As of today, Tuesday, all bakeries in the Gaza Strip have indefinitely suspended their operations due to a critical shortage of flour and fuel. This crisis arises from a month-long Israeli blockade that has prevented the entry of essential supplies into the region.
Abdul-Nasser al-Ajrami, head of the Gaza Bakery Association, confirmed that the closures affect bakeries participating in the World Food Program (WFP).
He described the ongoing situation as a relentless “hunger war,” noting that bakeries in southern Gaza ceased operations on Monday, with those in central and northern areas expected to follow suit by the end of today.
Al-Ajrami attributed the shutdowns directly to the Israeli blockade, which has led to acute shortages of flour, fuel, and yeast.
He further highlighted that this deepening crisis has aggravated the already dire living conditions of Gaza’s residents, who continue to suffer under Israeli aggression and now face additional hardships due to a lack of cooking gas, while devasted medical centers continue to suffer serious shortages of medical supplies, and fuel.
UPDATE:
🔴All 25 WFP-supported bakeries in #Gaza have shut down due to lack of fuel and flour.🔴Hot meals are continuing, but supplies will last two weeks maximum.
🔴WFP will distribute its last food parcels in the next two days. pic.twitter.com/tgVLgfWaaN
— World Food Programme (@WFP) April 1, 2025
The Gaza Strip typically requires 450 tons of flour daily, with local bakeries supplying approximately half of this demand.
The coastal enclave is home to 140 bakeries, 70 of which are automated. Many of these facilities, particularly in northern Gaza, have suffered extensive damage from Israeli airstrikes, with financial losses estimated in the millions of dollars.
18 bakeries run by the World Food Programme were shut down last night due to the lack of fuel and flour entering the Gaza Strip. This effectively cuts off one of the last remaining sources of bread for civilians, pushing even those who had managed to survive the famine back into… pic.twitter.com/sGen9K60jJ
— Translating Falasteen (Palestine) (@translatingpal) April 1, 2025
Israeli forces assassinated another journalist on Tuesday before dawn, dropping a missile on his house and killing him, along with his family in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.
Since the resumption of the genocide in Gaza on March 18th, 1,042 civilians have been killed and 2,583 others injured, most of them children and women.
At least 322 Palestinian children have been killed in Israeli attacks since the resumption of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, with an average of approximately 100 children killed or maimed daily over the past 10 days, according to UNICEF, the UN agency for children.
The total death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 50,399, including 15.617 children and 9,802 women, and the number of injuries to 114,583, since October 7, 2023. This is likely a severe undercount, as many of those killed are still unaccounted for. 90% of the buildings in Gaza have been destroyed.
