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‘Sea change’ in Gaza aid seen, but much more needed, USAID chief says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power acknowledges humanitarian aid into Gaza had risen sharply in the past few days, and says the higher level of aid should be sustained and increased further.
“We are seeing a sea change, which we hope is sustained and expanded upon,” Power says at a hearing of the US Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees US diplomatic and foreign assistance spending.
“We need to go way beyond the 500 trucks,” Power says, referring to the amount of aid that entered the Strip before the war.
“We have famine-like conditions in Gaza and supermarkets filled with food within a couple of kilometers away,” she says at the hearing.
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