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UN appeals for $2.8 billion in funding for Gaza, West Bank
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Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip pass through the inspection area at the Kerem Shalom Crossing in southern Israel, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
The United Nations appeals for $2.8 billion in funding to assist more than three million people in Gaza and the West Bank until the end of the year.
A flash appeal published by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that sum was needed to help 3.1 million people and “reduce human suffering and prevent further loss of life.”
A major chunk of funding – $782.1 million – will be destined for food aid for 2.2 million people in Gaza and 400,000 people in the West Bank, the appeal says.
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