Aid Finally Trickles Back Into Gaza After A Two-Month Israeli Blockade

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Palestinians distribute bundles of bread to displaced people after aid reaches Gaza, the first such delivery since Israel imposed a total blockade on March 2.

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00:00In southern Gaza's Khan Yunus, Palestinians distribute bread to displaced families as

00:26aid trucks begin arriving for the first time since March 2.

00:32The delivery follows mounting global pressure and severe shortages caused by Israel's Stoktel

00:38blockade.

00:43For over two and a half months, food and medicine had barely entered Gaza.

00:56Israel's blockade began after a truce with Hamas ended.

01:17Since strikes resumed on March 18, Gaza's health ministry says over 3600 people have been

01:24killed, bringing the total death toll to more than 53,000, mostly civilians.

01:34In northern Gaza, Israeli airstrikes continue.

01:38The military urges civilians to evacuate, targeting 14 areas including Gaza City and the Jabalia

01:44refugee camp.

01:48The vast majority of Gaza's 2.4 million residents have been displaced at least once.

01:55Under growing international scrutiny, Israel has now allowed a limited amount of aid to

02:00enter.

02:06The United Nations reported 87 aid trucks reached Gaza.

02:10Desperate residents intercepted some trucks driven by fear and hunger, not violence.

02:18a handful of the operations in central and southern Gaza have restarted baking bread with newly

02:33delivered flour.

02:36a handful of bakeries in central and southern gaza have restarted baking bread with newly

02:46delivered flour still the world food program wants the aid is far from enough one displaced

02:56father said he fears hunger and disease more than bombings families wait days for a small

03:02bundle of bread barely enough for large households meanwhile international criticism grows Britain

03:28Canada and France call the aid response wholly inadequate and one of potential action

03:34Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel might consider a temporary ceasefire to

03:44free remaining hostages but vowed the war against Hamas would continue

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