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Gaza Strip

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Palestinians struggle to feed their families as Israel blocks Gaza aid for nearly 60 days

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For nearly 60 days , no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip , blocked by Israel .

Aid groups are running out of food to distribute.

Markets are nearly bare. Meat, milk, cheese and fruit have disappeared. Bread and eggs are scarce. The few vegetables or other items in the market have skyrocketed in price.

At one of the few working grocery stores, shelves are bare except for one with bags of pasta.

Tomatoes sell for 50 shekels a kilo, almost $14 , compared to less than a dollar before the war.

Israeli troops have destroyed the vast majority of the territory’s farmland and greenhouses.

The remaining farms’ production has fallen for lack of water and supplies.

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