killed more than 74,400 Palestinians<\/a> in Gaza since October 2023.<\/p>\nRenewed famine risk<\/p>\n
The deadly strikes come as Palestinians across Gaza face an escalating food crisis, which has been renewed by Israeli border closures and severe funding shortfalls targeting international relief operations.<\/p>\n
The Geneva-based human rights group, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, said on Thursday that its teams observed increasingly empty markets and soaring food prices, warning that Gaza could face another famine.<\/p>\n
It accused Israel of \u201cdeliberately depriving\u201d Palestinians of adequate nutrition as part of its ongoing genocide.<\/p>\n
According to the rights group, after Israeli authorities suspended commercial goods deliveries to Gaza on October 13, it announced on October 19 that some imports would be allowed to resume. However, the group said the decision brought little relief, as shipments remained heavily restricted and fresh fruits and vegetables were denied entry.<\/p>\n
The World Food Programme (WFP) announced this week that severe funding shortages have forced it to slash food assistance to Gaza by one-third, leaving an estimated 500,000 vulnerable residents without essential monthly support as winter approaches.<\/p>\n
According to the United Nations, the supply of fresh food and basic staples has rapidly evaporated due to Israeli restrictions on commercial entry points and aid crossings.<\/p>\n
Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera\u2019s Maram Humaid described a sudden and dramatic disappearance of basic sustenance, leaving local markets empty and families increasingly desperate.<\/p>\n
\u201cFood disappeared suddenly \u2013 no vegetables, no fruit, no meat, no eggs, no bread \u2013 prices skyrocketing,\u201d Humaid reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, we didn\u2019t have breakfast until noon, after my husband spent hours looking for bread and any kind of fresh vegetables. He came back with just a few loaves. We\u2019re back to canned beans.\u201d<\/p>\n
With no electricity or operational refrigeration across the ruined enclave, households are unable to store fresh provisions even when available.<\/p>\n
\u201cStockpiling seems more limited this time,\u201d Humaid noted. \u201cThe shortages started with flour and fresh produce, which people can\u2019t store for long, especially with no refrigerators or electricity. Prices of other goods have gone up, but many people can\u2019t afford to stock up. Others are simply exhausted and have lost hope. I\u2019m one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beyond physical deprivation, the psychological toll on residents forced to navigate overcrowded shops with dwindling inventory has reached a breaking point.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the whole experience \u2013 the panic and fear that come with shopping to stock up. You find yourself looking at every food item as if it might be the last time you\u2019ll ever see it, saying goodbye to it. Everyone around you is gripped by the same panic, and the shops are unbelievably crowded,\u201d Humaid said, adding that the experience is one many feel they \u201ccan\u2019t go through all over again\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published On 22 Oct 202622 Oct 2026 Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed four Palestinians, including a child,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1153,50,1155,2128,85,46,44,47,2899,43,48],"class_list":["post-654287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-conflict","tag-gaza","tag-human-rights","tag-humanitarian-crises","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-palestine-conflict","tag-middle-east","tag-military","tag-news","tag-palestine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Palestinians gather around a burning vehicle hit by an Israeli strike in Gaza City [Dawoud Abu Alkas\/Reuters]<\/p>\n