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In Gaza, medical supplies, food and water are running dangerously low

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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Samer Abdeljaber, the World Food Program's Palestine Country director, about the U.N. organization's efforts to get food aid into Gaza.

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  1. Gaza's desperate civilians search for food, water and safety, as warnings of Israeli offensive mount

    Headline from The Republic ·

  2. Desperately needed aid piles up outside Gaza as WHO warns water is running out

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

  3. Newest

    In Gaza, medical supplies, food and water are running dangerously low

    Headline from Delaware Public Media ·

3 reports not tied to one development ·

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  1. The Conversation US

    Gaza depends on UN and other global aid groups for food, medicine and basic services – Israel-Hamas war means nothing is getting in (opens The Conversation US)

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    The Conversation US's feed description

    Many people in Gaza are reliant on the United Nations and other international aid groups to meet their basic needs, like food and medical care. A scholar of peace and conflict economics explains why.

  2. Wfmy News 2

    Palestinians in Gaza struggle to follow Israeli evacuation order and face dire water shortage (opens Wfmy News 2)

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    Wfmy News 2's feed description

    The evacuation directive covers an area of 1.1 million residents, or about half the territory’s population.

  3. Portland Press Herald

    Water runs out at UN shelters in Gaza. Medics fear for patients as Israeli ground offensive looms (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Relief groups called for the protection of the over 2 million civilians in Gaza urging an emergency corridor be established for the transfer of humanitarian aid.

  4. The Republic

    Gaza's desperate civilians search for food, water and safety, as warnings of Israeli offensive mount (opens The Republic)

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    The Republic's feed description

    DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza’s 2.3 million civilians faced a deepening struggle for food, water and safety Sunday and braced for a looming invasion a week after Hamas militants launched a deadly assault on Israel.

  5. Bloomberg

    Gaza Grows Desperate as Supplies Run Out, Ground Offensive Looms (opens Bloomberg)

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    KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Medics in Gaza warned Sunday that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people ran desperately low on fuel and basic supplies. Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave struggled to find food, water and safety ahead of an expected Israeli ground offen…

  6. The Republic

    Gaza's limited water supply raises concerns for human health (opens The Republic)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — A lack of clean water in the Gaza Strip is raising major concerns for human health. “Gaza is running out of water, and Gaza is running out of life,” said Philippe Lazzarini, chief of the U.N. agency for Palestinians.

  7. NPR

    Food and water in Gaza are scarce. U.N. is limited in what it can do for civilians (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    NPR's A Martinez talks to Adnan Abu-Hasna of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, about the worsening humanitarian conditions in Gaza.

  8. Wyoming Public Media

    Israel-Hamas war: Water is scarce in Gaza, and rockets force Blinken into a bunker (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    "Gaza is running dry," and families are turning to unsafe water, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said on Monday. The crisis comes as masses of people try to flee northern Gaza.

  9. Wyoming Public Media

    Israel-Hamas war: Water is scarce in Gaza, and Blinken is back in Israel (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    "Gaza is running dry," and families are turning to unsafe water, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said on Monday. The crisis comes as masses of people try to flee northern Gaza.

  10. PBS NewsHour

    Food, water and medicine run low in Gaza amid deadly Israeli airstrikes, delayed aid (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Trucks carrying badly needed aid have been waiting at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt for days as mediators press for a cease-fire that would allow them enter Gaza and allow foreigners to leave.

  11. PBS NewsHour

    Thousands at risk of dying in Gaza hospitals, cut off by Israel from fuel, water and supplies (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Medics in Gaza warned Sunday that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people ran desperately low on fuel and basic supplies. Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave struggled to find food, water and safety ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive in the war sparked by Hama…

  12. Forbes

    Israel Dismisses Reports Of Ceasefire And Aid After UN Warns Gaza Is Running Out Of Water And Food (opens Forbes)

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    The UN Palestinian Refugee Agency said its staff in Gaza can no longer provide humanitarian assistance in the territory due to the ongoing blockade.

  13. Insider

    Gazans run out of food, water, and power amid Israeli strikes (opens Insider)

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    Gaza residents are running out of resources like food and water amid Israeli airstrikes. 500,000 people have relocated from Gaza City.

  14. NPR

    The latest in Gaza as power, drinking water and medical supplies are running out (opens NPR)

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    Israel vows it's preparing a land attack after 10 days of air strikes after Hamas militants killed more than 1,300 people in Israel. Power, potable water and medical supplies are running out in Gaza.

  15. The Guardian

    Crisis in Gaza: why food, water and power are running out (opens The Guardian)

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    Israel’s strict blockade has cut off vital resources and left Gaza facing a humanitarian disaster

  16. CNN

    Desperately needed aid piles up outside Gaza as WHO warns water is running out (opens CNN)

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    Vital humanitarian aid is piling up at the shuttered Gaza border, despite diplomatic efforts to open a corridor with Egypt, as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that water is running out for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the bombarded territory.

  17. Al Jazeera

    No painkillers, water, food shortages: What to know about Gaza situation (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Gaza’s residents are grappling with shortages of food and water while hospitals are overwhelmed amid Israeli bombing.

  18. Delaware Public Media

    People in Gaza are said to be in need of shelter, food, water and medicine (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Aid groups in the Gaza Strip are warning that the enclave is near complete collapse. Gaza is under an Israeli siege that is blocking basic humanitarian needs from getting in.

  19. Christian Science Monitor

    Food, water, shelter: Gazans navigate dire shortages as war rages (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    Before the war, Gaza was already overcrowded, and power, water, and food were in chronic short supply. Now, with Gazans under siege and displaced in search of safety, a humanitarian crisis is intensifying.

  20. CNN

    Cut off from water, power and aid: See where Gaza is struggling (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The humanitarian crisis grows more dire by the hour in the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war rages on.

  21. The Guardian

    Israel-Hamas war live: lack of water in Gaza ‘a health crisis on the brink of explosion’, says charity (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Action Against Hunger says overcrowded displacement shelters are close to breaking point

  22. Delaware Public Media

    In Gaza, medical supplies, food and water are running dangerously low (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    NPR's Michel Martin talks to Samer Abdeljaber, the World Food Program's Palestine Country director, about the U.N. organization's efforts to get food aid into Gaza.

  23. Maine Public

    As desperate Gaza residents run out of food and water, aid trucks back up at border (opens Maine Public)

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    Maine Public's feed description

    Negotiations over how to deliver the aid had continued into Friday morning. The humanitarian situation in Gaza has grown dire, aid groups say, with shortages of food, water and medicine.

  24. Wyoming Public Media

    As desperate Gazans run out of food and water, aid trucks back up at the border (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    Negotiations over how to deliver the aid had continued into Friday morning. The humanitarian situation in Gaza has grown dire, aid groups say, with shortages of food, water and medicine.

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