A United Nations-backed assessment last month warned of famine looming in the northern Gaza Strip.
GAZA – Faced with major food shortages after nearly 14 months of war, Palestinians describe long days hunting for flour and bread in the conflict-ravaged Gaza Strip.
A United Nations-backed assessment last month warned of famine looming in the northern Gaza Strip amid a near-halt in food aid after Israel launched an offensive in the area.Gazans across the territory have told AFP in recent months how they wake up at the crack of dawn just to ensure they can get some flour or bread, with current availability reaching an all-time low.
"To get a loaf of bread you need a whole day of eight to 10 hours," said the brother of one of the women killed, describing his sister's ordeal as she tried to get bread to feed 10 family members. Palestinians from across the Gaza Strip told AFP journalists that it is extremely difficult to find the 50-kilogram bags of flour that would last them several weeks before the war.
In the latest blow, the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees announced Sunday it was halting aid deliveries to Gaza via a key crossing point with Israel.For Layla Hamad, who lives in a tent with her husband and seven children in southern Gaza's Al-Mawasi, UNRWA's decision was "like a bullet to the head"."Every day, I think we will not survive, either because we will be killed by Israeli bombing or by hunger," she said. "There is no third option.
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