Fear of famine looms after all Gaza bakeries run out of flour amid month-long Israeli blockade (www.cbc.ca)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 02 Apr 00:06
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Bakeries in the Gaza Strip shuttered Tuesday after running out of flour and diesel to operate, as a month-long Israeli blockade on food and aid entering the territory remains in place.

Abdel Nasser Al-Ajrami, head of the Bakery Owners Association in the Gaza Strip, said the closure of remaining 19 bakeries — which relied on support from the World Food Program (WFP) — meant there were no more operating bakeries in the territory.

“We call on the world to pressure the [Israeli] occupation to open the crossings to prevent the famine from worsening in the Strip,” Al-Ajrami said in a statement.

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