Cate Brown

3 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Karen DeYoung |Cate Brown

U.S. consulting firm quits Gaza humanitarian aid effort amid criticism (washingtonpost.com) U.S. consulting firm quits Gaza humanitarian aid effort amid criticism By Karen DeYoung; Cate Brown 2025060310000400 A U.S.- and Israeli-backed initiative to feed starving Gazans has struggled during its first week of operations, with the resignation of two top executives, allegations that the Israeli military has shot into crowds of civilians rushing to pick up aid packages, and the ongoing refusal of...

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Louisa Loveluck |Abbie Cheeseman |Cate Brown

U.N. condemns U.S. aid system in Gaza after Israel opens fire on crowd (washingtonpost.com) U.N. condemns U.S. aid system in Gaza after Israel opens fire on crowd By Louisa Loveluck; Abbie Cheeseman; Cate Brown 2025052811545400 JERUSALEM — A U.S.- and Israeli-backed process for distributing aid in the Gaza Strip faced growing criticism Wednesday after scores of Palestinians were wounded across two days of deliveries.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Gerry Shih |Cate Brown |Claire Parker |Karen DeYoung

Sweeping overhaul of Gaza aid raises questions of morality and workability (washingtonpost.com) Sweeping overhaul of Gaza aid raises questions of morality and workability By Gerry Shih; Cate Brown; Claire Parker; Karen DeYoung 2025052406005900 JERUSALEM — Last year, a group of former U.S. intelligence and defense officials and business executives, working in close consultation with Israel, prepared a proposal for supplying humanitarian aid to Gaza that would address Israeli government claims...

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Alex Horton |Imogen Piper |Cate Brown |Evan Hill

Dozens killed in U.S. strike on purported detention center in Yemen, visuals show (washingtonpost.com) Dozens killed in U.S. strike on purported detention center in Yemen, visuals show By Alex Horton; Imogen Piper; Cate Brown; Evan Hill 2025050409003800 A U.S. airstrike in Yemen on Monday appears to have killed at least three dozen people in a Houthi-run compound that human rights researchers say has been used for years as a detention center and at times for military purposes, according to...

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Claire Parker |Karen DeYoung |Gerry Shih |Cate Brown

Israel plans to control aid distribution in Gaza, use U.S. contractors (washingtonpost.com) Israel plans to control aid distribution in Gaza, use U.S. contractors By Claire Parker; Karen DeYoung; Gerry Shih; Cate Brown 2025050406004800 JERUSALEM — Israel is planning to take control of — and severely restrict — the distribution of humanitarian aid inside the Gaza Strip, using private American security contractors, as a condition for lifting its two-month blockade of supplies into the enclave,...