Government of Israel

World Food Programme cuts Gaza food aid as funding runs short

Keeps Gaza's crossings tightly restricted; halted commercial shipments in mid-October in a dispute over Hamas trader fees

The World Food Programme cut monthly food aid in Gaza from 1.6 million people to 1.1 million this month because donor money ran short. Rations are halved, hot meals fell from 250,000 to 150,000 a day, and the agency dropped 200,000 people in the West Bank.

Updated Oct 23

Israel greenlights a $35B Leviathan-to-Egypt gas pact—turning a pipeline into a regional power lever

Built World

As of May 2026: Approving authority for export permits shaping Leviathan expansion and exports

A day after Israel approved the Leviathan-to-Egypt export permit, Egypt's State Information Service publicly stepped in to reframe the agreement as a strictly commercial arrangement concluded by private energy companies. The framing firewalls the gas lifeline from Gaza-war politics.

Updated May 15

Raid on UNRWA’s Jerusalem HQ tests UN immunity and Arab red lines

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Ordering UNRWA out of Jerusalem and justifying the raid as municipal enforcement

Israeli police and municipal officials rolled into a quiet UN compound in East Jerusalem before dawn. Motorbikes, trucks and forklifts smashed through UNRWA's former headquarters in Sheikh Jarrah, seizing equipment, cutting communications and hauling down the UN flag to raise Israel's own. UN officials say it was an unauthorized raid on inviolable UN premises; Israeli authorities insist it was just a municipal debt-collection move.

Updated May 10

Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan hits a critical test over who governs and who disarms