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The United Nations is transferring thousands of tons of humanitarian supplies from a US-constructed pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip after the temporary port was suspended due to poor weather, an aid official said on Sunday. Workers started on Friday transporting the piled-up aid, mostly food, to warehouses, the World Food Programme (WFP) spokeswoman Abeer Etefa told dpa. The aid will be distributed later. The transfer operation is ongoing and its completion depends on “easiness of movement” inside the coastal enclave, Etefa added, saying she has no idea about the fate of the pier. The har…

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