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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nimo Omer

Tuesday briefing: What Israel’s new aid response of ‘basic food’ will – and won’t – deliver

Many Palestinians are now having just one meal a day, often made up of only rice and lentils, following more than two months of a blockade on aid.
Many Palestinians are now having just one meal a day, often made up of only rice and lentils, following more than two months of a blockade on aid. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

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As Israel intensifies its assault on Gaza, bombarding the already besieged strip with relentless airstrikes and expanding its ground operations to “take control of all areas”, the international community has urged Israel to open the border for aid. Countries including France, the UK and Canada have threatened action against Israel if it does not stop its assault on Gaza, which were described as “disproportionate” and “intolerable”.

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