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UN agencies still consider between half and two-thirds of Gazans "food insecure".
GAZA CROSSING POINTS
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Half the 1.5m population rely on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, for their staple foods.
Unrwa food distribution has been suspended several times since June 2007 as a result of border closures or fuel shortages. Israel usually says crossings are closed for security reasons, pointing to occasions when Palestinian militants have attacked the crossings or fired barrages of rockets into Israel.
The Unrwa rations provide about two-thirds of dietary needs, and so need to be supplemented by dairy products, meat, fish and fresh fruit and vegetables. Some of these items are grown locally, some allowed in from Israel, and some smuggled in through tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border. But aid agencies say availability of is reduced and sporadic, prices have risen and many Gazans simply cannot afford a balanced diet.
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