(8 Mar 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Rafah crossing, southern Gaza Strip - 8 March 2024 1. Various of trucks loaded with flour passing over the Kerem Shalom crossing 2. Various of a truck being unloaded 3. Wide of Egyptian flag 4. Wide of truck with aid 5. Various of pallets of aid from the Word Food Programme (WFP) in Gaza 6. Mid of WFP signage of side of pallet of aid 7. Various of trucks loaded with aid leaving the crossing 8. Wide of street with people and trucks carrying aid STORYLINE: Dozens of trucks carrying aid crossed from Egypt into the Gaza Strip Friday hours after U.S. President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. military will set up a temporary port off Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to support deliveries. Efforts to dramatically ramp up aid deliveries signaled growing frustration in the United States and Europe with Israel’s conduct in the war. Aid flow into Gaza has dropped sharply since the Israel-Hamas war began five months ago. Over the past days, trucks carrying products including food, bottled water, cooking oil and flour have been moving from Egypt through the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings. Biden’s announcement of the sea port plan underscored how the United States is having to go around Israel, its main Mideast ally and the top recipient of U.S. military aid, to get aid into Gaza, including through airdrops that started last week. Israel accuses Hamas of commandeering some aid deliveries. Efforts to set up a sea route for aid deliveries come amid mounting alarm over the spread of hunger among Gaza’s 2.3 million people. Hunger is most acute in northern Gaza, which has been isolated by Israeli forces for months and suffered long cutoffs of food supply deliveries. At least 20 people have died from malnutrition and dehydration at the north’s Kamal Adwan and Shifa hospitals, according to the Health Ministry. AP video shot by Mohammad Jahjouh Production: Wafaa Shurafa =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected]. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/5a6241d4aefb459eb33f1b87af4423ea