Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to end operations
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U.S.-backed aid company in Gaza shutters operations as Israel's military and defense minister clash
The foundation had already closed distribution sites after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire took effect in Gaza six weeks ago.
About 91% of all homes in Gaza are now destroyed or damaged, leaving the majority of the population without safe, permanent shelter, the U.N.'s OCHA said.
US-backed Gaza aid group transitions work after proving more effective than U.N. agencies reportedly plagued by corruption and Hamas support in Gaza Strip.
Israel's military on Saturday said it launched airstrikes against Hamas terrorists in Gaza in the latest test of the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10. Health officials in Gaza reported at least 14 people killed and another 45 wounded, including children.
A vehicle used by the late Pope Francis during a visit to Bethlehem more than a decade ago has been transformed into a mobile health clinic that Christian leaders hope will soon be used to provide care to Palestinian children in Gaza.
In an extraordinary journey, a Palestinian man used a jet ski to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe after he fled the war in Gaza.
Dr. Elise Thorburn, a physician from Newfoundland and Labrador, spent the last month providing emergency care in Gaza at the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital.
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