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On Tuesday, the UK government told BBC News the East-West project was being financed through its "rail network enhancements pipeline", which it said was also funding schemes in Wales.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Israeli military confirmed two sites located in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah and the Morag Corridor - an east-west military zone that separates the city from the rest of Gaza - had begun distributing food to families.

This election has again highlighted an east-west split, decades on from reunification.

In the 1960s and 70s, North Lake Avenue in Altadena served as the primary east-west dividing line for redlining practices, according to the Altadena Historical Society.

Mr Rose said Unrwa teams in southern Gaza, where he is based, had not yet been able to cross into northern Gaza because the Israeli military had not yet opened up routes through the east-west Netzarim corridor.