UN warns Gaza bakeries set to run out of flour within a week

People wait to get donated food at a distribution centre in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP/PA)

Gaza’s bakeries will run out of flour for bread within a week, the UN has warned.

For four weeks, Israel has shut off all sources of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies for the Gaza Strip’s population of more than two million Palestinians.