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One Gazan Girl’s Fight to Survive Extreme Hunger
ByBen Hubbard and Bilal Shbair December 26, 2025December 27, 2025

After Israel sealed Gaza’s borders, Hoda Abu al-Naja, 12, who suffered from celiac disease, spent months seeking the food and care she needed to combat malnutrition.

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‘You sneak in and hope you make it back’: the Sudanese volunteers risking it all to bring care to millions
ByMark Townsend December 24, 2025

Members of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms network tell Guardian they didn’t mind missing out on the Nobel peace prize because ‘we only want to help’Doing good gets you killed in Sudan. It was why Amira did not tell her mother when she joined a volunt…

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Gaza City Famine Averted, Global Experts Say, but Palestinians Face Major Difficulties Accessing Food
ByAdam Rasgon December 19, 2025December 19, 2025

Food security experts said a famine reported in August had been alleviated but that the situation remained dire across the enclave, despite a cease-fire in October and greater flows of aid.

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UK’s biggest weapons firm BAE grounds ‘lifeline’ aircraft delivering food aid
ByMark Townsend October 24, 2025

Exclusive: In the year they announced record profits, Britain’s arms maker has revoked licence to fly for planes taking supplies of food to starving people in South Sudan, Somalia and DRCBritain’s biggest weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, has quietly …

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UK’s biggest weapons firm BAE grounds ‘lifeline’ aircraft delivering food aid
ByMark Townsend October 24, 2025

Exclusive: In the year they announced record profits, Britain’s arms maker has revoked licence to fly for planes taking supplies of food to starving people in South Sudan, Somalia and DRCBritain’s biggest weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, has quietly …

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Thursday briefing: While the ceasefire holds, Gaza continues to starve
ByAamna Mohdin October 23, 2025

In today’s newsletter: With most border crossings remaining closed and aid deliveries falling catastrophically short, will the International Court of Justice’s ruling force change for those left behind?Good morning. In the end, the ruling was both simp…

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Greta Thunberg Among Hundreds From Gaza Aid Flotilla Deported by Israel
ByEphrat Livni October 6, 2025October 6, 2025

Israel intercepted the boats at sea and detained the participants for days before expelling them. Some of the activists say they were mistreated, which Israel denied.

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The Perilous Path to Escape Gaza City
BySaher Alghorra and Liam Stack September 13, 2025September 13, 2025

Gazans have had to load up their lives in search of refuge multiple times throughout the war. As thousands were forced to flee again this week, a Times photographer joined them heading south.

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With Qatar Attack, Israel Again Leaves Trump in the Dark
ByErica L. Green September 10, 2025

President Trump said he was “very unhappy about the way that went down.”

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More than 7,000 under-fives in Gaza put in malnutrition recovery in two-week period
ByJason Burke International security correspondent September 6, 2025

Unicef says it expects total for August to exceed 15,000 new patients, more than seven times February figureMore than 7,000 children under the age of five were put on recovery programmes for acute malnutrition at clinics run by Unicef in Gaza in just t…

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