Food prices in Gaza have been packed and food packages could soon be run out of after Israel blocked humanitarian aid entry, the UN Humanitarian Agency said.
Ocha -‘s partners reported that the prices of flour and vegetables had doubled in some cases, and the Gazani said the same.
If the block continues, “at least 80 community kitchens will soon run out of stock” and the remaining food plots that “support 500,000 people will soon run out,” Ocha said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to stop help over the weekend, accusing Hamas of stoleing supplies and declining an American proposal for extending the trial of Israel-Hamas. Hamas spokesman said stopping is “cheap blackmail”.
Thousands of trucks to help each week rose to Gaza under a dedication fire that began on January 19th.
After being expired on Saturday’s first phase of the tribute, Netanyahua’s office accused Hamas of stolen assistance “financing his terrorist machine.”
Hamas had previously denied the theft of humanitarian aid in Gaza.
Netanyahu also said that Hamas refused to accept the six -week extension of the ceasefire, under different conditions from those previously agreed, as proposed by US President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff.
After stopping aid in response, Ocha said on Tuesday that some of the community kitchens that remain operational “will have to start adjusting the meal content or reducing the number of meals prepared for wearing with the expected deficiency.”
Partners would also “be forced to reduce food meals”. While distributing previously shipped food packages, it is expected that the remaining supplies will soon run out.
As a result, Abu Qais Aryan, from Khan Younis, said BBC Arabica that the costs of basic goods had doubled during Sunday night. Prices have already doubled or tripled since the beginning of the war, he said.
Other residents said the price of a kilogram of tomato overnight increased from five shekel (£ 1) to ten, and a kilogram of cucumbers from six to 17 shekel.
“You could hardly afford to buy a pound of tomatoes just to satisfy our hunger,” said one man, I was adding that people couldn’t buy food “because there is no Gotovina liquidity.”
Issa Meit, a resident of the city of Gaza, said there was a lack of goods and very high consumption, and “he” was very afraid that prices would increase again. “
“The recent decision is dishonest because it does not make our children. How will our children live with regard to these high prices that will increase in an arbitrary way?” he said.
Some blamed the prices hiking dealers, saying they exploit the situation.
Mahmoud Abu Mohsen told BBC Arabica that he has increased prices because they are also the wholesalers he buys.
“For example, I bought sugar for five shekels, three shekel or four shekel, but now I buy sugar for six shekel, which means I’m not making money anymore than a little profit,” he said. “The news that Netanyahu announced was what caused confusion among people.”
A spokeswoman for a doctor without borders (MSF) Caroline Seguin said in a statement that “news has created uncertainty and fear, causing food prices to be pointed.”
“Israel again blocks the entire population from receiving help, using it as a negotiating chip,” Seguin said. “This is unacceptable, amazing and will have devastating consequences.”
Qatar and Egypt, who helped mediation in the tribute, condemned the move of Israel.
The Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the decision “by a clear violation of the trial agreement” and the “international humanitarian law” in the statement. The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Israel of using starvation as “weapons against the Palestinian people,” AFP news agency reported.
David Mencer, a spokesman for the Israeli Government’s diplomacy at the Prime Minister’s office, said in the recording that “Hamas has kept for months and months of stock. They have enough food to encourage the obesity epidemic.”
“Stocks are there, but Hamas doesn’t share,” he added.
Many Gazani have been using help: a month ago, Ocha said that more than one million people – about half of the population – received food assistance since the beginning of the truce.
Every help, not just food, is affected by blockages. Charity medical assistance for Palestine (MAP) said that she had a cure for reserve for her clinics and auxiliary devices for people with disabilities within Gaza, except for hygiene kits.
“However, we do not have a lot of help reserves at the moment because most of the subjects were entering immediate distribution,” said a charity organization. “Unfortunately, we have no supplies we can use during a long gauze closure.”
The trial aimed at ending 15 months of conflict, after Hamas killed about 1,200 people and took another 251 hostages in his attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
Israel responded with a campaign for air and land in Gaza, which killed at least 48,405 people, according to the HAMAS Ministry.
