内容摘要：UNICEF spokesperson Jonathan Crickx on Thursday said 65-70% of Gaza’s water system is damaged. Aid workers have instead set up water distribution points that rely on trucking.

UNICEF spokesperson Jonathan Crickx on Thursday said 65-70% of Gaza’s water system is damaged. Aid workers have instead set up water distribution points that rely on trucking.

That focus and grit is what led to Nakase, 45, to going from being a walk-on at UCLA to team captain as a 5-foot-2 freshman in 1998. It’s what made her the first Asian American player to join the now-defunct National Women’s Basketball League in 2003.Nakase is blazing a trail again as the

. That distinction adds to an already impressive rise to be the leader of, the league’s first expansion franchise since 2008. Their inaugural roster also happens to include championship-winningwho last month became the first Taiwanese American drafted.

It’s clear Nakase, who is of Japanese ancestry, isn’t rattled ascending to a larger spotlight.The Golden State Warriors organization, of which the Valkyries are a part of, has prepared her for being more public and “preparation builds confidence,” she said. Coaching is something Nakase expressed interest in as far back as 20 years when she was on the San Jose Spiders.

For people who may not see Asian American women as leaders, Nakase hopes her new role will change minds.

“I think it’s more like what’s in your mind rather than like the exterior part of it,” said Nakase, who at UCLA was often mistaken for a gymnast or tennis player. “The negative opinions fuel my fire, though.”For now, Israel is allowing Palestinians to return to Gaza after medical treatment. But the Palestinians fear that if the larger resettlement policy is enacted, they will be permanently exiled from their homeland, as hundreds of thousands were

. Those refugees and their descendants now number some 6 million, concentrated in built-up camps across the region.Two families who returned to Gaza said the road home included many checkpoints, and Israeli soldiers took their phones and money upon entering.

Israel’s defense ministry said that during security checks of residents returning from Jordan to Gaza, some people were found carrying undeclared cash amounts exceeding “normal limits” and was suspected of being “intended for terrorist use” in Gaza. It said the money was being held while the circumstances were investigated.It was unclear whether any aid organizations helped facilitate the children’s return.