Wheat-flour stocks have run out in the Gaza Strip, with most bakeries closing and the United Nations warning of a looming humanitarian crisis after a nearly two-month commercial closure of Gaza imposed by Israel.
Gaza’s 1.5 million Palestinians face an unprecedented food shortage because of Israeli closures that have prevented the import of wheat, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OCHA) said on Sunday.
What Israel has done about this:
Israel had proposed a limited transfer of goods via Kerem Shalom. Palestinians had rejected the offer, saying Kerem Shalom was too small to meet the needs of Gazans.
I bet they offered to let few packets of biscuit get through
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