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Food distribution in Gaza's Khan Younis amid severe shortages

(9 May 2025) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4574910 ASSOCIATED PRESS Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - 9 May 2025 1. Various of people crowding around charity kitchen, holding out pots to be filled 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hani Abu Al-Qassim, owner of charity: "Today we are facing a difficult famine. We are suffering greatly to obtain materials to cook for the people, and unfortunately the kitchen is only a quarter of what is sufficient for them. More than two-thirds of the people today have returned to their homes and tents without obtaining food." 3. Various of displaced people carrying their empty pots, shouting for food and charity workers filling them 4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Raed Al-Zaharna, from Khan Younis: ++PART OVERLAID BY SHOTS 5, 6, 7++ "I didn't fill anything. This is the third charity my children have come to and got nothing, this is the third. I'm thinking now, 'what will I feed them?' I can't find anything, I don't have anything to prepare for them. Anything. Where do we go? We do not have any of the necessities of life. Life is like hell, it is death. We direct our message to all the countries of the world, to look on us with mercy and compassion. We are dying, every day we are dying." 5. Various of people attempting to get food from charity workers 6. Various of children collecting leftover rice from pots 7. Various of children eating leftover rice from pots 8. Close of empty pot STORYLINE: Thousands of people thronged Gaza's remaining charity kitchens on Friday in search of a cooked meal, but many returned home empty-handed as food supplies dwindle due to Israel's total blockade on vital supplies reaching the territory. Men, women and children stood in line to try to fill their containers with food but only some ended getting a meal of cooked rice. Hani Abu Al-Qassim, who runs a kitchen in Khan Younis, told The Associated Press that more than two-thirds of those who came looking for a meal on Friday returned home with nothing. Israel’s ongoing blockade of humanitarian assistance for Gaza has forced several aid groups over the past weeks to close down amid the shortages. On Thursday, the leading aid group U.S.-based World Central Kitchens shut its community soup kitchens as it faces empty warehouses and no replenishment of supplies in the war-battered enclave. The aid group that was serving 133,000 meals per day said there is almost no food left in Gaza to cook. The ongoing hunger is threatening Gaza’s population, already battered by 19 months of war. In April, the World Food Program said its food stocks in Gaza had run out under Israel’s blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory. Malnutrition and hunger are becoming increasingly prevalent in the Strip as Israel’s total blockade enters its third month, and aid agencies say supplies to treat and prevent malnutrition are running out. Israel imposed the blockade on March 2, then shattered a two-month ceasefire by resuming military operations in the territory on March 18. It said both steps aim to pressure the militant Hamas group to release hostages. Rights groups call the blockade a “starvation tactic” and a potential war crime. AP video by Abdel Karemm Hana Produced by Wafaa Shurafa =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: info@aparchive.com. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...