# Aid supplies were expected to enter Gaza after a blockade lasting nearly three months. Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to the arrangement after allies threatened to withdraw support for his country, because they cannot accept the images of hunger coming from the territory. Global food security experts have warned of famine across the territory, with a UN-backed report warning one in five people in Gaza were facing starvation. According to the Associated Press news agency 20 aid trucks carrying mostly food would go into the territory.
Israel to allow food into Gaza, after allies apply pressure on Netanyahu