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As commuters wake up to temperatures of -20 degrees, rail operators are heating tracks to prevent rails from shrinking and cracking; Mike Tobin reports from Chicago. #AmericasNewsroom #FoxNews FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to…

Samia Hassan used to have enough money to feed her two dozen children and grandchildren. The closure was imposed after Hamas, branded a terrorist group by Israel and the West, seized Gaza in 2007, driving out forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Israel and Egypt say they need the blockade to contain Hamas, but have not offered a viable plan for Gaza. "Death is better than this life," she said to her sons' astonishment as the family gathered for the meal breaking the dawn-to-dusk fast of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. "It's because of them," she said of her family's hard times. The Hassans used to get $500 every three months from Abbas' Palestinian Authority, but haven't been paid since the beginning of the year, along with tens of thousands of Gaza welfare recipients, said Social Affairs Ministry official Khaled Barghouti. Need has grown exponentially, with some 1 million people in Gaza now receiving U.N. food aid, compared to 80,000 two decades ago, said agency spokesman Chris Gunness. With the exception of the funds already spent this year, all U.S. assistance to the Palestinians is under review. This year, the charity should have received about $10 million, but hasn't gotten any money so far, said DuBose. Qatar is distributing 1 million meals for the month and Iran 11,000 per day.