Gaza: Latest Updates
Updated: 1/22/2025 On January 15th, Israeli and Hamas reached a three-phase ceasefire agreement, temporarily halting the warfare after 470 continuous days. The ceasefire comes in 3 phases, with Phase 1 lasting six weeks and marked by the release of hostages by both Hamas and Israeli, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from central Gaza, and […]
Disasters Are Not Natural
We often speak of “natural disasters” as the floods, winds, fires and earthquakes that can wreak such great damage on our communities, seemingly at random. But in truth, disasters are never truly natural and they are less random than we realize. Experts use the following as shorthand to demonstrate this notion that nearly all disasters […]
Ukraine Conflict: 2 Years On
February 24th marked two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion into Ukraine, the largest attack on a European country since World War II. Those past 24 months have been marked by tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties, millions fleeing the country, and millions more internally displaced within its borders. The refugee crisis is the worst […]
California Storm Response
The unprecedented rainfall continues throughout much of California. Millions of people continue to face extremely dangerous conditions from ongoing flooding and mudslides that are damaging homes and infrastructure. From our home office in a deluged Los Angeles, Operation USA is standing witness firsthand to the destructive conditions. We are working closely with our community partners […]
Hawaii Wildfire Response
OpUSA has deployed emergency grants and continues to assess opportunities to help Hawaii.