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World body says doesn’t have enough food to distribute because of Israeli siege on Strip
Associated Press
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UN aid workers are turning away thousands of Gaza residents meant to pick up food from UN distribution centers because the international organization has run out of supplies.
Some 20,000 people were meant to pick up rice, flour, sugar and oil on Saturday from a UN agency that distributes aid in Gaza. In all, some 750,000 Gazans are eligible for food aid.
But the UN says it doesn’t have enough food to distribute because of the closure of Gaza by Israel.
Israel has kept its border crossings closed for the past 11 days because Palestinian militants are firing rockets from Gaza at nearby Jewish communities.
Gaza’s power plant has also shut down because it has run out of industrial fuel. That’s caused widespread power cuts in Gaza.
