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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza

‘Sympathy shifted to Israel’: many fear Iran attack has distracted aid effort

Bashir Alyan, a 52-year-old former employee of the Palestinian Authority, who is now living in a tent in Rafah with his five children.
Bashir Alyan, a 52-year-old former employee of the Palestinian Authority, who is now living in a tent in Rafah with his five children. Photograph: Enas Tantish

Iran’s attack on Israel tested the country’s air defences, but repaired – at least temporarily – Tel Aviv’s fractured relationship with Washington, and pushed the war and the looming famine in Gaza out of the headlines and down the diplomatic agenda.

In Gaza, where almost all the civilian population is displaced and hungry after more than six months of war, this shift in attention has been felt acutely.

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