GAZA — Children and adults fleeing hunger in
the northern
Gaza Strip have testified to the dire conditions they face, with
their testimonies highlighting the impact of the Israeli blockade on access to
food, Khaberni reported.
اضافة اعلان
Many
clips and testimonies document the suffering of people in northern Gaza due to
hunger caused by the ongoing Israeli blockade for months. Bloggers in the strip
have reported that children in northern Gaza are dying of hunger, calling for
lifting the
blockade on northern Gaza or providing food aid to the people in
the north.
Videos shared by Palestinian journalist Hani
Abu Rizk depicted three siblings who were forced to leave their homes in Gaza
due to hunger. The eldest child, Saad, spoke about their journey from Gaza City
to Deir al-Balah, mentioning that their father had preceded them to the south
four months ago, while they stayed with their mother and their sibling who were
killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Saad added that they left with a group of
people to the south. During their displacement, they were stopped by
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) at a checkpoint for two hours before being separated
from the men and allowed to continue their journey.
Abu Rizk also shared another video of a man
who fled from the north to the south due to hunger, showcasing the exhaustion
and fatigue on the man's face as he described the famine ravaging northern
Gaza. Abu Rizk said, "Consider the condition of this man as he speaks; it
might help understand what is happening in the northern Gaza Strip."
Additionally, Photographer Mohamed Shahin
shared a video on his Instagram account of a girl from northern Gaza who had
not eaten since morning, with tears streaming down her cheeks as she expressed
her desire for food.
Notably, doctors at
Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza
City announced the death of 45-day-old infant due to severe malnutrition and
refusal to drink milk for several days, adding that this is one of the cases of
children who arrive daily at Al-Shifa suffering from severe dehydration and
moderate to severe hypoglycemia due to the blockade imposed on northern Gaza
for months.
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