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Aid arrives in southern Gaza through the Rafah Crossing with Egypt. Aid groups have sounded the alarm on the "apocalyptic" humanitarian situation in Gaza, warning it is close to being overwhelmed by disease and starvation. IMAGES
Food from the humanitarian aid that arrived from Egypt over the weekend is being cooked and distributed to displaced people at UNRWA school in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Ten children in Gaza are "losing one leg or two legs" every day, says Philippe Lazzarini, the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, as he delivers a press briefing in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip "only have enough fuel to run health services...for three more days" says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who blames closed border crossings for the shortage. "Fuel that we expected to be allowed in today has not been allowed in" he says, explaining that, if supplies are not able to get into Gaza, the WHO "cannot sustain our life-saving support." SOUNDBITE
Aid trucks drive into Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip as the Israel-Hamas war enters its seventh month. IMAGES
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