"Continued Aid Efforts for Gaza Amidst Conflict and Criticism"
A convoy carrying 332 tons of food for Gaza, sourced by U.S. charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) and financed mainly by the UAE, has left Cyprus's Larnaca port in the second aid shipment this month after Israel eased a 17-year naval blockade on the Gaza Strip. The aid, which will be taken to Gaza on a cargo ship and a barge towed by a salvage vessel, aims to alleviate the imminent famine in the northern Gaza Strip, where 300,000 people are trapped by fighting. The United Nations has warned that more than half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million could face famine by July, and while the aid delivered by sea is welcome, it cannot meet people's needs, prompting calls for Israel to allow more aid to arrive by land.
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