How much does food cost in Gaza?

From $180 a kg of tomatoes to $60 a kg of sugar, Al Jazeera examines the outgo of basal nutrient items arsenic Israel’s battle connected Gaza continues.

Deir el-Balah, Gaza – For much than 2 weeks now, Israel has blocked astir each food aid from entering bluish Gaza, leaving immoderate 400,000 Palestinians surviving determination facing starvation, according to UN estimates.

Israeli attacks and forced evacuation orders person closed nutrient organisation points, kitchens and bakeries. The lone functioning bakery successful northbound Gaza, supported by the World Food Programme (WFP), caught occurrence aft Israel struck it with munitions.

Across the Gaza Strip, astatine slightest 2.15 cardinal people, oregon 96 percent of the population, are facing precocious levels of nutrient shortages, with one successful 5 radical facing starvation.

Skyrocketing nutrient prices

Most radical successful Gaza deficiency the means to bargain indispensable goods and beryllium connected foundation kitchens and assistance distributions for nutrient and currency coupons.

Most of them person mislaid their jobs arsenic the system collapsed owed to  Israel’s ongoing assault. Whatever currency savings and items they had for bartering person each but tally out.

The graphic beneath summarises nutrient prices successful northbound and southbound Gaza arsenic of September. These prices whitethorn fluctuate greatly based connected availability and are acold beyond people’s fiscal means.

Prices of indispensable items person skyrocketed. Flour, for example, costs $150 for a 25kg (approximately 55-pound) container successful the southbound and up to $1,000 per container successful the north.

Before the war, a twelve eggs outgo $3.50. It present sells astatine $32 successful the southbound and astir $73 successful the north.

Non-dairy powdered beverage is present sold successful the northbound for $1 a spoonful, oregon $124 a kilo (2.2 pounds).

Infant look is mostly unavailable successful the northbound and costs $15 a tin successful the south. An mean tin is astir 350gm (12 ounces)

Fresh produce, including cucumbers and tomatoes, are among the astir costly aft Israel destroyed astir of Gaza’s farms, wells and greenhouses.

Before and aft outer images amusement conveyance tracks implicit the once-fertile regions of Beit Lahiya, which was erstwhile known for its juicy strawberries that locals fondly called “red gold”.