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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emma Graham-Harrison

Aid increase in ceasefire deal ‘is admission Israel could have done more’, experts say

Children gathered around a vat of food with bowls
The deal agreed this week allows for 600 trucks a day of aid to enter Gaza, where nine out of 10 Palestinians are going hungry and experts say famine is imminent in areas. Photograph: Hatem Khaled/Reuters

A provision to increase the aid entering Gaza under the ceasefire is welcome but insufficient, and shows Israel could have allowed more food, medicine and other supplies into the strip during the war, humanitarian and legal experts have said.

The deal agreed this week allows for 600 trucks a day of aid to enter Gaza, where nine out of 10 Palestinians are going hungry and experts warn that famine is imminent in areas. Israel faces accusations it is using starvation as a weapon of war.

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