections of the pier used for stabilization … Read more
Israel is deliberately avoiding ceasefire efforts as it focuses on a military solution to Hamas in Gaza and is levering control of the Rafah crossing to strengthen its hold on the enclave, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said at the 33rd Arab Summit in Bahrain on Thursday. “Israel continues to engage in evasive actions to … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that he will discuss with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu measures that Israel still needs to take to increase the flow of aid into Gaza, as he holds meetings in the country on Wednesday. Blinken spoke to reporters at a warehouse of the Jordan Hashemite Charity … Read more
Three of the five US Army ships that left the US coast a month and a half ago are now off the coast of Israel and Gaza, to build the temporary floating pier. These include the USAV Matamoros and USAV Monterrey, both of which are Runnymede-class large landing craft, and the General Frank S. … Read more
