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An image of pure destruction leads the Guardian on Friday, showing a lone woman making her way through the rubble that was once a residential building in the al-Zahra district of central Gaza. As civilians in the enclave continue to wait for essential supplies, aid agencies are warning that when it does arrive it “could be too little and too late for many of the territory’s desperate population”. An agreement was reached on Wednesday to allow a small number of lorries to cross into Gaza through its border with Egypt on Friday, with further deliveries being dependent on aid being delivered without the involvement of Hamas, the paper notes. The front page also carries a moving account from a London-based Israeli man, whose parents were killed by Hamas, and his memories of growing up and visiting the town of Netiv Haasara, close to the Gaza border. “It is hard to think of this place as a war zone,” he writes.

Guardian Front Page 8th of July 2024

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