A growing number of journalists and first responders in Gaza are going on hunger strike amidst the famine. “If you want to eat, you have to run after aid trucks. I refuse to do it,” says Mahmoud…

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<article data-history-node-id="424945" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-clans-reject-israeli-claim-hamas-stealing-food-aid" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-clans-reject-israeli-claim-hamas-stealing-food-aid" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza clans reject Israeli claim that Hamas is stealing food aid</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Gaza's deeply connected and well-armed clans rejected on Thursday the Israeli accusation that Hamas is once again stealing aid from trucks coming into Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.</p> <p>The aid trucks that enter Gaza via the Kareem Abu Salem crossing in the south and Zikim in the north carry flour, food and medical equipment, and are intended to supplement the aid distributed by the US military contractor-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the Times of Israel said.&nbsp;</p> <p><meta charset="UTF-8">“The clans came… to form a stance to prevent the aggressors and the thieves from stealing the food that belongs to our people,” Abu Salman al-Moghani, a representative of the major tribes, said.&nbsp;</p> <p>However representatives from the GHF also said they were not aware of any aid trucks having crossed into Gaza at all, and that GHF is the only aid operation in the enclave.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="424748" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/serbia-stop-arms-sales-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/serbia-stop-arms-sales-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Serbia to stop arms sales to Israel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">Serbia said on Monday that it will halt the arms sales to Israel, according to Bgnes news agency</p> <p>The move, announced by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, came after he had met with members of the Serbian army.</p> <p>According to Bgnes, the decision follows a protest against arms exports that was held in Belgrade and was organized by a group called “Support for the People of Palestine - Serbia” and supported by Pro-Palestine student protesters.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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