STORY: This Palestinian grandmother is one of the hundreds of thousands of Gazans who depend on community kitchens for food.
She brings her own containers and waits for it to be filled up before starting the trek home to feed her children and grandchildren.
"I received this meal after four hours of standing under the sun, and I am exhausted," Umm Mohammad Al-Talalaqa says.
As challenging as her journey was, finding food could get even tougher as Gaza's community kitchens may soon have no more meals to provide.
That's according to multiple aid groups who tell Reuters dozens risk closing down, potentially within days, unless aid is allowed into Gaza.
Since March 2, Israel has completely cut off all supplies to the Gaza Strip's 2.3 million residents, in the longest closure the strip ever faced.
Food stockpiled during a ceasefire at the start of the year has run out.
"This hunger policy has destroyed us," says Al-Talalaqa.
Gazans' state of nutrition is worsening.
A United Nations report on Monday found about 10,000 cases of acute malnutrition among children across Gaza since the start of 2025.
The Gaza health ministry said at least 60,000 children are now showing signs of malnutrition.
Israel has previously denied that Gaza is facing a hunger crisis and says there is still enough aid to sustain the enclave's population.
But it has not made clear when and how aid will be resumed.
