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Why Children Are Starving so Much Faster than Adults in Gaza
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, JUL 31 – One in three children under five in Gaza suffers acute malnutrition as food and aid supplies are severely restricted by Israel's siege, the World Food Programme reports.
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We Often Return Home From Gaza Markets Empty-Handed — If We Return at All
In Gaza, survival has been redefined. It is no longer just about fleeing bombs — it is about keeping ourselves from dying of hunger. The echoing question — “Where do we go?” — has now been compounded by another, more desperate one: “What can we eat so we don’t collapse?” Gaza was once a self-sufficient agricultural society. More than that, it also exported citrus, strawberries, oranges… Source
Ahmed al-Arini had to walk for a while with his camera on his shoulder to get to the tent where little Mohamed lives with his family. One more in the middle of an ocean of tarpaulins filling the camp of displaced persons located east of Gaza City. Mohamed Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq is one and a half years old and weighs just six kilos. The image of his skeletal body, in his mother’s arms, has turned around the world as a symbol of the humanitaria…
Tiago André Lopes, CNN Portuguese commentator, says that "It is impossible that the images we are seeing from hunger in Gaza be discredited." The expert in International Relations leaves another explanation for the high number of children killed by lack of food, information asked this Saturday by the Israeli ambassador in Portugal. "The children are smaller and have less caloric reserves and therefore the hunger reaches them faster. A child with…
Retired American Lieutenant Colonel Tony Aguilar, who worked as a security guard in Gaza for 45 days, described the events at the aid distribution points.
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