{"id":306527,"date":"2025-03-27T15:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=306527"},"modified":"2025-03-27T15:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:15:16","slug":"hunger-looms-again-in-gaza-as-wfp-food-stocks-begin-to-run-out","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/hunger-looms-again-in-gaza-as-wfp-food-stocks-begin-to-run-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunger looms again in Gaza as WFP food stocks begin to run out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"layout--header wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg mt4\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--field-publication-date\">27 March 2025<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" ph3 ph0-lg\">\n<div class=\"wfp-grid pv4 wfp-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"layout--content wfp-u-1 wfp-u-md-17-24 wfp-box\">\n<div class=\"summary mb4\">GAZA, Palestine \u2013 Hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza are again at risk of severe hunger and malnutrition as humanitarian food stocks in the Strip dwindle and borders remain closed to aid. Meanwhile, the expansion of military activity in Gaza is severely disrupting food assistance operations and putting the lives of aid workers at risk every day.<\/div>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Here are the latest updates on food security and WFP operations in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-GB\">WFP and partners from the food security sector have been unable to bring new food supplies into Gaza for more than three weeks. The closure of border crossings is blocking the entry of any commodities &#8212; humanitarian or commercial.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-GB\">WFP has approximately 5,700 tons of food stocks left in Gaza \u2013 enough to support WFP operations for a maximum of two weeks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>With the deteriorating security situation, rapid displacement of people, and growing needs, WFP has decided to distribute as much food as possible, as quickly as possible in Gaza.<\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-GB\">WFP operations currently support bakeries to produce bread, kitchens cooking hot meals, and the distribution of food parcels directly to families &#8211; each facing record low stocks inside Gaza:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Food parcels:<\/strong>\u00a0WFP is reducing food parcel rations to reach as many people as possible. WFP plans to distribute food parcels to half a million people; the reduced size parcel will feed a family for roughly one week.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bakeries:<\/strong>\u00a0Wheat flour supplies are\u00a0<span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-GB\">sufficient to support bread production for 800,000 people for five days only. Currently\u00a0<\/span>19 of 25 WFP-supported bakeries remain operational, and many struggle with severe crowd control issues as fear of bread shortages spreads throughout the Strip.<span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span>Functioning bakeries are ramping up production, working 20 percent over capacity to respond to increased needs caused by renewed displacement of people.<\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><strong>Hot meals:<\/strong>\u00a0WFP has supplies to support 37 kitchens across Gaza cooking 500,000 hot meals per day for the next two weeks.\u00a0<\/span>Two WFP-supported hot meal kitchens are currently inactive due to evacuation orders and general insecurity.<\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><strong>Fortified biscuits:<\/strong>\u00a0WFP has emergency stocks of fortified biscuits &#8211; enough for 415,000 people \u2013 which can be used as a last resort if all other food stocks are exhausted.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-GB\">WFP and partners from the food security sector have positioned more than 85,000 tons of food commodities outside Gaza, ready to be brought in if border crossings are opened.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-GB\">WFP needs 30,000 tons of food per month to meet the basic needs of around 1.1 million people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Food prices have soared inside Gaza. The price of a 25kg bag of wheat flour sells for up to US$50, a 400 percent increase compared to pre-March 18 prices; cooking gas prices have increased by 300 percent compared to February.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Security incidents affecting Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ staff are escalating, and movement is severely restricted, resulting in significant disruptions to food assistance operations.<\/li>\n<li>WFP urges all parties to prioritize the needs of civilians, the protection of humanitarian workers and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ personnel, and access for aid to enter Gaza immediately.<\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"EN-GB\">WFP requires US$265 million in funding over the next six months to support life-saving operations that will assist 1.5 million people in Gaza and the West Bank.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27 March 2025 GAZA, Palestine \u2013 Hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza are again at risk of severe hunger and malnutrition as humanitarian food stocks in the Strip dwindle and borders remain closed to aid. Meanwhile, the expansion of military activity in Gaza is severely disrupting food assistance operations and putting the lives of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/hunger-looms-again-in-gaza-as-wfp-food-stocks-begin-to-run-out\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1329],"document-source":[2109],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2057,6650,2005,5200,6870],"entity":[],"document-language":[],"class_list":["post-306527","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-press-release","document-source-world-food-programme-wfp","document-subject-food","document-subject-funding-needs","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-humanitarian-relief","document-subject-hunger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/306527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/301"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/306527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306542,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/306527\/revisions\/306542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=306527"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=306527"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=306527"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=306527"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=306527"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=306527"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=306527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}