Gaza food shortage

While Israel threatens renewed attacks, the residents of the Hamas controlled region face desperate conditions. Over one quarter of the residents of Gaza are living in the dark – and half (750,000) are now without food supplies due to a continuing blockade imposed by Israel beginning on November 6. Medical supplies are also in short supply and the lack of fuel means there is no power for water and sewage processing.

The UN, which distributes the food aid to 750,000 Palestinians in Gaza has had to close it's distribution centers:

In the Shati refugee camp, hundreds of people sought food at a U.N. distribution center but were disappointed. A note taped to the center's gate said handouts were put off until Dec. 13 "because of a lack of food to distribute."

Even without the new threat of large scale attacks, Oxfam is warning “that Gaza faces a humanitarian catastrophe unless Israel’s blockade is lifted:

"World leaders must step up and exercise all their political might to break the blockade of Gaza,” Oxfam’s executive director Jeremy Hobbs said. “As a matter of humanitarian imperative, Israeli leaders must resume supplies into Gaza without further delay.

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