Israel blocks desperately needed food in besieged northern Gaza
Since Israel shut a vital corridor into famine-stricken northern Gaza, community kitchens and health clinics have closed and vital flows of food have slowed.
The Zikim Crossing was shut on September 12, days ahead of an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza City in the north of the territory, prompting warnings from aid agencies.
Since then, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said it hasn’t managed to bring any supplies through Zikim, previously the route for half its food deliveries into war-ravaged Gaza.
There has been a reduction of about 50,000 daily meals in northern Gaza compared to 109,000 daily meals before Zikim closed, as some kitchens in Gaza City serving free meals shut, according to Amjad al-Shawa, head of the Palestinian NGOs Network.
“The situation is becoming more difficult,” said Um Zaki, a mother of five who has stayed in Sabra, Gaza City. She described skyrocketing food prices and increasing scarcity. “People who sell things such as food … have left to the south.”
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