Gaza, Hamas and USAID
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Faced with a famine in Bengal in 1943, Winston Churchill’s war cabinet forbade newspapers to use the words “famine” or “starvation” – until the editor of the Statesman newspaper got around the ban by publishing graphic photographs that needed no words of explanation. It was too late for an estimated three million who died in a preventable famine.
Agency chief pushed back against accusations of aid diversion, citing recent USAID report confirming no ‘systemic’ misuse of humanitarian aid provided in Gaza
Israel and the US recalled negotiators from Gaza ceasefire talks after Hamas responded to the latest proposal, as starvation stalks the enclave.
The Trump administration seeks a claw back billions in foreign aid following an "exhaustive review". But officials at USAID say it did not conduct a review of foreign aid programs it has terminated.
The Norwegian Refugee Council says it has no aid left in Gaza and some of its staff are starving:: Jan Egeland, Secretary General, Norwegian Refugee Council:: July 22, 2025:: Nuseirat, Gaza:: Arish, Egypt:: Oslo,
The war in Gaza was triggered on October 7, 2023, when Hamas killed 1,200 people in southern Israel and took some 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Since then, Israel's