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First Aid boat unloads in Gaza as Hamas proposes new truce

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A World Central Kitchen barge loaded with food arrives off Gaza, where there is a risk of famine after five months of Israel's military campaign. [Israel Defense Forces]

A first aid ship plying a new maritime corridor from Cyprus began unloading its cargo of desperately needed food in Gaza on Friday as Hamas proposed a new six-week truce in the war.

AFP footage showed the Open Arms, which set sail from Cyprus on Tuesday, towing a barge that the Spanish charity of the same name says is loaded with 200 tons of food for Gazans threatened with famine after more than five months of war.

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