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UN says Gaza faces rising hunger, limited fuel and water; urges scale-up of aid and ceasefire
Summary
The United Nations reported escalating humanitarian needs in Gaza, with rising malnutrition and insufficient aid and fuel to sustain critical services, and reiterated calls for a ceasefire and expanded humanitarian access to reach roughly 2 million people in need.
The United Nations briefed that humanitarian conditions in Gaza have deteriorated sharply, with starvation increasing, widespread damage to health facilities and shortages of medicine, fuel and clean water that limit lifesaving operations.
The UN reported that 71 community kitchens prepared and delivered more than 270,000 hot meals across Gaza in a recent 24-hour period, including about 10,000 meals delivered to health facilities, but said the number of meals is "far below" what is needed to reach more than 2,000,000…
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