Israel Pressured to Lift Aid Ban as Food, Fuel, Clean Water Dwindle in Gaza

I have been waiting for over five hours to get a plate of rice for the children to eat,

said Mohammed Abu Sanad, a displaced Gazan, at another such facility

There is no flour, no bread, no way to feed my children. We stand for hours under the blazing sun and sometimes in the freezing cold,

said Rayala, from central Gaza's Nuseirat area

Our stomachs can barely handle it anymore, ... but what choice do we have? Hunger breaks everything."

Abu Amira said

Some days we prepare 500 meals, but more than 600 people show up,

Madhoun said

People push and shove out of fear of missing their turn. There are little children who fall,

said Youssef, his voice barely rising above a whisper

If you arrive late, even by a few minutes, there's no food,

said Abu Amira, 28, who used to live in the northern town of Beit Lahia

Sometimes, in the chaos, my pot slips from my hands, and the food spills onto the ground,

he told AFP

Tomorrow, I will try to go earlier, hoping to get a plate of rice. We just want to live with dignity,

she said

These people who depend on us are threatened with starvation if this kitchen closes,

said Hani Abu Qasim, of the Rafah Charity Kitchen in Gaza

Everything from sterile gloves to body bags needs replenishment,

the International Committee of the Red Cross said

There isn’t anything left to give them now, so once the last supplies have been used up, the kitchens will have to close,

said one senior UN official

Famine is not just a risk, but likely rapidly unfolding in almost all parts of Gaza, ... Let us do our jobs.”

the CEOs said in a statement posted by Oxfam, adding

We urge Israel to immediately re-start a rapid and unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza in order to meet the needs of all civilians.”

They added

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They expressed support for my very clear position on how to act in Gaza and that the food and aid depots should be bombed in order to create military and political pressure to return our hostages home safely.”

After a meeting at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate with senior Republican Party officials, Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on X Wednesday

Palestinian civilians — including one million children — face an acute risk of starvation, epidemic disease and death. This must end,

they said in a statement

Children need the food pyramid for their development,

Abu Teir said

I’m afraid my son’s children will die of hunger,

said Mariam’s mother-in-law Sumaya al-Najjar

I dream of eating a tomato,

said Khalil al-Faqawi, standing in front of the empty stalls

We can’t get anything that provides any protein or nutrients,

al-Najjar said

The children ask for meat, for chicken, for a cookie. We can’t provide it,

he said