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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

Trade convoys ‘squeezing out’ Gaza aid, humanitarian organisations say

A child sits on a pile of aid parcels while another standing in front of it looks at the camera
Humanitarian aid arriving at an UNWRA warehouse in Khan Younis on Friday. Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock

Aid shipments into southern Gaza are being squeezed out by commercial convoys, humanitarian organisations say, at a time when Israel’s military push into Rafah has choked off supply routes critical to feeding hundreds of thousands of people.

Deliveries of food, medicine and other aid into Gaza fell by two-thirds after Israel began its ground operation on 7 May, UN figures show. But overall the number of trucks entering Gaza rose in May compared with April, according to Israeli officials.

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