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Globe and Mail
4 days ago
- Health
- Globe and Mail
Witnessing starvation on the streets of Gaza
Years ago, I planted a tree by my house that produced wild fruit. I didn't know what it was, and thought it might be poisonous, so no one went near the fruit. But as the famine in Gaza has worsened, I started to see children climb the tree every day and eat the fruit, though I warned them not to many times. Their answer is always the same: 'We are very hungry.' Children, who should be safe and protected, have to look for any food, even if it is dangerous. Words are inadequate. What is happening in Gaza is not just a temporary food crisis as sometimes reported in international media. It is a real famine. A few days ago, we heard shouting and noise outside our home in the Bureij refugee camp. We rushed to the door and found a woman lying on the ground, unconscious. Some young men were trying to help her and had called an ambulance. We brought her water and tried to wake her up. When the medics arrived, they said she was suffering from severe malnutrition. She hadn't eaten for days. Her body was so weak that she had collapsed in front of our home. This is now normal in the streets of Gaza. Pale faces, sunken eyes, and thin bodies searching for something to eat. Many don't know if they will find food today or not. Our life in Gaza is hungry and sleep-deprived under Israel's blockade Hassan Abdel Fattah, 25, was healthy before the war. Today he sits in the corner of his room at the Bureij camp, unable to move. He has lost more than half of his weight. 'I can't stand on my feet,' he tells me in a voice low with fatigue. 'My body is collapsing, and sometimes I feel like my heart will stop from how tired I am. The last time I ate meat was five months ago.' Om Ibrahim is a mother living with her six children in a tent in the refugee camp. She says that she sometimes cooks a light lentil soup for them to eat. 'My children cry all night from hunger,' she says. 'I give them water to calm them, but it doesn't help any more.' My family – my wife and our four children – is made up of adults, but that doesn't make life any easier. We start each day searching for something to eat for breakfast. Most days we try to buy hummus or falafel if they're available, though prices have become very high. We used to buy 10 pieces of falafel for about 25 cents. Now, we buy one piece for the same cost. Sometimes we find nothing, so we just eat lentils. Bread is rare since flour is almost gone. We usually eat with spoons instead of mopping food up with bread as we used to do. Because of the power cuts, we don't use a fridge any more. That means we must eat everything immediately and we can't save food for the next day. The borders with Israel and Egypt remain closed. Only very small amounts of aid enters Gaza. There are no shops open, only a few random street stalls that change location and what they sell from day to day. If we're lucky, we find a little bit of vegetables. As for meat or chicken, we haven't tasted them in more than five months either, like Mr. Abdel Fattah. At Al Awda hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp, a nurse, Imad Muharab was examining a child suffering from extreme thinness. 'We receive dozens of children every day with malnutrition,' he says. 'Most of them have dehydration, severe thinness and ongoing diarrhea. Sadly, we don't have enough medicine or special food.' He said that basic medical tools are hard to find. 'Sometimes we have to send kids home, even though they badly need treatment,' he says. Journalists are also suffering from hunger, making it hard to do our job. When I visited Al Awda hospital recently, a journalist standing near me fainted in front of the medical team. It was a shocking moment. He was helped immediately. Later, they discovered he had very low blood pressure, severe malnutrition and was exhausted. Aya Hasaballah, a nutrition expert, says hunger slowly breaks down a person's health and it is worse for Gaza's children. 'Most children today don't get enough protein or calories, or important nutrients like iron, zinc and iodine,' she says. 'This causes serious problems like low weight, stunted growth and anemia as well as weak immunity.' Canada, 24 other nations urge Israel to end war in Gaza, condemn 'drip feeding of aid' She says the effects of hunger will not end when the war ends. Children with malnutrition are at risk of brain development issues and chronic diseases in the future such as diabetes and heart problems, as well as mental-health ones including anxiety and depression. Compared to past wars or crises in Gaza, the situation is much harder this time. In previous conflicts, even with bombing and power cuts, people could buy some basic needs on some days. Aid was allowed in. But now there has been almost no real ceasefire, markets are not open and the crossings are mostly closed. The same goes for medical supplies including medicine, disinfectants and personal hygiene items. As for those who die from hunger, their families face problems just to bury them. The cost of a grave in Gaza is about $370 Canadian – a very high amount for families who have lost their income.
CNN
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- Politics
- CNN
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CNN
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- Politics
- CNN
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Deadly flooding grips South Korea for days South Korea has been ravaged for days by intense flooding that's left more than a dozen people dead. Reuters reported more than 16 inches of rain fell in one area in just 24 hours, citing the country's Interior and Safety Ministry. 00:48 - Source: CNN Vertical World News 16 videos Deadly flooding grips South Korea for days South Korea has been ravaged for days by intense flooding that's left more than a dozen people dead. Reuters reported more than 16 inches of rain fell in one area in just 24 hours, citing the country's Interior and Safety Ministry. 00:48 - Source: CNN Child flees Israeli strike on Gaza refugee camp Video shows a child running away as Israeli munitions struck near a UNRWA school in Bureij Refugee Camp behind her. 00:36 - Source: CNN Jair Bolsonaro denies coup charges as police raid home Police in Brazil raided the home of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and enforced a ruling from the country's Supreme Court that Bolsonaro wear an electronic ankle tag. Bolsonaro is being accused of plotting to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election. 01:17 - Source: CNN Taiwan conducts 10-day military drill The Taiwanese government is preparing for a war they hope will never happen. For the first time this year, Taiwan combined two major civil defense exercises, with the drills lasting ten days. 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Lula says that he initially thought the letter was 'fake news.' Watch the full 'Amanpour' interview on CNN. 01:33 - Source: CNN Gaza's only Catholic church hit by Israeli strike Gaza's only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli tank, killing three and injuring many more, church officials said. It became internationally recognized after reports emerged that the late Pope Francis used to call the church daily. CNN's Nada Bashir reports 00:53 - Source: CNN Prince Harry recreates his mother's historic landmine walk Following in his mother's footsteps, Prince Harry visited Angola's minefields just as Princess Diana did 28 years ago. The Duke of Sussex was in Angola with The Halo Trust as part of the group's efforts to clear landmines. 00:39 - Source: CNN Massive fire destroys Tomorrowland's main stage Tomorrowland's main stage went up in flames just days ahead of the festival's opening in Boom, Belgium. 00:38 - Source: CNN How Trump's image is changing inside Russia Once hailed as a pro-Kremlin figure, President Donald Trump's image is changing inside Russia. It comes after Trump vowed further sanctions on the country if a peace agreement with Ukraine is not reached in 50 days. CNN's Chief Global Affairs Correspondent is on the ground in Moscow with the analysis. 01:41 - Source: CNN Who are the armed groups clashing in Syria? Dozens were killed in Syria this week after clashes between government loyalists and Druze militias in the southern city of Suwayda, prompting Syrian forces to intervene. That, in turn, triggered renewed Israeli airstrikes. 01:57 - Source: CNN Syrian anchor takes cover from airstrike live on TV An airstrike on the Syrian Ministry of Defense was captured live on Syria TV, forcing the anchor to take cover. Israel has been carrying out airstrikes on Syria as part of its commitment to protect the Druze, an Arab minority at the center of clashes with government loyalists. 00:30 - Source: CNN Video shows machine gun fire near Gaza aid site A video from social media shows machine gun fire spraying the ground near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza as crowds of Palestinians lie on the ground for safety. Although the source of the gunfire is not seen in the video, multiple eyewitnesses say it shows the Israeli military opening fire on Palestinians as they waited for food on Saturday. 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The Guardian
07-07-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Syria wildfire and a pink octopus in Berlin: photos of the day
Palestinians, including children, struggle to get food distributed by a charity organisation Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images The bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike on the al-Judda family home in the Bureij refugee camp are brought to al-Awda hospital for burial procedures Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Palestinian girl Hala Abu Dahlez, 12, who was injured in an airstrike, adjusts her earring inside her tent in al-Mawasi in the southern Gaza Strip. Hala sustained serious head injuries when a metal swing collapsed on her after an Israeli airstrike. Doctors say she requires specialised treatment outside the Gaza Strip. Hala lives with her family in a displacement camp and suffers from severe physical and psychological trauma Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA Emergency responders with the Syria Civil Defence, known as the White Helmets, work to extinguish a wildfire near the town of Rabia Photograph: Ghaith Alsayed/AP A tourist shields from the heat on Filopappou Hill. Authorities in Greece have imposed mandatory work stoppages in parts of the country where temperatures are expected to exceed 40C Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP A man rides a scooter past traffic lights that were knocked down by Typhoon Danas. The tropical storm made landfall on the west coast of Taiwan late on 6 July, dumping torrential rain that triggered flooding and landslides Photograph: Tsai Ming-Chih/AFP/Getty Images People take shelter in the basement of their apartment building during a Russian drone strike Photograph: Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Reuters A riot police officer gets hold of a protester during anti-government protests labelled Saba Saba People's March to commemorate 7 July 1990, when Kenyans rose up to demand a return to multi-party democracy after years of autocratic rule by the then president, Daniel arap Moi Photograph: Monicah Mwangi/Reuters An activist from the Writing Thailand's Cannabis Future Network reacts as he attends a protest at the public health ministry to call for a responsible and well-regulated approach to cannabis as Thailand moves to recriminalise marijuana as a narcotic, in Nonthaburi province Photograph: Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters Activists affiliated with Greenpeace use a large inflatable octopus to stage a protest against deep-sea mining Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Footage showing an east German soldier at the Berlin Wall on 13 August 1961 appears on the facade of the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus parliamentary building during a multi-screen projection of the short film People and Parliament – Living Democracy in Germany. The 40-minute film showing highlights of Germany's recent history will be projected every evening until 3 October Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images The American rapper Cardi B arrives to attend the Schiaparelli haute couture autumn/winter 2025-26 show Photograph: Abdul Saboor/Reuters Subway wrestling on the moving R train from 71st St/Forrest Hills, Queens to the 59th St/Lexington station in Manhattan Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
