Gaza becomes ‘most expensive place to eat in the world’

What little food remains in Gaza has been pushed to black-market extremities

‘Where in the world is food more expensive than London, Dubai, and New York?’ It sounds like a setup to a cheap joke but the harrowing answer is Gaza.

Under a suffocating Israeli blockade, food, fuel and humanitarian aid have become luxuries for Palestinians.

The result? People are starving. Not metaphorically, not gradually – literally. What little food remains has been pushed to black-market extremities...