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Israel has imposed financial restrictions on the main UN agency providing aid in the Gaza Strip, a measure which prevented a shipment of food for 1.1 million Palestinians from reaching the war-battered enclave, the agency's director said Friday.
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Israel has imposed financial restrictions on the main U.N. agency providing aid in the Gaza Strip, a measure which prevented a shipment of food for 1.1 million Palestinians from reaching the war-battered enclave, the agency's director said Friday. World News | Israel is Holding Up Food for 1.1 Million Palestinians in Gaza, the Main UN Aid Agency There Says.
The director of the main U.N. aid agency for Palestinians says Israeli restrictions are preventing food for 1.1 million people from reaching war-battered Gaza.
That stoppage means 1,049 shipping containers of rice, flour, chickpeas, sugar and cooking oil are stuck, even as an estimated 25% of families in Gaza face catastrophic hunger.