WFP fails to bring any food supplies into Gaza Strip due to Israeli occupation

GAZA, March 14 (YPA) – The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday that it has not been able to bring any food supplies into the Gaza Strip since 2 March due to Israel’s closure of all border crossing points for both humanitarian and commercial supplies.

“Commercial food prices have begun to surge since the 2 March closure of border crossings,” the WFP statement said.

“In some cases, prices on staple items such as flour, sugar, and vegetables have increased over 200 percent. Traders have begun withholding goods due to uncertainty over when new supplies would arrive.”

The WFP said that it “currently has sufficient food stocks to support active kitchens and bakeries for up to one month, as well as ready-to-eat food parcels to support 550,000 people for two weeks,” while noting that right now it “supports 33 kitchens across Gaza providing a total of 180,000 hot meals daily.”

It added that it also supports a total of 25 bakeries, “but on March 8 six of these bakeries were forced to close due to a shortage of cooking gas.”

@E.Y.M