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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza

Gaza on brink of catastrophe as aid runs out and prices soar, groups warn

A 12-year-old boy sits on the ground in a tent and prepares food in a saucepan
Mohammad Abu Zeid, 12, tastes the food prepared for a meal in his family tent in Muwasi. Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

Soaring prices of basic foodstuffs, diminishing stocks of medical supplies and sharp cuts to aid distribution threaten newly catastrophic conditions across Gaza, Palestinians and international aid officials in the battered territory are warning.

Humanitarian organisations including the World Food Programme and Unwra, which supplies food and services to more than 2 million Palestinians across Gaza, have now distributed the last of their stocks of flour and other foodstuffs to the dozens of community kitchens in the territory that serve basic meals to those with no other option.

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