According to the Middle East Eye by residents Palestinians, the famine in the north of Gaza, caused by the siege asphyxiating of Israel, has reached extreme levels. They were several reports of people who have been dead due to malnutrition, including newborn life of over half a million people wheel now every day around a single task: find something from eat. In the following article, a resident of Gaza City (who preferred to remain anonymous) tells Lubna Masarwa of Mee The struggle to survive in a city devastated by the war.
The situation is really hard. Get any What has become an impossible task, even for first assets needs such as sugar, salt and rice. We continue to look for them Everywhere, even in old shops and abandoned houses. If it's When, we can find them in the shops, they are sold at prices crazy. About four days ago 800 bags of flour arrived wheat of 25 kg each. Counting that in the north of Gaza there are Almost 700,000 people, this means a lot every 1,000 inhabitants. My cousin is among those who managed to get one. He has distributed fair parts to
our family, to each one kilo of Flour. Like everyone in Gaza, my sister and I mixed the our ration with corn flour and soy, in order to increase its amount. I spent three hours in the morning to light the fire and Cooking the dough, but the final result was not good. Era Hard, raw and had a strange flavor. My sister started a cry, I tried to calm her down saying that we could add us of the thyme to flavor it and eat it like this. In the day they are then gone to my uncles, to try to help them turn on a fire With the little wood left in Gaza, of bad quality. We have it Employed more than three hours. Uncle did not seem to me in shape. I have him He asked what he didn't go and he didn't answer. Later, his son told me he hadn't eaten to leave his ration of food to children, he was weak. At the end of this long day e tiring, an air attack hit very close to ours homes. I was terrified, we missed that they took we too.
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Gaza is at the limit of forces. The situation is Very serious and things worsen day by day. We are beyond the famine. In recent months I have become so fragile. I was a boy healthy, I went on horseback and ran. Now I can't even go up the stairs without feeling exhausted. I completely forgot what flavor They have foods like fruit or chicken. Until a few days ago we only had Rice, and even that is now scarce. If you can find, a kilo of rice costs 80 shekel (20 €), while before the war It was worth 7 shekel (€ 1.80). We are finishing basic foods like oil Kitchen, yeast, corn and barley. Also food for animals, which We have often been forced to eat, it is almost totally disappeared. Something ends every day. I know people who have started eating wild herbs. If we remain like this for another week, I think we will start seeing people with hungry in mass. One thing is certain: there is nothing more in Gaza. People Sane they get sick, the sick ones die. It doesn't matter if you have money or No, if you have stored more food from the beginning of the war or not. Everything is over, we cannot go around, we are all in the same situation. Dying for bombs is better than starving. At least with the air attacks you leave immediately. We are continuing to turn and turn every day, just to find the bite you keep standing.