At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes on Gaza, including 10 seeking aid while another five died of starvation in what humanitarian agencies say may be an unfolding famine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/gazans-aid-hunger-burial-shrouds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #hunger #starvation #famine

The trickle of food aid Israel is allowing to enter the Gaza Strip is seized by Palestinians risking their lives under fire, looted by gangs or diverted in chaotic circumstances rather than reaching those most in need. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/world/gangs-gaza-aid-most-needy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #un #hunger #famine

Hamas said it was prepared to coordinate with the Red Cross to deliver aid to hostages it holds in the Gaza Strip if Israel permanently opens humanitarian corridors and halts airstrikes during the distribution of aid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/world/hamas-hostages-israel-airstrikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met anguished relatives of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza on Saturday, as fears for the captives' survival mounted almost 22 months into the war sparked by Hamas' October 2023 attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/world/politics/us-envoy-israeli-hostage-families/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israel #israelhamaswar #hamas #us #gaza #middleeast #donaldtrump

Humiliated by the Hamas attack in 2023, the country’s military intelligence agency is reviving an Arabic-language recruitment program for high school students and training all troops in Arabic and Islam. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/world/israel-spy-training/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #israelhamaswar #espionage #hamas #arabic #middleeast

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a bid to salvage Gaza truce talks and tackle a humanitarian crisis caused by Israel's war in the enclave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/world/us-envoy-gaza-ceasefire-push/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #gaza #us #aid #stevewitkoff

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul signaled his government could speed up the process of recognizing a Palestinian state should Israel annex the West Bank. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/world/germany-open-door-palestinian-statehood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #germany #israelhamaswar #palestinians

At Nasser hospital’s child malnutrition ward, a handful of Gazan mothers watch over their babies who lie still and largely silent, mostly too exhausted by severe hunger to cry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/world/society/gaza-malnutrition-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #hunger #israelhamaswar #palestinians #children #health #aid

A worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding in Gaza and immediate action is needed to end fighting and allow unimpeded aid access, a global hunger monitor has warned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/world/gaza-famine-60000-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #hunger #children #palestinians #israel #aid

Israel said Saturday it would allow food to be airdropped to Gaza and designate humanitarian corridors for U.N. aid convoys, as thousands of Palestinians face the threat of widespread famine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/27/world/israel-gaza-aid-air-drops/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #gaza #middleeast #israelhamaswar #hamas