(16 Dec 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rafah, Gaza - 15 December 2023
1. Various of lorries with aid driving
2. Tanker lorry
STORYLINE:
Lorries with aid were seen driving in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.
It was not clear if they had crossed the border into Gaza and their destination was not known.
The U.S. has pushed Israel to allow more aid into Gaza, and the government said it would open a second entry point to speed up deliveries.
With only a trickle of aid able to enter and distribution disrupted by fighting, the U.N.’s World Food Program reported a surge from 38% to 56% in the number of displaced households experiencing severe levels of hunger in the space of under two weeks.
In the north, where aid has been unable to enter, “households … are expected to face a catastrophic situation,” the WFP said.
The offensive has killed more than 18,700 Palestinians, the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday before the communications blackout.
Thousands more are missing and feared dead beneath the rubble.
The ministry does not differentiate between civilian and combatant deaths.
Its latest count did not specify how many were women and minors, but they have consistently made up around two-thirds of the dead in previous tallies.
In their Oct. 7 attack, Hamas militants killed about 1,200 people in Israel, most of them civilians, and took more than 240 hostage.
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