UN agency says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s blockade

Palestinian children receive donated food at a distribution centre in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

The World Food Programme (WFP) has said its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s nearly eight-week blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.

The WFP said in a statement that it delivered the last of its stocks to charity kitchens that it supports around Gaza.