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The Associated Press

Sweden and Canada resume funding the U.N. aid agency for Palestinians

The U.S. airdrops humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Saturday. (Mahmoud Essa/AP)

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Another top donor to the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians said Saturday that it would resume funding, weeks after more than a dozen countries halted hundreds of millions of dollars of support in response to Israeli allegations against the organization.

Sweden's reversal came as a ship bearing tons of humanitarian aid was preparing to leave Cyprus for Gaza after international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory facing widespread hunger after five months of war.

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