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The struggle to get food aid from Egypt to Gaza: Insights from the Egyptian Food Bank

Aug 5th, 2025 • by Sikandra Kurdi, Mohsen Sarhan, and Ali Abdelhadi

The Gaza Strip has entered a “worst case” food crisis, with its population now facing famine, according to a July 29 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) alert. Responding to growing international outrage over the emergency, two days earlier, Israel said it was reopening humanitarian aid corridors—allowing international organizations to resume convoys—while the Israeli Defense Force announced a daily  “tactical pause” on operations in densely-populated Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, and Mawasi to facilitate aid distribution.