War, hunger and disease stalk Gaza’s 2.2m people
The territory is on the verge of famine after three months of war
ASK anyone in Gaza what he or she ate yesterday, and the answer will be brief. Families are surviving on scraps from the UN and other aid agencies. One father got two packs of cheese and some crackers on his last supply run; another went home with only a tin of beans. Mothers gather weeds to feed their children. The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) says half of the displaced families in southern Gaza go entire days without eating anything.
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This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “A man-made famine beckons”
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