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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kaamil Ahmed , Elena Morresi

Airstrikes on Gaza bakeries add to ‘catastrophic’ food shortages

Palestinians try to salvage their belongings from the building containing the al-Magazi bakery, destroyed in an Israeli airstrike.
Palestinians try to salvage their belongings from the building containing the al-Magazi bakery, destroyed in an Israeli airstrike. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu/Getty Images

A fifth of bakeries supported by the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza have been bombed so far, as warnings have been issued of “catastrophic” food shortages due to a lack of fuel.

The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said 10 of the 50 bakeries it supplies with flour, helping to lower the soaring cost of bread, have been hit in airstrikes and fuel is running out for vehicles to transport flour to those that remain.

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