Gaza—With the blockade tightening around the residents of the Gaza Strip, 70 days of relentless Israeli aggression have left bakeries almost non-existent in the besieged area. Most have been bombed, and those that remain have closed their doors due to the lack of energy sources and fuel.
Faced with these difficult circumstances, Gazans have been forced to adapt their electric bread ovens to coal ovens, the only available source of energy they currently have. They have modified these ovens by creating an opening at the top where they can place coal to bake the bread from underneath.
Residents of the Strip have turned to self-reliance in meeting their daily bread needs, but acquiring essential ingredients such as flour, clean water, or the coal used as an alternative to household gas for cooking presents a significant challenge.
Hayat Abu Zeina laments the difficulty of finding affordable coal or flour, saying, "The price of coal is high, and we struggle to provide flour, which is also expensive. May God make it easier for us and for all the displaced people. This war has hurt us a lot."
The Palestinians in the besieged enclave are suffering from a severe bread crisis. The Government Media Office previously accused Israel of deliberately bombarding areas around bakeries while dozens of citizens were lined up to buy their bread, resulting in dozens of martyrs and hundreds of injured.
