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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jitendra Joshi

Aid ship approaches Gaza after coming from Cyprus laden with food

A ship transporting nearly 200 tonnes of much-needed aid was close to the shores of Gaza on Friday following United Nations warnings that famine is stalking the besieged Palestinian territory.

The charity ship Open Arms left the port of Larnaca three days ago towing a barge containing flour, rice and protein donated by the US-based humanitarian group World Central Kitchen (WCK), which said it had another consignment of 300 tonnes of food aid being loaded in Cyprus.

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