The Central Kitchen resumes operations in Gaza: The effects of chronic hunger do not go away quickly.

The World Central Kitchen announced the resumption of its operations in the Gaza Strip after a 12-week hiatus, describing the move as a "significant achievement" amid the ongoing US-backed Israeli genocide in the Strip.

The organization said in a post on its X account on Saturday that "the effects of chronic hunger in Gaza are not going away quickly."

She stressed the need for reliable access to feed communities safely and sustainably.

"For the first time in more than 12 weeks, trucks of WHO kitchen aid reached our teams in Gaza, and today we resumed cooking in selected kitchens, a crucial step toward scaling up meal production to meet the urgent needs of displaced Palestinians," she continued.

Commenting on the resumption of operations in Gaza, the organization described the move as a "significant achievement," following a weeks-long hiatus due to the Israeli blockade and the closure of crossings.

She noted that thanks to the ingredients that arrived, approximately 10,000 meals were cooked on the first day of resuming operations.

Beyond the supervision of the United Nations and international relief organizations, Tel Aviv began implementing a plan on May 27 to distribute limited aid through the so-called "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation," which is supported by Israel and the United States but rejected by the United Nations.

Those seeking aid through this mechanism have become a daily target of Israeli fire, resulting in large numbers of Palestinian deaths and injuries.

Earlier on Saturday, the government media office in the Gaza Strip announced that Israel had killed 450 Palestinians and injured 3,466 others, while 39 remain missing since May 27 while attempting to reach food distribution centers known as the "American-Israeli mechanism."