But finding food may be about to get even tougher: Gaza's community kitchens -- lifelines for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians after 18 months of war -- may soon have no more meals to provide. At the Al-Salam Oriental Food community kitchen in Gaza City, Salah Abu Haseera offers what he fears could be one of the last meals for the 20,000 people he and his colleagues serve daily. Community kitchens vary from one-room businesses to regular restaurants. "We have 70-80 community kitchens still working in Gaza...In four to five days, these community kitchens will close their doors," Amjad Shawa, the director of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) in Gaza, told Reuters. Shawa put the number of operational community kitchens in Gaza before the crossings closed at around 170.

Source: bd News24 April 29, 2025 18:31 UTC