No food has entered northern Gaza since early October, putting 1 million people at risk of starvation, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) told Reuters. CNN International on Friday (11).
In August, approximately 700 aid trucks entered northern Gaza. In September, only 400 aid trucks entered after commercial operations ceased at the Allenby Pass on the border between the occupied West Bank and Jordan, the WFP added.
Already in October, no food trucks entered northern Gaza, the WFP told CNN .
On Wednesday (9), the PMA said in a report that aid entering the Strip has plummeted to its lowest level in months, forcing the organization to halt the distribution of basic food baskets in October.
“Hunger remains rampant and the threat of famine persists,” the WFP added. “If the flow of assistance does not resume, a million vulnerable people will be deprived of this lifeline.”
Meanwhile, two of the main bakeries in central Gaza were closed for three days, according to images from CNN and bakery employees. Al-Banna bakery and Zadna bakery in Deir al-Balah, both supported by the WFP, halted operations due to a lack of flour and fuel.
“I am the head of a family of six. On the day I work, I can feed my family. On the day I don’t work, we don’t eat,” said Ahmad Abed, an employee at Al-Banna. “People are looking for flour, and we go to bakeries looking for where bread is available.”
Amjad Al-Shawa, director of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network, told CNN that the depletion of flour and other production materials has led to the closure of essential bakeries that produce bread as part of humanitarian aid.
“The majority of our people have come to depend on this aid. Now, they are at risk of hunger and starvation,” Al-Shawa added.
Bread remains the number one staple food for Palestinians and has become a crucial basic need since the war began just over a year ago.
Earlier this week, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that “September saw the lowest volume of commercial and humanitarian supplies entering Gaza since at least March 2024.”
The Israeli military launched a new ground operation in northern Gaza on October 6 after seeing signs of Hamas rebuilding.
The military issued new evacuation orders for residents of northern Gaza, adding that it had expanded the scope of the “humanitarian area” in Al-Mawasi in the south.
But some residents told the CNN who are wary of trying to leave the besieged parts of northern Gaza, citing several Israeli strikes targeting Hamas militants in Israeli-designated “safe zones.” THE CNN contacted the Israeli army about the lack of food and aid entering the Strip.
*With information from Mohammad al-Sawalihi
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