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Israel Says It Will Allow Limited Food into Gaza as Over 2 Million Palestinians Face Famine

HeadlineMay 19, 2025

On Sunday, Israel announced it would begin allowing what it called a “basic amount of food” into Gaza following an 11-week blockade on all food, aid and medicine. Last week, a key hunger monitor warned one in five Palestinians in Gaza are facing starvation.

In more news on Gaza, NBC News reports the Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently remove 1 million Palestinians from Gaza and transfer them to Libya. On Friday, U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk said Israel’s actions in Gaza are “tantamount to ethnic cleansing.”

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