Package of more than 2,000 tonnes of food aid is being distributed by the UN's World Food Programme in Gaza and should feed 275,000 people, the government said.
The UK's largest delivery of aid to Gaza has crossed the border and is in the process of being distributed to hundreds of thousands of people, the foreign secretary confirmed on Tuesday.is being distributed by the UN's World Food Programme in Gaza and should feed 275,000 people, the government said.for a family of five for seven and a half days, and contains canned vegetables, meat and fish and date bars.
A spokesperson from the Foreign Office did not specify how much the aid package had cost when asked by ITV News, but said the UK has provided £8.25 million to the World Food Programme and is "continuing toneed sustained humanitarian access Famine is "imminent" in northern Gaza, according to recent research by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification , who predict it could occur anytime between mid-March and May.The package of more than 2,000 tonnes of food aid from the UK should feed 275,000 people, the government said.
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