Nshe Gaza strip devastated by the war, a mother and daughter seek among the waste What remains of human dignity. It is not a scene far from a movie, but the raw reality that hundreds of thousands of people live every dayincluding Islam Abu Taeima, 40 years old, mother of five children. His cry is simple and disarming: “We are starving”. It is a voice that tears the silence of a conflict that has erased everything, even the essential.
Hunger emergency in Gaza: life among waste
Islam and her 9 -year -old girl they rummage between heaps of garbage and rubble a Gaza City. Not by choice, but to survive. «If we don’t eat, we will die. Even when they bring help, nothing comes to us, “he says. Theirs is just one of the many stories of a population in the street. After 19 months of war between Hamas and Israelover two million people are now at risk of famine.
Blocking of aid in Gaza: dramatic consequences
From 2 March, the Israeli government has imposed a total block on the Gaza stripforbidden the entry of food, medicines and essential goods. A measure that aggravated an already extreme crisis. Despite the growing international pressures, the humanitarian aid that manage to enter are few And often they do not reach families. Some trucks are sacked, others blocked by restrictions, particularly in the north of the territory.
Humanitarian crisis, mothers and children without food
Islam says it with disarming clarity: «This is our daily life. We collect food every day from the garbage. If we don’t collect anything, we don’t eat ». His face tells more about the words. It is the face of a mother who, in the midst of a war that seems to never end, struggles every day to keep her children alive, between ruins and hunger.
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