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The Open Arms boat loaded with aid bound for Gaza returns to Cyprus after an Israeli air strike killed seven staff of the US-based food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) in the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
"We were outraged to learn of an IDF (Israel Defense Forces, ed) strike that killed a number of civilian humanitarian workers yesterday from the World Central Kitchen," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters during a briefing at the White House. SOUNDBITE
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls his organization's Palestinian refugee agency the "backbone" of Gaza aid after several countries suspended funding over Israeli claims 12 UNRWA staffers participated in the October 7 attacks. SOUNDBITE
First trucks carrying humanitarian aid for war-torn and besieged Gaza pass into the Rafah border crossing from Egypt. IMAGES
Sudan is descending into "death and destruction" at an unprecedented speed, UN chief Antonio Guterres tells a pledging conference in Geneva, as he stressed that attacks against civilians based on their ethnic identities "could amount to crimes against humanity." SOUNDBITE
Sudanese refugees in neighboring Chad who fled deadly fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitaries received humanitarian aid distributed by UNICEF in the village of Koufroun, near the town of Adré on the border between the two countries. At least 20,000 Sudanese have sought refuge in Chad since the conflict began, of whom about 5,000 have been registered, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). IMAGES
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