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World Food Programme Country Director for Palestine Samer AbdelJaber has said the agency’s last-standing bakery in Gaza has come to a halt as there is no fuel to run the generators.

“Without fuel, we cannot move or deliver food to people,” he said in a post on X. “Life in Gaza will come to a standstill.

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