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Israel allows limited aid into Gaza. Is it enough to help the humanitarian crisis?

Here & Now Anytime

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Israel says it will start allowing some aid to flow back into Gaza after a nearly three-month blockade. UNRWA's Juliette Touma joins us. Then, researchers have come up with a device to take the guesswork out of a common breastfeeding challenge: figuring out how much your baby is actually drinking in real time. Dr. Jennifer Wicks tells us more. And, "Crazy Rich Asians" author Kevin Kwan talks about his novel "Lies and Weddings." The book centers around the family of an English earl and a former Hong Kong supermodel whose fortunes appear to depend on their son marrying money.

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WBWR Podcast, Boston.

0:22.3

There must be an open flow of supplies, whether it's commercial, whether it's humanitarian.

0:30.7

Before it's too late, babies are starving and they're dying of malnutrition.

0:36.3

Israel has allowed a sliver of aid into Gaza.

0:39.9

Will it be enough to help starving Palestinians?

0:42.6

It's May 20th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR Boston.

0:48.3

I'm Kalyani Saxena. Today on the show, we'll learn all about a new device that helps measure how much infants drink during breastfeeding in real time.

1:06.3

Pretty handy for parents, right?

1:07.7

One of the main priorities we had when creating this device was something that was obviously

1:12.0

safe, but something that was also unobstructive and comfortable to wear during breastfeeding.

1:17.1

And?

1:18.1

There are beautiful jewelry designers, you know, bespoke tailors, you know, like the people that

1:22.6

make the pillows for the Pope.

1:25.6

I mean, it's all ridiculous, but hopefully it's all in ridiculous fun.

1:29.3

We'll peel back the pages of Kevin Kwan's 2024 novel Lies and Weddings.

1:35.3

The glittering story features a wealthy air, a forbidden love affair, and more than enough scandal to tantalize.

1:42.3

But first, to Gaza, where Israel has said it is allowing in humanitarian aid, after 11 weeks

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of blockading food and medical supplies.

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There's more than 2 million Palestinians trapped inside the war zone.

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Now, global experts have warned that a famine is imminent in Gaza, and while a handful of United Nations trucks have been allowed in so far, the U.N. says it's only, quote, a drop in the ocean of what is needed.

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