AP PHOTOS: Palestinians in Gaza struggle to get food even as aid trickles in
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are still struggling to get food even after Israel has eased its blockade and rolled out a new aid distribution system. Experts have warned of famine.
Associated Press photos taken this week show a crowd pressing in around a kitchen run by a local charity, holding out metal pots in hope of getting a ladle or two of watery soup. Israeli airstrikes are also a constant concern as the military targets what it says are Hamas militants hiding among civilians.
Israel began allowing some aid to enter Gaza in May after sealing the territory off from all imports for 2 1/2 months. But United Nations agencies say they are struggling to distribute it to those in need because of Israeli military restrictions, a breakdown of law and order, and widespread looting.
A Palestinian boy sits on the curb as he waits near a food distribution kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A Palestinian boy sits on the curb as he waits near a food distribution kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians inspect the rubble at the Al-Ansar Mosque following an Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians inspect the rubble at the Al-Ansar Mosque following an Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A child watches smoke from Israeli bombardment billowing over buildings in the northern Gaza Strip, from an overlook in Sderot, southern Israel on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A child watches smoke from Israeli bombardment billowing over buildings in the northern Gaza Strip, from an overlook in Sderot, southern Israel on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
A page from a destroyed Quran, the Muslim holy book, lies amid the rubbles of the Al-Ansar Mosque following an Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A page from a destroyed Quran, the Muslim holy book, lies amid the rubbles of the Al-Ansar Mosque following an Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Sherin Wafi, center, and her daughter Mira, 4, mourn during the funeral of her husband Hosam Wafi who, according to family members, was killed during an Israeli strike, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Sherin Wafi, center, and her daughter Mira, 4, mourn during the funeral of her husband Hosam Wafi who, according to family members, was killed during an Israeli strike, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians pray during a funeral for people who were killed while heading to a Gaza aid hub, at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians pray during a funeral for people who were killed while heading to a Gaza aid hub, at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israeli army vehicle pass by a new sign pointing towards Gaza reading “To release Omri Miron go straight” near Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel, where Miron was kidnapped from on Oct. 7, on Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Israeli army vehicle pass by a new sign pointing towards Gaza reading “To release Omri Miron go straight” near Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel, where Miron was kidnapped from on Oct. 7, on Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A Palestinian girl waits to collect donated food at a food distribution kitchen in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A Palestinian girl waits to collect donated food at a food distribution kitchen in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A Palestinian boy, injured following an Israeli airstrike, is brought for treatment to the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A Palestinian boy, injured following an Israeli airstrike, is brought for treatment to the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Palestinian women wait with their sick children for medical care in an overcrowded clinic in Gaza City, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehand Alshrafi)
Palestinian women wait with their sick children for medical care in an overcrowded clinic in Gaza City, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehand Alshrafi)
Israel and the United States have meanwhile rolled out a new aid system that they say is designed to prevent Hamas from siphoning off assistance, but it has been marred by chaos.
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