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COVID-19, Israeli blockade pose serious threat to food security in Gaza 

The economic turmoil caused by Israeli blockade and the COVID-19 pandemic threatens both economic and physical access to food for people in the Gaza Strip.

The economic turmoil caused by Israeli blockade and the COVID-19 pandemic threatens both economic and physical access to food for people in the Gaza Strip. Around eighty percent of Gazans receive aid from international agencies to feed their families and food security remains a major challenge for international aid agencies. Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli blockade for nearly 13 years.