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UN delivers food to northern Gaza for first time in two weeks amid ‘desperate’ situation
Palestinians look at the damage after an Israeli strike hit a tent area in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, October 14, 2024

THE United Nations has delivered food aid to northern Gaza for the first time in two weeks, the world body’s humanitarian agency said yesterday, warning that the situation there is “desperate.”

Israel’s ground and air offensive continues in the area, and there have been many civilian casualties in recent days, according to the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

OCHA aid workers said they hoped that 30 more lorries of food aid would enter northern Gaza by the end of yesterday.

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