Callum Sutherland and Chantelle Lee
As Israeli drones buzz overhead and food supplies dwindle, Oday Basheer moves quietly through Deir al-Balah, helping run a community kitchen for displaced Palestinians. The daily threat of airstrikes has become routine. “It’s just a press of a button and my story is ended,” he says.
Basheer, whose kitchen has partnered with World Central Kitchen (WCK), no longer tracks the headlines. “No one’s coming. No one’s going to stop this war.”
On Monday, Israel confirmed what many in Gaza had feared: its military will seize the territory indefinitely, calling up tens of thousands of reservists to significantly expand operations. The timing, according to a defense official speaking to the Associated Press, may hinge on President Trump’s visit to the region next month.
“I will not do the dreams that I wanted to achieve,” Basheer tells TIME from Gaza. “More than 50,000 people were killed during this genocide.”
WCK has suspended operations in Gaza twice in the past year after Israeli strikes killed seven in April 2024 and three last November.
As of April, at least 408 aid workers have been killed, deepening the crisis for Gaza’s 2 million residents already enduring a near-total blockade.
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