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Hello and welcome to NewsHour for the BBC World Service.
We're coming to you live from London.
I'm James Menendez.
And we're going to begin today in Gaza,
focusing on the situation with supplies of food and medicine.
Israel's coming under growing international pressure to allow more aid into the territory.
It has been blocking all deliveries for the past 11 weeks in an effort to press Hamas to release the remaining hostages.
And that's led to widespread hunger, according to aid agencies.
Well, this week, the blockade was lifted.
In the past two days, about 100 trucks carrying essential supplies have been allowed.
in, although those have yet to be sent out.
More on that in a moment.
But first, let's get a picture of what it's like right now.
International journalists still aren't allowed into Gaza,
but we were sent this voice message from one resident of Gaza City.
He's Amjad Shawa.
I'm based in Gaza City.
I was very lucky that my home is still there and I could stay here.