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Palestinians in northern Gaza fear ‘another wave of starvation’
We just saw the funeral of 10-year-old Mustafa Hijazi. He died due to health complications and the malnutrition made the situation worse. This is the second case where a Palestinian child has died due to malnutrition.
According to Kamal Adwan Hospital’s director, there are more than 200 Palestinian children currently at risk of death due to malnutrition. It’s difficult for Palestinians to find food. The only thing that is available is wheat flour and bread.
Palestinians in the north are saying they need more aid. Everyone is fearing another wave of starvation in the northern parts of the Gaza Strip.
In northern Gaza, starved families survive on bread alone
In northern Gaza, where Palestinians have been hit hardest by hunger, residents say acute shortages of vegetables, fruit and meat mean they are surviving on bread alone.
Food that can be found in the market is being sold at exorbitant prices, they said. One kilo of green peppers, which cost about a dollar before the war, was priced at nearly $90. Traders demanded $70 for a kilo of onions.
“We are being starved, the world has forgotten about us,” said Um Mohammed, a mother of six in Gaza City who has not left the area despite more than eight months of Israeli bombardments.
But she and her family have left their home for designated shelters in UN schools several times. “Except for flour and bread, we have nothing else. We don’t have anything to eat it with, so we eat bread only,” she said.
Displaced people in Jabalia scramble for drinking water
Footage shared online, and verified by Al Jazeera, shows a stampede and crowding among the displaced people at UNRWA schools trying to get drinking water on a daily basis.
In northern Gaza, the water crisis worsened after the massive destruction caused by the Israeli army in its recent military operation. “See how people suffer from lack of water and the spread of sewage, shelter and other challenges, including lack of food and aid,” one of the displaced people said.
“I came for several days trying to get water but wasn’t successful,” said an elderly woman. “We were displaced from Beit Hanoon after we lost our homes and now in Jabalia camp, we beg for water.”
