Israel allows foreign countries to parachute aid into Gaza
A senior IDF official told Sky News on Friday: "Starting today, Israel will allow foreign countries to parachute aid into .
"Starting this afternoon, the WCK organisation began reactivating its kitchens."Humanitarian aid organisation World Central Kitchen in Gaza in November after a number of its workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike last year.
Aid workers in Gaza - who help provide food, medicine and shelter for the millions displaced there - have been affected by the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - an Israel and US-backed organisation - has been distributing food packages in Gaza since the end of May, after Israel eased its 11-week blockade of aid into the territory.
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More than 1,000 people have reportedly been killed while trying to receive food aid since then, according to the UN, with the territory facing a starvation crisis.
On Friday the UN warned the enclave was running out of specialised therapeutic foods to treat malnourished children.
Israel has been at war with Hamas in Gaza after the Palestinian militant group , on 7 October 2023.
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