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By Malu Cursino BBC News


A group of UN agencies have called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as conditions worsen in the territory.

The World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) were among five agencies who described the situation in Gaza as "catastrophic" in a joint statement.

The UN's plea for a de-escalation of the conflict comes as Israel warns of intensified strikes on Gaza.

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[-] autotldr 5 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Prior to the war, about 500 aid trucks a day were entering Gaza, said a spokesman from ActionAid Palestine.

A significant proportion of those living in the territory - some 1.2 million people - already relied on aid before the recent conflict erupted, according to the UN.

Israel is widely expected to launch a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip, but the timing remains unknown.

The Gaza Strip is a densely-populated enclave bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt.

Also on Saturday, leaders of the Arab world rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians into the Sinai peninsula.

Speaking at a summit in Cairo, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said the only solution was an independent state for Palestinians.


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