“My heart was breaking but I couldn’t do anything given the lack of resources and harsh conditions. On May 3, my daughter died of hunger. Saying goodbye to her was an indescribable pain, and everything she endured continues to torment me every moment of my life,” al-Iskafi said.
Vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly, and patients in Gaza “cannot find a piece of bread now,” say social service workers in the genocide-hit, besieged enclave, as Israel continues to block all forms of humanitarian aid.
With Israel’s resumption of its war in Gaza, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are again at risk of severe hunger and malnutrition, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has said.
“The living situation is very bad. We cannot eat, or drink, and aid is very scarce. They told us there is aid in the south, but it is very scarce,” Iman Wadi, another displaced Palestinian, said to Al Jazeera.
In the southern city of Rafah, Palestinian children have protested against the severe lack of food and water in Gaza, with less than one week from the month of Ramadan.