"Don't starve Gaza!": Israeli activists attempt aid delivery
Bearing food aid and wearing "Don't Starve Gaza!" t-shirts, dozens of Israeli activists drove towards the border of the besieged territory on Thursday in a show of support for Palestinians.
The 30-vehicle convoy got within three kilometres of the Kerem Shalom border crossing before police turned it back.
Organisers had expected that outcome, and they acknowledged the convoy was a symbolic act in a society in which their focus on the plight of Palestinians places them in the minority.
The goal was to highlight "a different voice" and show "there are people in our society who feel what is happening in Gaza is unacceptable," said Nadav Shofet, a member of the Stand Together collective which planned the demonstration.
Aid groups and the United Nations are warning of looming famine in Gaza, five months after war was triggered by Hamas's deadly attack on southern Israel, which resulted in the........
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