The U.N. food agency announced the closure of all its bakeries in the Gaza Strip as food supplies rapidly diminish following a blockade by Israel. The area's reliance on international aid has increased after the war significantly damaged its food production. A memo from the World Food Program indicated that remaining resources would now focus on emergency food aid instead of bakery operations. Many residents, like Mohammed al-Kurd, face dire situations, including having to tell their children false assurances about food availability.
We tell them to be patient and that we will bring flour in the morning. We lie to them and to ourselves.
The WFP was closing its remaining 19 bakeries after shuttering six others last month. Hundreds of thousands of people relied on them.
There is enough food for a long period of time, if Hamas lets the civilians have it.
Gaza is heavily reliant on international aid, because the war has destroyed almost all of its food production capability.
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