A week of fending off hunger in Gaza
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Men carried sacks of flour after raiding a truck that was carrying foodstuffs, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22.
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A Palestinian woman grieved over the body of a man killed at a food distribution point in the southern Gaza Strip, at the Nasser hospital on July 19.
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Palestinian children waited for a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22.
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A displaced Palestinian child sat next to a pot of lentil soup that he received at a food distribution point in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on July 25.
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Palestinian mothers sat with their malnourished children as they awaited treatment at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 24.
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A Palestinian boy waited for a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22.
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Israeli activists took part in a protest against the war in the Gaza Strip, Israel's measures regarding food distribution, and the forced displacement of Palestinians, in Tel Aviv on July 22.
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Rama, a 4-month-old malnourished Palestinian girl, laid in a hospital bed as she awaited treatment at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 24.
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A woman caressed a child's head as Palestinians waited at a food distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 19.
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People carried sacks of flour walk along al-Rashid street in western Jabalia on June 17 after humanitarian aid trucks reportedly entered the northern Gaza Strip through the Israeli-controlled Zikim border crossing, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
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The mother of Yahya Fadi al-Najjar, an infant who died due to malnourishment, mourned as she held his body during the funeral at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 20.
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A Palestinian girl sought out a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22.
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Crowds struggled to get to the beginning of the line at a food distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 19.
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A displaced Palestinian girl took a sip of lentil soup that she received at a food distribution point in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on July 25.
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Palestinians gathered at a food distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 19.
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Mohammed al-Mutawaq, an 18-month-old Palestinian boy suffering from medical issues and displaying signs of malnutrition, lay on a mattress inside a tent in the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 24.
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