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Gaza aid distribution struggles amid overcrowding, debris, lack of fuel

Members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society distribute aid to people in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, in this handout picture released on 25th October, 2023

Reuters Distribution of food and medical supplies is faltering in Gaza due to a chronic lack of fuel, looting of stores, the choking of streets with rubble from Israeli shelling and overcrowding caused by displacement of civilians. And despite an uptick in the trickle of supplies, the number of aid trucks entering Gaza remains tiny […]

Hundreds of health centres at risk of closure in Afghanistan – WHO

Afghanistan Kabul

Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at risk of imminent closure because the Western donors who finance them are barred from dealing with the new Taliban government, a World Health Organization official said on Monday. Around 90 per cent of 2,300 health facilities across the country might have to close as soon […]