In northern Gaza, famine sets in: ‘We will eat anything’
by Ghada Abdulfattah
Apr 17, 2024
4 minutes
Searching the sky, or in the fields, even on the streets, residents of the northern Gaza Strip are constantly looking for food – and finding little.
When Ahmed Sawafiri isn’t chasing after parachuted aid packages, the photojournalist and father of seven from the war-torn neighborhood of Tal Hawa in western Gaza City scours the land for grass and wild herbs.
“We have tried everything for food: animal feed, barley, leaves,” he says. “We eat for survival. We will eat anything.”
Under pressure after , Israel says it is allowing mass food aid into besieged Gaza via new land and sea routes. But two weeks later, Palestinians in Gaza and aid workers say little
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