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Gaza’s humanitarian crisis arose from the Israel-Hamas war that broke out earlier this month. On October 7, Hamas — a militant group located in Gaza — launched a massive attack on Israel. In retaliation, Israel sieged and launched airstrikes at the territory, which took a toll on the 2.4 million Palestinians in Gaza.The Israeli missiles badly damaged Gaza roads, and the people of Gaza were without shipments of food, water, medicine and other essentials for nearly two weeks.
Israel said that it would not block the delivery of food, water and medicine into Gaza. Earlier this week, a US based humanitarian organisation delivered 47,000 hot meals to Palestinians in Gaza,that the deal the US struck with Israel and Egypt to provide aid to Gaza is a “start,” but that there will be challenges to the aid operation, such as the damaged roads and infrastructure.
The WHO, in partnership with the Egypt and Palestine Red Crescent societies, have trucks “loaded and ready to go” to deliver aid and supplies to Gaza once the border crossing opens, which could happen on Friday., with more than 4,000 dead on both sides. More than a million were displaced as they fled their homes ahead of Israel’s invasion that was intended to eliminate Hamas.
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