Food supplied to Gaza during seven months of the Hamas-Israel war.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ongoing Hamas-Israel war has put the civilian population in Gaza at risk of severe food and nutrition insecurity. Our goal was to provide objective, verifiable data to ascertain amounts and nutritional content of food supplied to Gaza through Israeli border crossings from January to July 2024. We aimed to assess their compliance with Sphere international humanitarian standards for food security and nutrition maintenance in crisis affected populations.

Methods

We obtained the registry of all food supplied to Gaza via air drops and land crossings from Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) from January to July 2024. This registry itemizes daily food shipments, their items and estimated weights. Food items in shipments were categ

SUBMITTER: Fliss-Isakov N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11818336 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature