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World Central Kitchen says it is halting hot meal services in Gaza as it’s out of food
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
The World Central Kitchen organization says that it has depleted all supplies in its Gaza warehouses and that its aid trucks are currently stuck at the Gaza border.
As a result, the organization says it has been forced to halt operations in kitchens that were serving hot meals. However, it says, its teams in Gaza are continuing to bake bread and distribute water to residents.
It adds that yesterday, it served 80,000 meals to residents of Gaza.
The entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza has been a point of conflict between Israel and aid organizations since the start of the war.
Aid groups accuse Israel of obstructing deliveries, while Israel claims the organizations fail to meet necessary conditions for safe food distribution, such as compliance with specific aid routes in the Strip.
Last week, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announced that UN-affiliated organizations had not delivered food to Gaza for over a week, and that the GHF was currently the only group bringing humanitarian aid into the territory.
The Times of Israel Community.