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Some are allowed out, but for most in Gaza the conditions only worsen

In one glimmer of hope, hundreds of people were allowed to enter Egypt from Gaza, which one U.N. official called a "graveyard" for children who are caught up in the fighting.

Demonstrators in the U.S. protest Israel's blockade of Gaza.
Demonstrators in the U.S. protest Israel's blockade of Gaza. (AN/Gayatri Malhotra/Unsplash)

With Israel intent on destroying Hamas and the United Nations powerless to slow the carnage, the humanitarian crisis for innocent Palestinians caught up in the fighting grew only more desperate as the number of people killed in Gaza crossed the 9,000 mark.

"We are running out of words to describe the horror unfolding in Gaza," World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a media briefing on Thursday.

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