People queue with pots to receive charity meals from a kitchen in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. AFP
"Today, WFP delivered its last remaining food stocks to hot meals kitchens in the Gaza Strip. These kitchens are expected to fully run out of food in the coming days", WFP, one of the main providers of food assistance in Gaza, said in a statement.
After 18 months of Israeli genocidal war, the UN's humanitarian agency OCHA on Tuesday said the situation in Gaza "is probably the worst" now.
Israel blocked the entry of all aid into the Palestinian territory, home to around 2.4 million people, just days before resuming its war and unilaterally ending a two-month ceasefire with Hamas.
"For weeks, hot meal kitchens have been the only consistent source of food assistance for people in Gaza. Despite reaching just half the population with only 25 percent of daily food needs, they have provided a critical lifeline," the WFP said Friday.
The UN agency added that all 25 WFP-supported bakeries in Gaza were forced to close on March 31 as wheat flour and cooking oil ran out.
"No humanitarian or commercial supplies have entered Gaza for more than seven weeks as all main border crossing points remain closed", it added.
"This is the longest closure the Gaza Strip has ever faced, exacerbating already fragile markets and food systems."
At least 1,978 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed its genocidal war in mid-March, bringing the overall death toll of the conflict to 51,355, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
The ministry added that more than 117,096 others have been injured, noting that the majority of casualties in Israel's war on the strip are women and children.
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