The humanitarian nightmare in Gaza has reached a devastating new low as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) announced that its flour reserves have been completely exhausted. In a statement on Sunday, the agency confirmed that no flour remains available to distribute, compounding fears of an imminent mass famine across the besieged enclave.

Since early March, the Israeli blockade has tightened around Gaza’s borders, trapping 2.4 million Palestinians in a brutal cycle of deprivation. UNRWA revealed that around 3,000 trucks loaded with essential supplies have been barred from entering, leaving countless families without access to food, medicine, or clean water. The desperate efforts of local charities to provide sporadic meals offer little relief in the face of overwhelming need, with hunger carving deeper into an already shattered population.

The World Food Programme similarly reported that its stocks had run dry after nearly two months without aid deliveries. Markets have collapsed, prices have spiralled beyond reach, and families are forced to make impossible choices between starvation and consuming unsafe scraps. For children, the elderly, and the sick, the lack of nourishment is not just a hardship but a death sentence.

The latest catastrophe unfolds against the backdrop of renewed Israeli attacks, following the abandonment of the January ceasefire agreement. Entire neighbourhoods have been flattened, hospitals crippled, and the international community’s silence has emboldened further brutality. Palestinian voices warn that Gaza is not merely enduring a humanitarian crisis—it is being systematically starved in full view of the world.

Without urgent intervention to lift the blockade and open the crossings, the spectre of famine will soon claim thousands more lives. As Gaza’s people cling to survival, the international failure to act stands as a stark betrayal of humanity itself.