THE United Nations food agency only has enough supplies in the Gaza Strip to keep public kitchens and bakeries open for less than two weeks, the body said today.

Israel has imposed another blockade on Gaza to pressure Hamas into accepting an alternative ceasefire arrangement, six weeks into their fragile truce.

Israel allowed a surge of humanitarian aid during the first six weeks of the ceasefire. But the World Food Programme said on Wednesday that its stocks are low because it prioritised delivering food to the population. 

The UN agency also warned that its fuel stocks would only last for a few weeks.

Palestinians said prices spiked as people rushed to markets to stock up on supplies after Israel announced the tightening of its blockade. 

After more than 16 months of war, Gaza’s population is entirely dependent on deliveries of food and other aid. Most are displaced from their homes, and many need shelter.

This follows an agreement by Arab leaders on Tuesday to endorse a post-war plan for Gaza put forward by Egypt.

The plan would allow Gaza’s roughly two million Palestinians to remain in the territory, a counter-proposal to US President Donald Trump’s plan to force all Palestinians to leave.

The $53 billion (£42bn) plan’s endorsement by Arab leaders was welcomed by Hamas, rejected by Israel and given a lukewarm response by the Trump administration.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi expressed his appreciation for “the consensus among the Arab countries to support the reconstruction plan for the Gaza Strip, which allows the Palestinian people to stay on their land without displacement.”

In a social media post after the summit, Mr el-Sissi said he looked forward to working with Mr Trump, other Arab nations and the international community “to adopt a plan that aims for a comprehensive and just settlement of the Palestinian issue, ends the root causes of the Israeli Palestinian conflict, guarantees the security and stability of the peoples of the region and establishes the Palestinian state.”

White House National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said: “The current proposal does not address the reality that Gaza is currently uninhabitable and residents cannot humanely live in a territory covered in debris and unexploded ordnance. 

“President Trump stands by his vision to rebuild Gaza free from Hamas.”

A spokesperson for Israel’s Foreign Ministry, Oren Marmorstein, posted on X that the Egyptian plan “fails to address the realities of the situation” and said the summit's joint communique does not mention Hamas’s October 7 attack.