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Gaza Soup Kitchens Close Amid Escalating Humanitarian Crisis

5/9/2025

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World Central Kitchen has shut down its soup kitchens in Gaza after three months of Israel's blockade left their warehouses bare. Once providing 133,000 meals daily, the organization now faces a dire situation as malnutrition and water shortages escalate, while hospitals struggle to cope with the influx of casualties from relentless Israeli strikes.

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World Central Kitchen has shut down its soup kitchens in Gaza after three months of Israel's blockade left their warehouses bare. Once providing 133,000 meals daily, the organization now faces a dire situation as malnutrition and water shortages escalate, while hospitals struggle to cope with the influx of casualties from relentless Israeli strikes.