UNRWA announces the depletion of its flour supplies in the Gaza Strip

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced that its flour supplies in the Gaza Strip had run out.

The agency said in a post on its X account on Sunday: “The World Food Programme announced on April 25 that its food stocks in Gaza were completely depleted, and UNRWA flour supplies ran out earlier this week.”

It explained that it has approximately 3,000 trucks loaded with life-saving aid ready to enter Gaza, but that Israel is preventing the aid trucks from entering.

UNRWA stressed that the years-long blockade imposed by Israel on the Strip must be lifted.

It stated that “hunger is worsening in Gaza,” explaining that the people of the Strip, including children, “hope to receive some food to survive through the warm meals distributed by charitable organizations.”

On Friday, the World Food Programme announced that its food stocks in Gaza had been “completely depleted” due to the seven-week absence of aid from the Strip due to the Israeli closure of the crossings, which represents “the longest closure ever witnessed in the Gaza Strip, exacerbating the already fragile market and food systems.”