Consider This from NPR Palestinians are counting lentils, as Gaza food crisis worsens
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May 14, 2025 A dire food crisis grips Gaza, with nearly half a million people facing starvation. Humanitarian aid has been suspended for over ten weeks, intensifying the situation. Families are resorting to grinding pasta and lentils to create flour for bread, as wheat flour skyrockets to $10 a pound. The World Food Programme struggles to deliver help amid accusations of aid misuse by Hamas. The emotional toll of hunger on the residents highlights the urgent need for global awareness and intervention in this humanitarian catastrophe.
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Gaza's Lentil Bread Scarcity
- Families in Gaza are grinding lentils and beans into flour to make bread due to wheat flour scarcity.
- Lentil soup and bread made from lentil flour help sustain hunger amid the blockade enforced by Israel.
Starvation Crisis in Gaza
- Nearly half a million people in Gaza face starvation, about a fifth of its population.
- The IPC's famine projections are contested but highlight the severe food crisis.
Counting Lentils to Survive
- Antoine Renard reported wheat flour costs $560 for 25 kg, unaffordable for most in Gaza.
- Families count lentils in their soup to remember it's lentil soup, showing extreme rationing.