AP PHOTOS: Palestinians struggle to feed their families under Israeli food blockage

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AP PHOTOS: Palestinians struggle to feed their families under Israeli food blockage

2025-04-27 21:35 Last Updated At：22:00

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A World Food Program warehouse is seen empty in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Green chili peppers are displayed for sale at an outdoor food market in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinian children wait to receive donated food at a distribution center in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Sumaya Al-Najjar, 60, cuts stale bread to mix with rice to cook over a fire next to her family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Farmer Ahmed Al-Shaer, 20, holds green chili peppers grown in a greenhouse in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Empty water barrels are placed by the Al-Najjar family as they wait for the drinking water supplier to fill them in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Farmer Mahmoud Al-Shaer picks tomatoes from crops growing in a greenhouse in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Al-Najjar family eats peas with rice in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Tomato crops grow in a greenhouse in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Abeer Abu Shaar, 45, prepares a dish of bread mixed with lentil soup for her son, Ibrahim, 3, in their tent at Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A Palestinian worker holds one of the empty sacks of flour at the World Food Program warehouse in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Damaged cans of white beans are displayed for sale on a shelf at Al-Tayebat supermarket in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Sumaya Al-Najjar, 60, left, and Etemad Al-Maghari, 52, pour peas into a pot to cook over a fire next to their tents in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Empty shelves are seen at Al-Tayyibat supermarket in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025, amid ongoing food shortages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Mira Abu Shaar, 5, right, and her older sister, Raghad, 15, hold pots next to their family tent, as they wait for food to be prepared, in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A World Food Program warehouse is seen empty in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Mohammad Abu Zeid, 12, tastes the food prepared for a meal in his family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Somaya Al-Najjar, 60, pours frying oil to cook peas in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Green onions are displayed for sale at an outdoor food market in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Al-Najjar family prepares for a meal of peas with rice in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Maryam Al-Najjar, 38, opens a can of peas to prepare them for cooking in her family's tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Al-Najjar family eats peas with rice in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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A World Food Program warehouse is seen empty in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Green chili peppers are displayed for sale at an outdoor food market in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinian children wait to receive donated food at a distribution center in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Sumaya Al-Najjar, 60, cuts stale bread to mix with rice to cook over a fire next to her family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Farmer Ahmed Al-Shaer, 20, holds green chili peppers grown in a greenhouse in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Empty water barrels are placed by the Al-Najjar family as they wait for the drinking water supplier to fill them in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Farmer Mahmoud Al-Shaer picks tomatoes from crops growing in a greenhouse in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Al-Najjar family eats peas with rice in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Tomato crops grow in a greenhouse in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Abeer Abu Shaar, 45, prepares a dish of bread mixed with lentil soup for her son, Ibrahim, 3, in their tent at Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A Palestinian worker holds one of the empty sacks of flour at the World Food Program warehouse in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Damaged cans of white beans are displayed for sale on a shelf at Al-Tayebat supermarket in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Sumaya Al-Najjar, 60, left, and Etemad Al-Maghari, 52, pour peas into a pot to cook over a fire next to their tents in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Empty shelves are seen at Al-Tayyibat supermarket in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025, amid ongoing food shortages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Mira Abu Shaar, 5, right, and her older sister, Raghad, 15, hold pots next to their family tent, as they wait for food to be prepared, in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A World Food Program warehouse is seen empty in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Mohammad Abu Zeid, 12, tastes the food prepared for a meal in his family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Somaya Al-Najjar, 60, pours frying oil to cook peas in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Green onions are displayed for sale at an outdoor food market in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Al-Najjar family prepares for a meal of peas with rice in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Maryam Al-Najjar, 38, opens a can of peas to prepare them for cooking in her family's tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Al-Najjar family eats peas with rice in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Thousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in their contract disputes.

The strike was taking place at The Mount Sinai Hospital and two of its satellite campuses, with picket lines forming. The other affected hospitals are NewYork-Presbyterian and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

About 15,000 nurses are involved in the strike, according to New York State Nurses Association.

“After months of bargaining, management refused to make meaningful progress on core issues that nurses have been fighting for: safe staffing for patients, healthcare benefits for nurses, and workplace violence protections,” the union said in a statement issued Monday. “Management at the richest hospitals in New York City are threatening to discontinue or radically cut nurses’ health benefits.”

The strike, which comes during a severe flu season, could potentially force the hospitals to transfer patients, cancel procedures or divert ambulances. It could also put a strain on city hospitals not involved in the contract dispute, as patients avoid the medical centers hit by the strike.

The hospitals involved have been hiring temporary nurses to try and fill the labor gap during the walkout, and said in a statement during negotiations that they would “do whatever is necessary to minimize disruptions.” Montefiore posted a message assuring patients that appointments would be kept.

“NYSNA’s leaders continue to double down on their $3.6 billion in reckless demands, including nearly 40% wage increases, and their troubling proposals like demanding that a nurse not be terminated if found to be compromised by drugs or alcohol while on the job," Montefiore spokesperson Joe Solmonese said Monday after the strike had started. "We remain resolute in our commitment to providing safe and seamless care, regardless of how long the strike may last.”

New York-Presbyterian accused the union of staging a strike to “create disruption,” but said in a statement that it has taken steps to ensure patients receive the care they need.

"We’re ready to keep negotiating a fair and reasonable contract that reflects our respect for our nurses and the critical role they play, and also recognizes the challenging realities of today’s healthcare environment,” the statement said.

The work stoppage is occurring at multiple hospitals simultaneously, but each medical center is negotiating with the union independently. Several other hospitals across the city and in its suburbs reached deals in recent days to avert a possible strike.

The nurses’ demands vary by hospital, but the major issues include staffing levels and workplace safety. The union says hospitals have given nurses unmanageable workloads.

Nurses also want better security measures in the workplace, citing incidents like a an incident last week, when a man with a sharp object barricaded himself in a Brooklyn hospital room and was then killed by police.

The union also wants limitations on hospitals’ use of artificial intelligence.

The nonprofit hospitals involved in the negotiations say they’ve been working to improve staffing levels, but say the union’s demands overall are too costly.

Nurses voted to authorize the strike last month.

Both New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani had expressed concern about the possibility of the strike. As the strike deadline neared, Mamdani urged both sides to keep negotiating and reach a deal that “both honors our nurses and keeps our hospitals open.”

“Our nurses kept this city alive through its hardest moments. Their value is not negotiable,” Mamdani said.

State Attorney General Letitia James voiced similar support, saying "nurses put their lives on the line every day to keep New Yorkers healthy. They should never be forced to choose between their own safety, their patients’ well-being, and a fair contract.”

The last major nursing strike in the city was only three years ago, in 2023. That work stoppage, at Mount Sinai and Montefiore, was short, lasting three days. It resulted in a deal raising pay 19% over three years at those hospitals.

It also led to promised staffing improvements, though the union and hospitals now disagree about how much progress has been made, or whether the hospitals are retreating from staffing guarantees.

AP PHOTOS: Palestinians struggle to feed their families under Israeli food blockage

AP PHOTOS: Palestinians struggle to feed their families under Israeli food blockage

A World Food Program warehouse is seen empty in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Green chili peppers are displayed for sale at an outdoor food market in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinian children wait to receive donated food at a distribution center in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Sumaya Al-Najjar, 60, cuts stale bread to mix with rice to cook over a fire next to her family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Farmer Ahmed Al-Shaer, 20, holds green chili peppers grown in a greenhouse in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Empty water barrels are placed by the Al-Najjar family as they wait for the drinking water supplier to fill them in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Farmer Mahmoud Al-Shaer picks tomatoes from crops growing in a greenhouse in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Al-Najjar family eats peas with rice in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Tomato crops grow in a greenhouse in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Abeer Abu Shaar, 45, prepares a dish of bread mixed with lentil soup for her son, Ibrahim, 3, in their tent at Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A Palestinian worker holds one of the empty sacks of flour at the World Food Program warehouse in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Damaged cans of white beans are displayed for sale on a shelf at Al-Tayebat supermarket in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Sumaya Al-Najjar, 60, left, and Etemad Al-Maghari, 52, pour peas into a pot to cook over a fire next to their tents in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Empty shelves are seen at Al-Tayyibat supermarket in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025, amid ongoing food shortages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Mira Abu Shaar, 5, right, and her older sister, Raghad, 15, hold pots next to their family tent, as they wait for food to be prepared, in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A World Food Program warehouse is seen empty in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Mohammad Abu Zeid, 12, tastes the food prepared for a meal in his family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Somaya Al-Najjar, 60, pours frying oil to cook peas in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Green onions are displayed for sale at an outdoor food market in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Al-Najjar family prepares for a meal of peas with rice in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Maryam Al-Najjar, 38, opens a can of peas to prepare them for cooking in her family's tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Al-Najjar family eats peas with rice in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A World Food Program warehouse is seen empty in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Green chili peppers are displayed for sale at an outdoor food market in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinian children wait to receive donated food at a distribution center in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Sumaya Al-Najjar, 60, cuts stale bread to mix with rice to cook over a fire next to her family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Farmer Ahmed Al-Shaer, 20, holds green chili peppers grown in a greenhouse in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Empty water barrels are placed by the Al-Najjar family as they wait for the drinking water supplier to fill them in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Farmer Mahmoud Al-Shaer picks tomatoes from crops growing in a greenhouse in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Al-Najjar family eats peas with rice in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Tomato crops grow in a greenhouse in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Abeer Abu Shaar, 45, prepares a dish of bread mixed with lentil soup for her son, Ibrahim, 3, in their tent at Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A Palestinian worker holds one of the empty sacks of flour at the World Food Program warehouse in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Damaged cans of white beans are displayed for sale on a shelf at Al-Tayebat supermarket in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Sumaya Al-Najjar, 60, left, and Etemad Al-Maghari, 52, pour peas into a pot to cook over a fire next to their tents in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Empty shelves are seen at Al-Tayyibat supermarket in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025, amid ongoing food shortages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Mira Abu Shaar, 5, right, and her older sister, Raghad, 15, hold pots next to their family tent, as they wait for food to be prepared, in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A World Food Program warehouse is seen empty in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Saturday April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Mohammad Abu Zeid, 12, tastes the food prepared for a meal in his family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Somaya Al-Najjar, 60, pours frying oil to cook peas in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Green onions are displayed for sale at an outdoor food market in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Al-Najjar family prepares for a meal of peas with rice in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Maryam Al-Najjar, 38, opens a can of peas to prepare them for cooking in her family's tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Al-Najjar family eats peas with rice in their family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, April, 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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