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Lauren Migaki

Rafah is running out of food, even as the U.S. pier starts operating in Gaza

The U.S. military finished installing the floating pier in Gaza on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. (U.S. Central Command /AP)

Aid groups warn of a looming crisis in Gaza's southern city of Rafah where they have no more food to distribute since the closure of the Rafah border crossing over a week ago, even as the first trucks of humanitarian aid entered Gaza via a temporary pier built by the U.S.

"In Rafah we have run out of food," says Matthew Hollingworth, the country director for the UN's World Food Programme in the Palestinian territories. He says the group still has some food in other areas of Gaza, but those supplies are also running low. "We have to be very careful what we do with it. We're having to target specific communities in the greatest of needs and we're having to prioritize what we give."

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