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Newshour: 17/05/2024 13:06 GMT: US confirms first aid trucks via Gaza pier

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US confirms first aid trucks via Gaza pier

17/05/2024 13:06 GMT

17/05/2024 13:06 GMT: US confirms first aid trucks via Gaza pier

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A temporary pier built by American troops has been used for the first time to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. The first consignments were brought ashore a few hours ago. The development follows a call by the US State Department on Thursday for Israel to do more to get aid into Gaza where conditions are deteriorating. The UN has said there will soon be no food left in the territory and warned that although the newly completed pier will help, re-opening land crossings is still the most effective way to get supplies into Gaza. 

Also, the UN humanitarian aid chief has defended the organisation's use of casualty figures during the war in Gaza after criticism by Israel. We have an interview with Martin Griffiths.

We will hear from the frontline of the war in Ukraine. And did the Egyptians use waterways to construct the Pyramids?

Also, we will speak to the Nigerian Minister for Women's Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, who's trying to ban mass weddings to protect young girls.


(Photo: The aid will be collected from a floating base before being transported to Gaza. Credit: Reuters)

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