Alastair McCready

Taipei

Freelance Producer at Al Jazeera English

News producer covering APAC and Middle East for @AJEnglish Former APAC editor with @viceworldnews and Editor-in-Chief at @sea_globe

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Articles

Gaza strains under Israeli bombing, starvation

5 days ago | aljazeera.com | Alastair McCready

By Alastair McCready Hospitals in Gaza working 'beyond capacity' as Palestinian death toll surges amid Israeli attack by air, land and sea. Medical sources tell Al Jazeera that at least 64 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn on Friday. The UN's World Food Programme issues an urgent warning that "Gaza needs food now" as hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of hunger.
Israel kills more than 30 in latest attacks on Gaza civilians

6 days ago | aljazeera.com | Alastair McCready

Most people in Gaza living on just one meal a day as Israel's total blockade of the territory starves population of food, water and medicine. Medical sources say at least 32 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn on Thursday, and reports of more attacks and casualties continue.
Israel kills dozens in latest Gaza attacks as 500,000 forcibly displaced

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Alastair McCready

Defence minister says Israel's policy of preventing all humanitarian aid entering Gaza is 'the main pressure tool' on Hamas. Medical sources told Al Jazeera that at least 35 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since early on Wednesday, and more devastating strikes have been reported in recent hours. The United Nations said an estimated 500,000 people have been "newly displaced or uprooted once more" in Gaza since Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas on March 18.
UN says Israeli attacks killed only women, children in Gaza

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Alastair McCready
Israeli attacks on Gaza continue as WHO says 10,000 need medical evacuation

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Alastair McCready

Gaza's Health Ministry has warned that essential drugs and medical supplies are at 'dangerously' low levels in hospitals. Medical sources tell Al Jazeera that at least 29 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since early Thursday, and there are more reports of new attacks and casualties.
Israel kills 35 as residential block bombed to rubble in Gaza's Shujayea

2 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Alastair McCready

Rescue workers and relatives dig with their 'bare hands' in search for at least 80 people still missing under buildings destroyed in Israeli 'massacre'. Multiple Israeli strikes on residential buildings in Gaza City's Shujayea neighbourhood kill at least 35 Palestinians, wound a further 55, and 80 people remain missing under the rubble.
UN says Israeli attacks kill, injure at least 100 children each day in Gaza

2 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Alastair McCready

By Alastair McCready Palestinian death toll mounts, hospitals overwhelmed as Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza taking control of territory. Medical director says al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City has no space left to treat casualties as the latest Israeli attacks kill at least 38 Palestinians since dawn on Friday. At least 100 Palestinian children have been killed or injured each day in Gaza since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18, the head of UNRWA said.
Israel kills almost 80 in Gaza attacks, bombs UN clinic in refugee camp

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Alastair McCready

Israeli missiles attack on UN clinic in the Jabalia refugee camp kills 22 as death toll over past 24 hours nears 80. Several more people have been reported killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza overnight after medical sources told Al Jazeera that at least 77 Palestinians had died in strikes since dawn on Wednesday. Israel has been condemned for a missile strike on an UNRWA medical facility in the Jabalia refugee camp that killed at least 22 people, including women and children.
Israel kills almost 900 since breaking Gaza ceasefire, says Health Ministry

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Alastair McCready |Royce Kurmelovs

Death toll mounts in Gaza as UN agencies warns of severe hunger due to Israel's military blockade of devastated territory. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said Israeli attacks have killed 896 people and wounded 1,984 in the territory since Israel broke a ceasefire with Hamas on March 18, 2025. Israel has bombed Beirut for the first time since a ceasefire was agreed upon in November with Hezbollah, while two people were injured in continuing Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon.
Almost 40 killed as Israeli warplanes, artillery pound Gaza north to south

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Alastair McCready

Al Jazeera's correspondent says Israeli forces targeting people in the streets and huddled in shelters across Gaza, with nonstop shelling reported from north to south. Seven Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on a busy market in central Gaza as almost 40 people die in strikes across the war-torn territory in the past 24 hours.