UN calls for immediate increase in Gaza food aid after thousands storm warehouse
The UN World Food Program is calling for an immediate scale-up in food deliveries and distribution in Gaza to 'reassure people they will not starve.' The statement came as the agency reported 'hordes of hungry people' broke into one of its warehouses, and at least two people died and several more were injured.
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