Gaza food crisis: Olives are rotting on the trees and food prices are soaring. The struggle to feed our family in besieged Gaza

In 2025, life in Gaza has become a daily fight to survive. Families don’t worry about luxuries anymore — they are just trying to find food. The Gaza food crisis is one of the worst in the world right now. The land is full of pain, hunger, and fear. Children are going to bed hungry, and mothers skip meals so their kids can eat.

Olives Rot While Families Go Hungry

Gaza has always grown olives, fruits, and vegetables. But now, those olives are rotting on the trees. Farmers can’t harvest them. Some are too scared to go to their fields. Others have no fuel, no tools, and no safety. Even if they could pick the olives, there is no one to buy them. Markets are empty, and roads are dangerous. The food shortage in Gaza is getting worse every day.

Food Prices Are Out of Control

In Gaza, food is now more expensive than ever before. A bag of flour, which once cost $25, now sells for $150. Cooking oil, milk, eggs, and bread are hard to find. And when they are available, very few people can afford them. In 2025, food has become a luxury item.

Families are now trading clothes, furniture, and anything they have just to get a little food. A father from northern Gaza said,

“I sold my wedding ring to buy bread for my children. I had no choic”e.”

Why Is This Happening?

The main reason is the blockade on Gaza. Israel controls what goes in and out of Gaza. Because of the ongoing war, most food trucks and aid supplies are blocked. In early 2025, the World Food Programme said it had to stop food deliveries because warehouses were empty. Food can’t get in, and people can’t grow their own. It’s a deadly combination.

Another reason is the damage to farmland. Over 70% of Gaza’s farms have been destroyed by airstrikes or are too dangerous to reach. Livestock, like chickens and sheep, are gone. Wells have dried up or were bombed. Gaza’s farmers want to grow food — but they can’t.

Starving Children in Gaza

The saddest part of the Gaza hunger crisis is the children. In 2025, around 65,000 children are suffering from severe malnutrition. Many are sick because they don’t get enough food. Their hair is falling out, their skin is pale, and they are too weak to walk. Schools have stopped, and playtime has become a memory. For these children, every day is a battle to stay alive.

Aid Groups Are Struggling Too

Many aid groups, like the UN and Red Crescent, are trying to help. But their trucks are often blocked or attacked. In some cases, people waiting in line for food were killed by bombings. It’s not just hard to deliver aid — it’s dangerous.

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is not just about hunger. It’s about human dignity. No one should have to die because they don’t have bread.

Gaza Families Show Unbelievable Strength

Even in this terrible situation, the people of Gaza are strong. Neighbors share what little they have. Strangers help each other. Women cook meals from scraps. Men dig wells to find water. The world sees destruction — but inside Gaza, there is still love, courage, and hope.

One mother said,

“I boil water and pretend it’s soup so my children think they are eating.”

That’s how far people are going to protect their families.

Support Children’s Aid: Delivering Food and Water to Gaza’s Children

Right now, children in Gaza are hungry, thirsty, and terrified. While homes collapse and streets turn to dust, Children’s Aid is on the ground, delivering real help — not just promises. We’re providing clean water through large tanks, serving hot meals to families, and distributing essential food parcels to those who have nothing left.

We buy supplies from within Gaza to make sure the help reaches faster and supports local vendors too. Every donation you send goes directly to where it’s needed most — no delays, no excuses.

Gaza is burning. Families are waiting. Donate now — and be the reason a child eats tonight.