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A ship belonging to the Open Arms aid group approaches the shores of Gaza towing a barge with 200 tons of humanitarian aid on Friday . - AP
The charity World Central Kitchen aims to deliver the aid on a temporary jetty, though precise details of how supplies would reach shore had not been made clear. The war began with an attack by Hamas Islamist fighters from Gaza who killed 1,200 people and seized 253 hostages in Israel on Oct 7, according to Israeli tallies.
Like earlier offers from both sides over the past two months of talks, the Hamas proposal, reviewed by Reuters, envisions the release of dozens of Israeli hostages in return for hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli jails. The United Nations said all of Gaza's 2.3 million people were suffering from a food crisis and a quarter of them are on the precipice of famine, especially in the north.
In one of the worst reported incidents yet, Gaza health authorities reported at least 21 people had been killed and 150 wounded on Thursday night, blaming Israeli forces for opening fire into a crowd queuing up for food at a road junction near Gaza City.
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