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UN warns that Gaza desperately needs more aid − an emergency relief expert explains why it is especially tough working in Gaza

  • Written by Paul Spiegel, Director of the Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins University
imageA Palestinian boy sits in a World Health Organization truck near a hospital in the southern area of the Gaza Strip. Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

United Nations agencies on Oct. 24, 2023, pleaded for more aid to be allowed into Gaza, saying that more than 20 times the amount of food, water and medical supplies and other items...

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