Northern Gaza still heading toward famine, says deputy WFP chief

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The northern Gaza Strip is still heading toward a famine, the deputy U.N. food chief said on Thursday, appealing for a greater volume and diversity of aid to be allowed into the enclave and for Israel to allow direct access from its Ashdod port through Erez crossing.

UNITED NATIONS - The northern Gaza Strip is still heading toward a famine, the deputy U.N. food chief said on Thursday, appealing for a greater volume and diversity of aid to be allowed into the enclave and for Israel to allow direct access from its Ashdod port through Erez crossing.Israel pledged three weeks ago to improve aid access, including reopening Erez and allowing the use of Ashdod port. The move came after U.S.

But they had to travel through Israel to be inspected at the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing on Gaza's southern border before traveling back up an Israeli military road along the Gaza border fence to enter northern Gaza via Erez crossing.

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