At the start of Israel’s bombardment of the enclave, the World Food Programme (WFP) was working with 23 bakeries to provide bread for 200,000 people in shelters.

As bakeries closed shop due to a shortage of fuel, which was banned by Israel, families are seeking alternatives such as baking their own bread using a mud oven and wood fire. But their next challenge shortly followed: access to flour.

The only functioning mill in Gaza is also unable to grind wheat to produce flour due to a lack of electricity.

Other essential food items such as rice and vegetable oil are nearly depleted in the market, while dairy products and eggs have disappeared from shelves across Gaza over the past few days, according to the WFP.

A Palestinian, Yasser Saleh, told TRT World, in this state, “If Gaza remains until next week, people will die of hunger, thirst and pain.”

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