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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
William Christou and Malak A Tantesh

How will Israel’s ‘humanitarian pauses’ affect Gaza’s starvation crisis?

Gaunt-looking Palestinians carry bags of flour from a food distribution point
Internally displaced Palestinians carrying bags of flour from a food distribution point in Zikim in northern Gaza. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA

On Sunday morning, Israel announced it would begin a daily “humanitarian pause” in three densely populated areas of Gaza as it comes under increasing international pressure to alleviate the territory’s worsening starvation crisis.

Other measures also announced include the resumption of airdropped aid, the activation of a desalination plant and the provision of humanitarian corridors to facilitate UN aid deliveries within Gaza.

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