BRUSSELS (AP) — Humanitarian aid groups appealed on Thursday to the European Union to release tens of millions of euros in funding due to the main U.N. agency that delivers most aid to people in the Gaza Strip as the organization teeters on the brink of financial collapse. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, was due to disburse 82 …
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A quarter of Gaza’s population is one step from famine and aid trucks are looted, UN says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At least one quarter of Gaza’s population – 576,000 people – are one step away from famine and virtually the entire population desperately needs food resulting in some aid trucks being shot at, looted and overwhelmed by hungry people, top U.N. officials said Tuesday. The officials from the U.N. humanitarian office and the U.N.’s food and …
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