Posted on Jan 4, 2024
Gazans struggle with food insecurity, some already facing starvation
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A new United Nations report says 90% of Palestinians in Gaza have gone without food for at least an entire day during the war that began following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks. At least half the population is considered to be in the ‘emergency’ phase of food insecurity, with another 375,000 in the ‘catastrophe’ phase. This comes as bombardments continue and housing and medicines also grow scarce.
Host Robin Young talks to World Food Programme spokesperson in New York Shaza Moghraby about the crisis.
Host Robin Young talks to World Food Programme spokesperson in New York Shaza Moghraby about the crisis.
Gazans struggle with food insecurity, some already facing starvation
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Nur Barbakh, five months pregnant and displaced from Khan Yunis, was also waiting hours before the opening of the centre in Rafah.
"Sometimes I send my 12-year-old eldest son but he gets beaten up. He comes back crying and empty handed," said Barbakh.
"If it wasn't for this centre, we would have nothing at all," she said, holding three tomatoes and two shekels in her hand. "I couldn't find any bread".
"My children have lost a lot of weight, the hunger wakes them up at night," she said, adding that she was considering returning to her home in Khan Yunis, despite it being the centre of fighting between Israel and Hamas.
"It's better to die at home as a martyr than to die of hunger," she said."
..."Nur Barbakh, five months pregnant and displaced from Khan Yunis, was also waiting hours before the opening of the centre in Rafah.
"Sometimes I send my 12-year-old eldest son but he gets beaten up. He comes back crying and empty handed," said Barbakh.
"If it wasn't for this centre, we would have nothing at all," she said, holding three tomatoes and two shekels in her hand. "I couldn't find any bread".
"My children have lost a lot of weight, the hunger wakes them up at night," she said, adding that she was considering returning to her home in Khan Yunis, despite it being the centre of fighting between Israel and Hamas.
"It's better to die at home as a martyr than to die of hunger," she said."
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