More Than 545,000 Palestinians Have Crossed in Northern Gaza, UN Says 

Palestinians make their way along Salah Al-Din road amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, 03 February 2025. (EPA) 
Palestinians make their way along Salah Al-Din road amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, 03 February 2025. (EPA) 
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More Than 545,000 Palestinians Have Crossed in Northern Gaza, UN Says 

Palestinians make their way along Salah Al-Din road amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, 03 February 2025. (EPA) 
Palestinians make their way along Salah Al-Din road amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip, 03 February 2025. (EPA) 

More than 545,000 Palestinians are estimated to have crossed from southern Gaza to northern Gaza in the past week since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire took effect, said the United Nations.

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Monday that the UN and its humanitarian partners also report that over 36,000 people have been observed moving from northern Gaza to the south during the same period.

In North Gaza, UN partners said three temporary sites that have been established in Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya and Jabalya, each capable of holding 5,000 people.

As more humanitarian aid enters Gaza and the ceasefire continues to hold, Dujarric said UN partners report that prices have started to fall, though they remain about pre-conflict levels.

“One-third of households reportedly have better access to food, but consumption remains significantly below levels prior to the escalation of hostilities,” he said. “For most households, the primary obstacle is just lack of cash.”

Meanwhile, UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher arrived Monday for a weeklong visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Dujarric said.

He is expected to visit the West Bank and Gaza Strip and meet with senior officials to see first-hand “and get a better understanding of the obstacles facing aid partners, and also look at how to best and improve our humanitarian operations.”



US Aircraft Carrier Collides with Merchant Ship Near Egypt, No Injuries Reported

Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is moored near Split, Croatia, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP)
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is moored near Split, Croatia, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP)
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US Aircraft Carrier Collides with Merchant Ship Near Egypt, No Injuries Reported

Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is moored near Split, Croatia, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP)
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is moored near Split, Croatia, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP)

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision at sea with a merchant vessel near Port Said, Egypt, the Navy said Thursday.

The collision occurred late Wednesday while both ships were moving. It did not result in flooding or injuries aboard the carrier, and there was no damage to the ship's propulsion systems, the Navy said in a statement.

None of the crew on the merchant ship, the Besiktas-M, were injured either, according to a defense official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide details that had not yet been made public.

The Truman, which is based in Norfolk, Virginia, deployed in September to the Mediterranean and the Middle East. It had just completed a port call in Souda Bay, Greece.