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Gaza's bakeries on the brink of shutting down under Israel's blockade of all food and supplies

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Israel has shut off all sources of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies for Gaza for four weeks .

The World Food Program says its flour for bakeries is only enough to keep producing bread for 800,000 people a day until Tuesday .

Food will run out completely if the flow of aid is not restored, because the war has destroyed almost all local food production in Gaza .

The number of prepared meals has grown 25% to 940,000 meals a day, a U.N. official says.

Aid workers say not only Palestinians , but their own staff have begun to fall into despair.

Save the Children suspends programs providing nutrition to malnourished children.

The United States pressured Israel to let aid into Gaza at the beginning of the war.

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