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Published 28 Aug, 2024 11:55pm

WFP suspends Gaza movement after vehicle hit by bullets near Israeli checkpoint

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has temporarily suspended movements across the Gaza Strip after it said one of its clearly marked vehicles was struck by at least 10 bullets while approaching an Israeli military checkpoint, Reuters reports.

WFP said in a statement that the convoy of two armoured vehicles had received “multiple clearances by Israeli authorities to approach” the checkpoint at the Wadi Gaza bridge on Tuesday evening.

No one in the vehicle struck was hurt.

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