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War-torn Gaza a 'constant peak emergency': UN official

Youths sift through waste at a landfill in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 15, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the besieged Palestinian territory. [AFP]

The Gaza Strip remains in a state of "constant peak emergency", a UN official said, as aid groups continue to face severe challenges in delivering assistance after more than a year of war.

"Every day is a struggle to make sure that we can provide our assistance," Antoine Renard, head of the World Food Programme (WFP) in the occupied Palestinian territories, told AFP shortly after a visit to war-torn Gaza.

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