Overview

• World Central Kitchen has fully suspended its meal and bakery operations in Gaza after running out of food and fuel supplies due to Israel's blockade, which began on March 2, 2025.
• The organization had been providing 133,000 meals and 80,000 loaves of bread daily in recent weeks but could no longer continue without replenishment of ingredients.
• Loaded aid trucks carrying food and cooking fuel remain stranded at border crossings in Egypt, Jordan, and Israel, awaiting Israeli authorization to enter Gaza.
• UNICEF reports over 9,000 children in Gaza have been treated for acute malnutrition since January, with hunger and malnutrition worsening as humanitarian aid remains blocked.
• Rights groups and the International Court of Justice are scrutinizing the blockade, which critics argue violates international law and constitutes a starvation tactic.