Ship with food aid leaves Cyprus for Gaza

A ship carrying 200 tonnes of aid for Gaza has left Cyprus. The shipment is a pilot project to open a sea corridor to deliver supplies to a population that aid agencies say is on the brink of famine.
But senior UN officials said it could not replace the delivery of humanitarian aid by land from Egypt and Jordan.
Separately, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday it had managed to get the first aid road convoy into Gaza City in the north of the Gaza Strip since 20 February.
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