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Sat 07 Jul 2006Israel will allow relief supplies to be deliveredMIDDLE EAST: Israel announced yesterday it would ease humanitarian access to Lebanon so relief groups could deliver food, medicine and other emergency supplies."In spite of the very difficult situation on the ground, Israel is acutely aware of the humanitarian situation," Israeli UN ambassador Dan Gillerman told the UN Security Council.