Ecuador’s fiscally constrained government is negotiating an agreement with the US to take in up to 300 third-country deportees per year in exchange for aid https://t.co/nHODc3lC1a ...

The death toll soaring, 1,400 now in this devastating Afghan earthquake. And tonight, officials warning of an exponential rise in casualties as communities cut off by the destruction finally get help. The UN says the number impacted could reach hundreds of thousands.Here, a child bewildered, lifted from a Taliban government helicopter. The only way to find many families in isolated villages near the epicenter of Sunday night's 6.0% earthquake. But the clock is ticking.Pictures emerging of one destroyed home ...

Mission Focus - The core issue is the situation in Palestine, not the specifics of the sailing mission [1] - The focus is on how people in Palestine are being deliberately deprived of basic necessities for survival [1]

Egypt is the most populous Arab country and the only one to border Gaza. It ought to play a role in trying to end the war, deliver aid and plan for reconstruction. Yet it has struggled to have an impact https://t.co/R0vaJNswE3 ...

Government Aid & Needs - Governments are reducing aid efforts [1] - The need for aid remains significant [1]

Global Aid & Government Action - Governments are reducing aid efforts [1] - The need for aid remains significant [1]

Every child in Gaza will remain at lifelong risk of poor health because of today’s malnutrition. A flood of aid cannot undo the damage, but it can prevent it from getting worse https://t.co/k1plcg9Zkn ...

Trade & Aid - The Trump administration promised Africa that trade would replace aid [1] - In one of the world's poorest countries, the administration is slashing both trade and aid [1]

Aid Delivery Methods - The US's attempt to build a pier for Gaza aid was a fiasco [1] - There are better ways to get civilians help by sea [1]

Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza - A significant break between Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlights growing global outrage over starvation in Gaza due to Israel's blockade [2] - Famine-related deaths are rising, with over 63 Palestinians, including a five-month-old baby, reportedly dying from starvation this month [2] - The UN deems airdrops of food into Gaza as insufficient, calling it "a drop in the ocean," while aid groups urge Israel to remove the blockade and allow sufficient aid [3] - One in five children in Gaza City surveyed recently are acutely malnourished, a figure that has tripled in the past four weeks [6][7] - By the time famine is formally declared, it is often too late, as seen in the 2011 East Africa famine where 250,000 people had already died [7] Aid and Blockade - International humanitarian law calls for rapid and unimpeded delivery of aid, but tens of thousands of tons of food are waiting in neighboring countries, with aid organizations unable to bring it in [8][9] - Airdrops are the most ineffective and expensive route to deliver aid; opening land borders is the required solution [9] - The US government has debunked Israel's claim that Hamas is confiscating aid [12] - Politics is the primary obstacle preventing the opening of blockades and delivery of food to Gaza [13][14] - The Israeli government's decision to not open border crossings and instead allow airdrops is considered an inhumane distraction [13] Israeli Perspective - Some Israelis are protesting the blockade, holding pictures of starving children in Gaza [4] - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ahoud Olar decried the "cruel and criminal killing of civilians and the starvation of Gaza as a government policy" [4] - Two leading Israeli human rights groups are saying Israel's war in Gaza amounts to genocide [5]