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:
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Organizations:
Hamas
Locations:
Gaza, Israel, Gaza City