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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maram Humaid

‘Day of mourning’: 200,000 Palestinian families lose UN food aid

Aisha and her husband Suliman in their home in Gaza that was badly damaged after a nearby building was hit by Israel on May 13 [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera]

Gaza – The message Aisha Abu Obeid received on her mobile in early May hit her like a thunderbolt. Her monthly food voucher from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), it said, would be stopped next month.

“I felt like my soul was leaving me,” said the mother of seven whose husband is unemployed. “This voucher used to cover my family’s monthly basic food needs. I look forward to it at the beginning of each month.”

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