# Gaza
February
February 2024
Over 100 people killed as Israeli soldiers fire on Gazans rushing to aid trucks, health ministry says
Witnesses said Israeli soldiers opened fire as people pulled flour and canned goods off trucks.
Israeli officials have denied blocking supplies.
The reported attack comes as aid agencies intensified warnings over Gaza's humanitarian situation, with famine threatening.
More than 30,000 people have been killed in Gaza since 7 October, health ministry says
Mediators say a truce deal between Israel and Hamas could be just days away.
Aid agencies have raised serious concerns of a looming famine in Gaza's north.
Negotiators are hoping a truce can begin by the start of Ramadan in March.
However, a senior Hamas official told Al Jazeera that there is still a long way to go because an agreement could be reached.
Israel prepared to pause attacks during Ramadan if hostage deal reached, says Biden
Negotiators from the US, Egypt and Qatar are working on a framework deal under which Hamas would free some of the dozens of hostages it holds.
Close to 100 people killed in overnight strikes in Gaza as Israel discusses next steps in truce talks
Israeli minister says Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo have raised 'possibility of progress'
A UN official has said has said Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis has turned from a “place of healing” to a “place of death”.
The UN's World Food Programme has announced a pause in food and aid deliveries to northern Gaza.
Hamas called the move a "death sentence".
Aid groups warn a ground offensive could turn Rafah into a "graveyard".
US vetoes UN resolution demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza
The move comes after the United States tabled its own motion calling for a “temporary” ceasefire in Gaza.
Hamas said the US veto equalled "a green light for the occupation to commit more massacres".
The United Nations’ World Food Programme has announced a pause in food and aid deliveries to northern Gaza.
The World Health Organization said it has transferred 32 patients out of Khan Yunis' Nasser hospital.
Hunger in Gaza: 'We made bread using livestock fodder but now we've run out'
Palestinians were using livestock fodder to bake bread but they have now run out of that resource.
Malnourished new mothers are trying to figure out how to feed their infants in Gaza where formula has run out.
Families tell The Journal's reporter on the ground that they haven't eaten bread in three months.
Dima Jalal Saud reports from Rafah.
EU leaders call for 'humanitarian pause' as Israel sets mid-March deadline for assault on Rafah
Three-quarters of the displaced Palestinian population has fled to Rafah.
As global outcry over Gaza grows, a Tel Aviv politics expert tells us what Israelis think
Here’s what polling says about Israelis’ view of the military action in Gaza, its humanitarian cost and Netanyahu.
'Where is the escape?' - Reporting from Rafah amid escalating fears of an Israeli invasion
A reporter writing for The Journal describes how many displaced families now find themselves with few options left.
Ireland and Spain ask for urgent review of EU's trade deal with Israel amid 'grave' Rafah threat
In a letter sent to the European Commission president, Varadkar also called for an ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’.
Giving birth in Gaza: 'I resorted to instructional videos on social media'
On the ground in Rafah, a reporter writing for The Journal speaks with pregnant women and new mothers.
Unicef has reported that Caesarean sections are being performed in Gaza without anaesthesia.
The Journal's reporter on the ground in Gaza tells the stories of women who have given birth in recent weeks as the bombardment continues around them.
Al Jazeera condemns Israel as reporter's leg blown off in drone strike on Rafah
The Qatar-based network said the strike was a “fully-fledged crime which adds to Israel’s crime against journalists”.
Elsewhere, South Africa urged the UN's top court to place more legal pressure on Israel to halt a threatened offensive against Rafah.
Minister Simon Coveney has today accused Israel of “behaving like a rogue state”.