# Why a carton of eggs is a luxury in Gaza

> An investigation finds that eggs in Gaza cost roughly two to four times their prewar price in early October. Gazans no longer produce their own eggs after the war destroyed farms, so eggs are trucked in and face costly middlemen and unpredictable border closures.

- Date: 2026-11-14 · published 2026-11-15T00:11:03.007Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Middle East · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/100196-why-a-carton-of-eggs-is-a-luxury-in-gaza
- Commodities: [Eggs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EGGS.md)

## Why it matters

Restricted border access and a siege keep food import costs high and limit feed and food imports, but the effect on global feed commodity prices is small.

## Sources

- al-monitor.com: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/11/why-carton-eggs-luxury-gaza

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