Gaza, Israel and aid
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government finally relented: this week,trucks have been allowed to drive into the Gaza Strip to bring humanitarian aid to the population, which is at risk of famine as the war
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Fifteen World Food Programme trucks were looted in southern Gaza late Thursday as 2 million people face "extreme hunger and famine without immediate action."
A U.S.-backed organization aims to start work in the Gaza Strip by the end of May, overseeing a new model of aid distribution in the Palestinian enclave, but the United Nations says the plan is not impartial or neutral,
Concerns raised in a confidential planning document appear prescient, with humanitarian groups, possible donors and some senior IDF officers questioning the plan.
Humanitarian organisations warn of acute levels of hunger among the 2.1 million population in Gaza after Israel eases its 11-week aid blockade.
A U.S.-backed organization aims to start work in the Gaza Strip by the end of May, overseeing a new model of aid distribution in the Palestinian enclave, but the United Nations says the plan is not impartial or neutral,