In Gaza, bread has become a rare luxury — no longer a staple but a memory, buried beneath the rubble and dust of relentless bombardment. What once symbolised survival is now out of reach for hundreds of thousands, especially children, as Israel’s blockade strangles every route for food and aid to enter the besieged enclave.

The price of flour has skyrocketed beyond the means of even the most desperate. With 55 shekels — nearly 15 dollars — now the cost of a single kilogram, families already living in destitution must choose who among them gets to eat. In makeshift shelters, parents speak with quiet despair of going without food to feed their children. Others try to stretch the flour with pasta or lentils, though these too are vanishing and unaffordable.

This is not just a food crisis — it is a deliberate act of deprivation. With access to cash blocked and humanitarian aid obstructed, Palestinians in Gaza are forced into a daily struggle to survive. The most basic human right — to eat — is now denied, while international agencies warn of total collapse. UNICEF, the World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization have all sounded the alarm: the humanitarian system has failed, famine is looming, and Gaza’s children are paying the price.

What is unfolding is not a natural disaster. It is the result of a sustained policy of blockade, bombing, and denial. Gaza is entering its darkest chapter, one marked by hunger, malnutrition, and the silent cries of children who do not understand why they have been left to starve.