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According to the World Food Program (WFP), food stocks in Gaza are depleted due to the blockade imposed by Israel for nearly eight weeks, which has put an end to the main source of subsistence for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.
WFP emergency coordinator Yasmin Maydhane said Saturday that the humanitarian community had arrived a little bit too late to Gaza.
“Everything that a person needs to have a dignified life and a dignified assistance, is being impacted severely,” she added.
The WFP said it had delivered the last stocks to the charity kitchens it supports in the Gaza Strip.
It said those kitchens are expected to run out of food in the coming days.
Some 80% of Gaza’s population of more than 2 million relies primarily on charity kitchens for food, because other sources have shut down under Israel’s blockade, according to the U.N.
Israel cut off entry of all food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza on March 2 and then resumed its bombardment and ground offensives two weeks later, shattering a two-month ceasefire with Hamas.
Israel says the moves aim to pressure Hamas to release hostages it still holds.
Rights groups have called the blockade a starvation tactic and a war crime.
