Palestinians in Gaza are facing more misery as prices soar following Israel’s decision to cut off food and other supplies to the enclave. Aid workers say it is endangering progress made during the six-week ceasefire to prevent widespread famine.
UNRWA has been banned from operating on Israeli soil after it was accused of providing cover for Hamas militants. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Since March 2, 2025, the Israeli government has again blocked all aid entering Gaza, including fuel, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.
The aid lifeline for Umm Muhammad and hundreds of thousands of other Palestinians is now under existential threat as Israel lays siege to Gaza once again.
The UN’s food agency has warned that it will run out of supplies to help feed Palestinians in Gaza in just two weeks if Israel continues its total blockade of food and other necessities, putting the lives of millions of Palestinians at risk.
The U.N. food agency says it only has enough food supplies in the Gaza Strip to keep public kitchens and bakeries open for less than two weeks, after Israel halted the entry of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies.
Israel’s cutoff of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza’s 2 million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive as they try to distribute dwindling stocks to the most vulnerable.
The move has sent prices soaring as humanitarian group seek to distribute dwindling stocks to the most vulnerable people.
ISRAEL has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza after Hamas terrorists refused to agree to a ceasefire extension. The 42-day first phase expired on Saturday, with US diplomats
The World Food Programme is hampered by the Israeli blockade that began alongside the decision to continue the ceasefire into Ramzan
Three days into Israel's Gaza aid freeze, one aid group says a resumption is imperative: "With humanitarian needs sky high, more aid access is required, not less."
Israel said Monday that it was "encouraging" other UN agencies and NGOs to take over the assistance provided in war-ravaged Gaza by UNRWA, after Israel cut ties with the aid agency. Israel, he said, was actively "encouraging UN agencies and NGOs to take over".