All bakeries in northern Gaza have stopped working

All bakeries in the north of Gaza have now closed due to “lack of fuel, water and wheat flour,” said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Access to bread in the south of Gaza has also become desperate. The only operating mill in Gaza remains unable to grind wheat due to a lack of electricity and fuel. 

Eleven bakeries have been hit and destroyed since 7 October. Only one of the bakeries contracted by the World Food Programme (WFP), along with eight other bakeries in the south, intermittently provides bread to shelters, depending on the availability of flour and fuel. 

People queue for long hours in bakeries, where they are exposed to airstrikes, added OCHA.