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Britain Leads Calls For Airdrops As Gaza Hunger Crisis Deepens

Palestinians return to Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp with food they have managed to obtain from a distribution point in the Israeli-controlled Netzarim Corridor. (Credit: AFP)

International pressure was mounting on Saturday for alternative ways to be found to deliver food to hungry Palestinian civilians in Gaza, with Britain vowing to back airdrops.

The UK decision to support the plans of regional partners Jordan and the United Arab Emirates came as pro-Palestinian activists piloted a symbolic aid vessel towards the shores of Gaza in defiance of an Israeli naval blockade.

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