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

‘We’ll run out of food this week’: Israel’s Iran war brings new Gaza siege

Children seeking food in the Gaza Strip
Displaced Palestinian families gather for free meals from a charitable kitchen at Al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Nusairat, Gaza Strip, on 28 February Photograph: Moiz Salhi/APAImages/Shutterstock

Israel closed all crossings into Gaza indefinitely when it attacked Iran, imposing a siege that has already pushed up food prices and threatens to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis.

After more than two years of war, and with Israeli forces in control of about 60% of the territory, almost all of Gaza’s food must be brought in.

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