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“I swear our stomachs are decaying,” said Eman Abu Jaljum, 23, whose family in northern Gaza has been surviving off canned peas and beans. “We are living in a famine that is more extreme than ever before,” Ms. Abu Jaljum said. Credit... Omar Al-Qattaa/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesOne of his daughters, Mr. al-Sapti said, asked for eggs, but there were none to be found. In the north, bread has become more available as some bakeries in Gaza City reopen their doors, said Mr. al-Sapti. But Mr. al-Sapti worries that the bakeries may soon run out of fuel.

Persons: “, ”, Abu Jaljum, Ms, Omar Al, Sapti, ‘, Jana Ayad, Mohammed Salem, Khan Younis, Hammad, Mr Organizations: Hamas, Agence France, Integrated, International Medical Corps, Reuters Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza City, Jabaliya, Somalia, South Sudan, Deir al Balah

A panel of global hunger experts warned this week that the Gaza Strip was on the brink of famine, but to many Gazans, it feels as if it is already here. “I swear our stomachs are decaying,” said Eman Abu Jaljum, 23, whose family in northern Gaza has been surviving off canned peas and beans. In a report issued on Tuesday, the experts said that almost half a million people in the territory faced starvation. They stopped short of declaring a famine, a designation that depends on a variety of criteria being met. “We are living in a famine that is more extreme than ever before,” Ms. Abu Jaljum said.

Persons: “, ”, Abu Jaljum, Ms Organizations: Hamas Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza City

☆ Israeli Airstrike Kills Dozens in Tent Camp in Rafah, Gazan Officials Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Anushka Patil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Top NewsAn Israeli airstrike on a makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza, killed at least 35 people on Sunday night, the Gaza Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said the strike was aimed at a Hamas compound. In a statement, the Israeli military said it was looking into reports that “several civilians in the area were harmed” by the airstrike and a subsequent fire. “What kind of a tent will protect us from missiles and shrapnel?” he said. “There was darkness and no electricity.”Doctors Without Borders said more than 15 dead people and dozens of wounded in the Rafah strike were brought to a trauma stabilization center that it supports in Tal as Sultan.

Persons: Tal, Israel, “, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bilal Al Sapti, Sapti, ”, Sultan, Dr, James Smith, Smith, I’ve, Patrick Kingsley, Johnatan Reiss, Iyad Abuheweila, Aaron Boxerman Organizations: Gaza Health Ministry, Palestine Red Crescent Society, The New York Times, International Court, Justice, Friday, United Nations Locations: Israeli, Rafah, Gaza, Palestine, Tal

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