https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/38640bd2-1868-42ac-bcd9-4ecf63bcc020 "The little wheat flour we have left is running out." Since Israel sealed Gaza’s boundaries in early March, at least 95 percent of UN and international aid agencies have halted distributions after their warehouses ran dry. Aid had become a lifeline for nearly all of Gaza's 2.3 million residents under heavy Israeli bombardment and blockade since October 2023. Even those once financially stable had become reliant on aid, as key items such as wheat flour entered only through humanitarian channels, not commercial trade. "I had never relied on international aid before the war. I used to work as a taxi driver and provide for my family," Madhoun said. "But since the war started and the occupation began closing the borders and imposing restrictions on commercial goods, there are items that merchants can no longer bring in," he explained. "Today, with even humanitarian aid halted, international organisations cannot even provide basic necessities like wheat flour." Israel has enforced a tight blockade on Gaza since 2007, often sealing its borders. But residents had managed to cope, relying on local agriculture to supply basic food - enough to sustain local markets and, when borders briefly opened, even international ones. Today, over 80 percent of Gaza's croplands are unusable - damaged by Israeli bombardment, flattened, stripped of water and farming infrastructure, or swallowed into newly expanded military “buffer zones”. As a result, Gaza’s entire food basket has been nearly destroyed. The few agricultural lands that remain accessible and functional now yield only a limited supply of vegetables, priced far beyond what most Palestinians in Gaza can afford. 🔗 Click the link in our bio to read the full piece ✍️: MEE / Maha Hussaini in Gaza City, occupied Palestine Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:07:16 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/38640bd2-1868-42ac-bcd9-4ecf63bcc020 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.