ISTANBUL, May 25 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- Dozens of displaced Palestinians staged a protest Sunday in central Gaza against Israel’s ongoing blockade and worsening food conditions, calling for crossings to be reopened and humanitarian aid to enter without restrictions, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.
Participants raised Palestinian flags and banners condemning deteriorating living conditions and food shortages, calling for unrestricted access to food and medicine.
Ali Al-Shashniya, coordinator and spokesman for tribal and popular committees in the Al-Bureij refugee camp, told Anadolu that Gaza residents were facing increasingly difficult humanitarian conditions amid the continued blockade and food shortages.
He said thousands of families and displaced people rely primarily on humanitarian aid to meet their daily needs, warning that the humanitarian situation could worsen if restrictions on aid deliveries continue.
Hassan Rayyan, a displaced Palestinian from northern Gaza, said thousands of families had lost their homes and sources of income during the war and now depend on humanitarian assistance for basic needs.
“We want to live with dignity. We lost our homes and our humanitarian situation has become extremely difficult,” he told Anadolu.
Some protesters carried empty cooking pots as a symbol of the worsening food crisis facing Palestinian families in the enclave.
The protests came amid continued restrictions on aid access and delays in implementing key ceasefire commitments, including reopening Gaza crossings.
According to the World Food Programme, 1.6 million people in Gaza, representing 77 per cent of the population, face severe levels of acute food insecurity, including more than 100,000 children and 37,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women.
More than 880 people have been killed and over 2,645 injured in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was announced on Oct 10, 2025, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
The agreement was meant to halt Israel’s two-year war that killed more than 72,000 people, most of them women and children and injured over 172,000 since October 2023, and caused massive destruction affecting 90 per cent of civilian infrastructure.
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