welcome
PBS

PBS

World

World

Gaza's bakeries on the brink of shutting down under Israel's blockade of all food and supplies

PBS
Summary
Nutrition label

72% Informative

Israel has shut off all sources of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies for Gaza for four weeks .

The World Food Program says its flour for bakeries is only enough to keep producing bread for 800,000 people a day until Tuesday .

Food will run out completely if the flow of aid is not restored, because the war has destroyed almost all local food production in Gaza .

The number of prepared meals has grown 25% to 940,000 meals a day, a U.N. official says.

Aid workers say not only Palestinians , but their own staff have begun to fall into despair.

Save the Children suspends programs providing nutrition to malnourished children.

The United States pressured Israel to let aid into Gaza at the beginning of the war.

VR Score

72

Informative language

68

Neutral language

66

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

45

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

Affiliate links

no affiliate links