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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem

UN says it has no more food or tents for nearly 2m people in Gaza

A woman walks across an arid landscape
A displaced Palestinian woman leaves a dismantled camp in Rafah as people moved to safer areas in central Gaza on 15 May while Israeli forces continue to attack Hamas militants around the southern Gaza Strip city. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

The UN has run out of tents and food to distribute to almost 2 million people in Gaza, the majority displaced from their homes and dependent on aid to stave off looming famine.

UN officials told the Guardian on Wednesday afternoon that their warehouses were now completely empty south of the river dividing the northern third of the Gaza from the south, with no likelihood of resupply as long as the main entry points into the territory remain closed after Israeli offensives launched in recent days.

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