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After delays, Palestinians say first food aid beginning to be distributed in Gaza

The Times of Israel · last updated

Flour and other food aid will start reaching some of Gaza’s most vulnerable people on Thursday, aid workers said, as the United Nations confirmed that aid groups “collected and dispatched” around 90 of some 200 trucks that Israel has allowed to enter this week, but Palestinian officials said it is nowhere near enough to make up for shortages caused by an 11-week blockade.