UN’s WFP says all Gaza food stocks depleted amid Israel’s aid block

The UN’s World Food Programme has depleted its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza, where Israel has blocked all aid for more than seven weeks.

After 18 months of war, the situation in Gaza “is probably the worst” it has been, the UN’s humanitarian office said on Friday, with the head of the world body’s Palestinian refugee agency decrying the aid stoppage as “politically motivated starvation”.

WFP, one of the main providers of food help in the Palestinian territory, said it had “delivered its last remaining food stocks to hot meals kitchens in the Gaza Strip” on Friday.

It said “these kitchens are expected to fully run out of food in the coming days”.

Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, said the crisis was “man-made”.

“The government of Israel continues to block the entry of food + other basics,” he wrote on X. “Nearly two months of siege. Calls to bring in supplies are going unheeded.”