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From CNN, I'm Fez Jamil with the five things you need to know

for Thursday, May 9th.

The U.S. says it'll start using a temporary pier constructed off the coast of Gaza to

distribute aid to the besieged territory.

That's according to a Pentagon spokesperson.

This new maritime route for relief supplies comes as the World Food Program says

no aid has entered Gaza by land from the South in two days.

And aside from food and medicine,

the head of the World Health Organization

says they only have enough fuel to run health services

for a few more days, at most.

Without more aid flowing into Gaza, we cannot sustain our life-saving support to hospitals.

But today the Israeli military posted on X to say that dozens of aid trucks have now entered

Gaza through the Karam Shalom crossing, saying Israel is keeping the crossing

open despite quote Hamas's constant rocket fire toward the area.

Gaza officials say the crossing had been closed for the past four days.

Russia is taking advantage of a quote window of opportunity to escalate attacks on Ukraine.

Intelligence experts with direct knowledge say the attacks are ramping up

between the passing of the new US aid bill and the arrival of new weapons.

CNN's Jim Shuto, who broke the story, explains why the delay has led to devastating losses

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