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This means that our teams need to wait, often for hours, for military activities to pause for their safety for a green light to be given by the Israeli authorities to proceed,
he told a regular briefing
In recent days, our colleagues on the ground report that attacks have struck tents and buildings where people are sheltering, causing scores of casualties,
he saidA handful of bakeries in south and central Gaza... have resumed bread production after dozens of trucks were finally able to collect cargo from the Kerem Shalom border crossing and deliver it overnight,
the WFP said in a statement
In the last couple of days we lost 29 children,
the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority health minister, Majed Abu Ramadan, told reporters, describing them as “starvation-related deaths”.
I can prove that nobody has received [aid]. No civilian has received anything yet. In fact, say most of these trucks are still in Kerem Shalom at the border, inspected, but not into Gaza,
Younis al-Khatib, the president of the Palestine Red Crescent society, told reportersI am tormented for my children.” ... For them, I fear hunger and disease more than I do Israeli bombardment.”
Hossam Abu Aida, 38, said ... He told AFPIt’s very hard to hide the rush or the looting that will happen,
he added
Some aid is finally reaching Gazans in desperate need, but it's moving far too slowly,
said Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Programme
Some bakeries will begin receiving flour to produce bread, and we expect the distribution of bread to begin later today,
Amjad al-Shawa, director of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network in Gaza, told the Reuters news agency on Thursday
I'm in awe of [the] courage of our humanitarians,
he addedFive hundred aid trucks are needed on a daily basis in order to avert the current food crisis in the territory,
Abu Azzoum explained
All of us here in Gaza, we don’t think about tomorrow because we don’t know what will happen tomorrow – whether we’re going to live or die,
Zidiah told Al JazeeraOur homes are empty – there is no bread, and our children are going hungry,
he told Al JazeeraNo civilian has received anything yet,
al-Khatib told reportersWe are running out of fuel. The capacity of ambulances we work with now is one third,
he added, saying
I think that is an invitation for killing. These people are starving,
he said
This plan is not a solution, it's a political decision,
Renard said
At market prices in Gaza right now, each truck full of flour is worth around $400,000 (£298,000),
Renard explainedWe must avoid a humanitarian crisis in order to preserve our freedom of operational action,
he told a news conference
At the end of the effort, all areas of the Gaza Strip will be under Israel’s security control — and Hamas will be totally defeated,
Mr. Netanyahu said