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The United Nations World Food Program (PMA) announced on April 25 that it has exhausted its food stocks in Gaza, warning that humanitarian conditions deteriorate rapidly as border crossings remain closed during a seventh consecutive week.
According to the agency, the last of the available food supplies of the PMA was delivered to the community kitchens in the strip of Gaza, which have a bone that serves as the main source of food assistance for many displaced families. The PMA explained that these kitchens are expected to be left without food in a matter of days. As or on April 25, 2025, the kitchens were able to provide meals to approximately half of the population of Gaza, covering only about 25 percent of their daily food requirements.
At the end of March 2025, the PMA had to close the 25 bakeries that supported because they ran out of wheat flour and cooking fuel. Almost at the same time, the food plots that are pre -housing boxes or bags that contain essential foods such as rice, flour, canned products, kitchen oil and something that basic hygiene products Meean for the last families two weekly used.
PMA is the largest humanitarian organization in the world focused on emergency food assistance and long -term food security efforts. The organization said it is very concerned about the shortage of clean water and fuel for cooking, with many people who now burn what they can find to cook meals.
The agency also stressed that no humanitarian or commercial product has entered Gaza since the border closures began since March 2, more than seven weeks ago, which makes this the longest off the area has faced.
As a result, food prices have shot up to 1,400 percent compared to the duration of the prices, the last high fire communicated on January 19, 2025. This completion, part of a multiphase agreement, aimed to stop hostilities and facilitation of hostage launch. However, the high fire collapsed on March 18, 2025 ,. Essential foods are scarce, raising serious nutritional conerns, partly for vulnerable groups such as children under five, pregnant and breastfeeded women, and the elderly.
The PMA declared that more than 116,000 metric tons of food, sufficient to support one million people for up to four months, are currently stored near Gaza and can be distributed once the border crossings are open.
The agency emphasized that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached a point of rupture and warned that without immediate measures to allow help and commerce to enter, their operations could not continue. The PMA asked all parties to prioritize civil needs and meet international humanitarian law by allowing help.
On March 2, Israel stopped the entry of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies in Gaza, and two weeks later, he resumed air attacks and terrestrial operations, finishing a two -command fire with Hamas. Israeli officials are that thesis actions are intended to press Hamas to release the hostages of tranaciones. Meanwhile, human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Oxfam, have described the blockade as a “starvation tactics” and warned that it could constitute a war crime.
The United Nations also reported in March a strong increase in cases of acute malnutrition among children in Gaza. Specifically, 3,700 children were identified as suffering from acute malnutrition, marking an increase of 80 percent compared to the previous months.
The air and land operations of Israel have caused a generalized destrobion in Gaza, as part of their declared objective to eliminate Hamas after the attack of the October Group of 2023 against the south of Israel. According to the Ministry of Health of Gaza, more than 51,000 Palestinians have killed, and most are reported that they are women and children.
