UN aid agency: Israel is holding up food for 1.1M Palestinians in Gaza

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UN aid agency: Israel is holding up food for 1.1M Palestinians in Gaza
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UNRWA operations have been threatened following Israeli accusations that some of its workers participated in Hamas's October 7 attack.

Palestinians wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages, in Rafah. / Photo: Reuters

That stoppage means 1,049 shipping containers of rice, flour, chickpeas, sugar and cooking oil — enough to feed 1.1 million people for one month — are stuck, even as an estimated 25 percent of families in Gaza face catastrophic hunger. Israel has long railed against UNRWA, accusing it of tolerating or even collaborating with Hamas and perpetuating the 76-year-old Palestinian refugee crisis. UNRWA, which serves about 6 million Palestinians whose families were displaced in 1948, denies the charges.

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