Aid boat readied as Gaza fighting rages before Ramadan

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A boat carrying desperately needed aid for war-ravaged Gaza, where the UN has repeatedly warned of famine, prepared to sail from Cyprus as deadly fighting raged Saturday between Israeli troops and Hamas militants ahead of Ramadan.

The sea route aims to counter access restrictions, which humanitarians and Western governments have blamed on Israel, more than five months into the war which has left Gaza’s 2.4 million people struggling to survive, particularly in the Palestinian territory’s north.

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