Announcement in State of the Union speech comes amid warnings of a widespread famine among the territory’s 2.3 million Palestinians
Maritime corridor from Cyprus to Gaza to deliver humanitarian assistanceHowever, Israeli defence officials said the main problem remains the distribution of the aid after it reaches the Gaza shore and how to stop the supplies being looted or seized by Hamas gunmen.
At least two people were killed and several wounded by humanitarian aid packages that were dropped into northwest Gaza city on Friday. Videos of American packages, whose parachutes did not open, were distributed on social media. Families and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza sit inside cages as they block the main road leading from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA
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