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December 15, 2023

Starving Gazans Intercept Humanitarian Aid Trucks in Search of Food
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On Thursday, Israel once again cut phone and internet service across
most of Gaza, further hampering relief efforts. The World Food Programme
reports half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million people is "starving,"
while nine out of 10 people are not eating enough and don't know where
their next meal will come from. On Thursday, Philippe Lazzarini, the
head of the U.N.'s agency for Palestinian refugees, said it has become
almost impossible to distribute the small amount of aid Israel is
allowing into Gaza.

Philippe Lazzarini: "People are stopping aid trucks, taking the food and
eating it right away. And this is how desperate and hungry they are. And
I witnessed this firsthand."



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