Several bakeries in Gaza City have resumed operation for the first time in six months, with the help of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).

After months of continuous blockade that drove the devastated Gaza to the verge of collapse and famine, the Israeli authorities allowed the entry of food to the city.

The WFP said it has been using a new coordinated route to get aid to north Gaza, where it has delivered food parcels and wheat flour through convoys.

Gaza - April 21, 2024

Storyline:
Several bakeries in Gaza City have resumed operation for the first time in six months, with the help of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).

After months of continuous blockade that drove the devastated Gaza to the verge of collapse and famine, the Israeli authorities allowed the entry of food to the city.

The WFP said it has been using a new coordinated route to get aid to north Gaza, where it has delivered food parcels and wheat flour through convoys.

Families that have been waiting for around six to eight hours in the line to get some bread are hoping that this flour quantity would be increased, so that they would be securing the food for their families.

About 30 people, mostly children, have died of malnutrition, dehydration, and a shortage of medical supplies at hospitals in northern Gaza since the war broke out on Oct 7, 2023, according to medical sources in Gaza.

Shotlist:
Gaza Strip - April 21, 2024:
1. Various of people lining up to get bread;
2. Various of people getting bread in bakery;
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahfouz Ajour, bakery manager:
"After long suffering and months of fatigue, we finally succeeded in operating the bakery. It was operated in partnership with the World Food Program which provided us with the flour and fuel needed for operation. We thank God that we're able to solve the biggest problem facing Gaza, which is famine, and we hope that things will go for the better.";
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ibtisam Al-Naffar, resident (partially overlaid with shot 5):
"In the past, we could not find bread or flour, and even firewood was difficult to find to bake for our children. Now with the opening of the bakery, bread has become available, and this for us is one of the greatest achievements. My husband is missing and I support my children alone, so I was not able to leave them and go looking for bread, but now, thank God, it is available.";
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5. People lining up to get bread;
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6. Bags of flour with logo of WFP;
7. Various of workers making bread;
8. Various of people getting bread, lining up.

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