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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Oliver Holmes

Agencies prepare to bring aid to starving people in Gaza as ceasefire appears to hold

Palestinians carry boxes containing aid supplies
Palestinians take aid supplies from trucks that arrived in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Saturday. Photograph: Ramadan Abed/Reuters

Aid agencies are preparing to bring large amounts of vital aid to starving people in Gaza this weekend, as a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas appeared to be holding.

“We have received signals that tomorrow will be the day that the scale-up [in aid deliveries] begins in earnest under the ceasefire,” said Tess Ingram, a spokesperson for the UN agency for children, Unicef.

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