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People in Gaza surviving on canned food as fresh produce rotting at border

Trucks queue with drivers waiting after Israel blocked the entry of aid through the borders, in the North Sinai city of Al Arish, Egypt, March 10, 2025 [File: Reuters]

Palestinians in Gaza have described surviving on canned food as the UN relief chief warns fresh produce is “rotting” at Gaza’s shuttered border since an Israeli blockade on crucial humanitarian aid started 10 days ago.

Tom Fletcher, chief of humanitarian affairs at OCHA, told the United Nations Security Council that all entry points into Gaza were closed to cargo with food “rotting, medicine expiring, and vital medical equipment stuck”.

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