Community kitchens are a lifeline for thousands, but many are shutting down due to lack of supplies
Palestinians at a food distribution centre in central Gaza Strip. Pic/AFP
Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid for Gaza forced a leading aid group on Thursday to shut its kitchens, with no replenishment of supplies in the war-battered enclave. World Central Kitchen was serving 133,000 meals per day and baking 80,000 loaves of bread, but said it was forced to suspend operations since there is almost no food left in Gaza to cook.
Community kitchens are a lifeline for thousands, but many are shutting down due to lack of supplies. At those still open, chaotic scenes of desperate men, women and children fighting to get meagre rations are common. Bakeries have closed, while water distribution is grinding to a halt due to lack of fuel. Since the start of the war, World Central Kitchen said it has served over 130 million meals and baked 80 million loaves of bread.
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