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Palestinian security police, wearing protective gear, patole on the street in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, March 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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UN begins home food drops for Gaza's needy to stem virus
March 31, 2020 2:49 p.m.

UN begins home food drops for Gaza's needy to stem virus

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A U.N. aid agency Tuesday began delivering food to the homes of impoverished Palestinians instead of making them pick up such parcels at crowded distribution centers — part of an attempt to prevent a mass outbreak of the new coronavirus in the densely populated Gaza Strip.