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Aid begins to trickle into Gaza after Israeli blockade

Elena Gyldenkerne
May 23, 2025

Deliveries of food and medicine have started to arrive in Gaza after Israel suspended most aid for 11 weeks. Some bakeries have reopened. Aid organizations say that what is coming in falls far short of meeting people's basic needs.

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