The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says that in the two weeks of the Gaza ceasefire, it reached 1.2 million people with food aid together with the World Food Programme.

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said the organisation has also opened 10 new shelters to support people returning to the north, giving out tents, blankets, plastic sheeting and warm clothes as storms and rain continue.

The agency, which Israel is trying to dismantle, has also repaired water wells and provided water and waste disposal services for nearly half a million people in and around UNRWA shelters, and is giving medical supplies to patients in its clinics.

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