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STORY: WFP / GAZA AID DISTRIBUTION
TRT: 1:35
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WFP ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21-22 MAY 2025, GAZA / ROME, ITALY
21 MAY 2025, DEIR AL BALAH
1.Various shots, WFP trucks with flour arriving and unloading at bakery
22 MAY 2025, ROME, ITALY
2.SOUNDBITE (English) Cindy McCain, WFP Executive Director:
“Some aid is finally reaching Gazans in desperate need, but it's moving far too slowly. And it's only a drop in the bucket, a teeny tiny drop in the bucket. We urgently need faster clearances and unrestricted access to get the food into the hands of the people on the brink of starvation. Humanitarian agencies need immediate, unrestricted and safe access to flood Gaza with life-saving aid. Without urgent action, lives will be lost.”
22 MAY 2025, DEIR AL BALAH
3.Various shots, WFP supported bakery producing bread
After nearly 80 days of total blockade of humanitarian assistance, families in Palestine are seeing glimmers of hope as they face extreme hunger and risk of starvation. A handful of bakeries are now operational in south and central Gaza, however far more bakeries are needed to be up and running across the Strip, in order to push back hunger.
According to WFP, the latest food assistance is just a drop in the bucket given the massive needs, “we need to fill the bucket if we hope to save lives,” the Programme said.
Food parcel distribution for households - the most effective tool to prevent famine -- remains prohibited. It needs to change.
The Programme also said that insecurity on the ground is one of its biggest challenges, adding that a few trucks looted while on route to bakeries.
WFP calls for a secure environment and faster facilitation of permissions and approvals to allow it to scale up assistance.
The assistance WFP provide must go beyond one meal per day. More essential food items are required to effectively push back the risk of famine, WFP said.
Over 130K metric tons of food - enough to feed the entire population for two months - is pre-positioned at border crossings for immediate access and delivery.
WFP stands ready to transport these supplies at scale. During the ceasefire WFP facilitated a daily cadence of more than 600 trucks into Gaza, which helped push back the tide of hunger.
