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2nd batch of aid crosses into Gaza as Israel intensifies strikes

People on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing watch as a convoy of lorries carrying humanitarian aid crosses to the Gaza Strip on Sunday. (Mohammed Assad/AFP via Getty Images)

A second installment of humanitarian aid arrived in Gaza on Sunday as Israel intensified its bombing campaign in the region.

COGAT, the Israeli military agency in charge of Palestinian civil affairs, said essential supplies provided by the United Nations entered the southern Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing in Egypt. The shipment only included water, food and medical equipment, and it was inspected by Israeli security officials prior to entering Gaza.

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