UN agency: six days of flour left to distribute in Gaza

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UN agency: six days of flour left to distribute in Gaza

By Olivia Le Poidevin, Reuters - 5:57 AM ET 3/21/2025 default

GENEVA (Reuters) -One of the largest providers of food aid in Gaza warned on Friday it only has enough flour to distribute for the next six days.

"We can stretch that by giving people less, but we are talking days not weeks," Sam Rose from the United Nations' Palestinian relief agency UNRWA told reporters in Geneva, speaking from Central Gaza.

The situation in Gaza is gravely concerning with massive reductions in distribution of aid supplies, UNRWA said.

"Six of 25 bakeries that the World Food Programme were supporting had to close down. There are larger crowds on streets outside bakeries," Rose added.

"This is the longest period since the start of conflict in October 2023 that no supplies whatsoever have entered Gaza. The progress we made as an aid system over the last six weeks of the ceasefire is being reversed," Rose added.

Israel in early March blocked the entry of goods into the territory in a standoff over a truce that has halted fighting for the past seven weeks. The move has led to a hike in prices of essential foods as well as of fuel, forcing many to ration their meals.

(Reporting by Olivia Le PoidevinEditing by Ludwig Burger)

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