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Heavy rainfall and cold temperatures have exacerbated the suffering of more than 1.5 million displaced Palestinians in Gaza, while across all sectors, humanitarian actors are still unable to operate at scale.<br \/>Humanitarian work is being hindered by insecurity, customs clearance challenges, the limited number of partners authorized by Israeli authorities to bring cargo into Gaza, delays and denials of cargo at crossings, and limited routes available for transporting supplies within Gaza, said Alakbarov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ramiz Alakbarov said Wednesday that there might be a turning point for Gaza, with both profound opportunity and considerable risk.Alakbarov told an open debate of the UN Security Council on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, that the announced start of the second phase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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