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  • Gaza ceasefire in peril as Palestinians struggle amid food shortages after aid cut off

    03/08/2025 7:38:46 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 32 replies
    CBS News ^ | March 8, 2025
    The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is perilously close to collapsing as both Israel and Hamas have both balked at entering negotiations over terms of an intended second phase of the deal. Meanwhile, food shortages in the territory have become acute and Palestinians living there are again struggling to feed their families. Mustafa Abu Shaaban, a blacksmith before the war, and his wife Rasha, try to create a semblance of normality for their kids. "Our life is hard – we just want to live like everyone else," Rasha told CBS News. But as the aid freeze starts to bite in...
  • Israeli soldier tells CBS News he was ordered to use Palestinians as human shields in Gaza

    03/28/2025 9:49:30 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 38 replies
    CBS News ^ | 03/28/2025 | Deborra Patta
    Tel Aviv — The war is back in Gaza. Since abandoning a ceasefire on March 17, the Israel Defense Forces have pounded the Palestinian territory with waves of deadly strikes it says are targeting Hamas terrorists. Those strikes have brought the overall death toll in Gaza to well over 50,000 since the beginning of the war, according to the enclave's Hamas-run Health Ministry. CBS News spoke recently with an Israeli soldier who has questioned the military's tactics. Tommy — not his real name, as he agreed to speak with CBS News on the condition of anonymity — fought in Gaza...