Palestinians suffering from hunger in Gaza have described the devastating situation in which they have to risk death and give their personal gold in exchange for flour.
The severity of hunger in Gaza has reached its peak in the last few days. According to Palestinian health officials, most of the 111 deaths due to hunger occurred in recent weeks. The dead included 80 children.
Israel has imposed strict restrictions on the entry of food and aid in Gaza, and this year after the 11 -Week full blockade, only some trucks can now take daily assistance. United Nations officials say Gaza is equal to the decline in sea compared to assistance.
According to locals, Israeli forces killed hundreds of Palestinians when they fled from limited number of relief trucks. The incident was widely condemned, including several Israeli colleagues.
There are also attacks in West Bank, where Palestinian health officials say the Israeli army killed 15 -year -old Ahmed al -Salah and 17 -year Mohammad Khalid Alian Jesus. Israel says they were throwing petrol bombs on the highway.
On Wednesday, more than 100 human rights organizations and welfare organizations called for more assistance in a letter. Meanwhile, The Independent spoke to Gaza residents, who are suffering daily in an attempt to provide something to their families.
A Palestinian boy is saving his head in a charitable kitchen in Mavsi area of Khan Younus on July 22, 2025 (AFP)
“We are living in hunger and daily harassment,” said 70 -year -old Vijaya al -Najar, a resident of Gaza city, because prices have increased so serious that any Gaza citizen, whether employed or unemployed, can tolerate it. All this is beyond comprehension. ,
“People are forced to go to death in search of some help,” he said. He regretted the prices of the flour’s ‘Hoseba’, saying that its price increased from 35 Israeli Shekel (7.74 pounds) to 180 Israeli Shekel (39.80 pounds) per kg per kg per kg per kg per kg.
The eye weighing from 85 kg to 62 kg says that he cannot eat full meal for himself. Talking to The Independent, he said, “What will happen to those children who need more than three times a day?”
The 70 -year -old Nazar recalled that his grandchildren requested him to buy the dough, which he was unable to buy. They divided the part of the bread left in the house, but it was not enough to reduce their appetite.
He said, “We are all hungry and if you can affiliate it, we can barely eat food. Sugar is not mentioned now, as it has reached about $ 100 per kg.”
Vegetables and fruits have also become very expensive, he said. “We are the poorest areas and we have the most expensive food and drink.”
Nazar appealed to the international community, ‘We appeal to the whole world to appeal to take immediate steps to bring help so that our children do not die. We want pressure on the force that occupy the world so that the food we are eating is not suitable for our body. We are all losing weight. ,
On July 14, 2025, people are queuing up to get food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City (Bashrat Talib / AFP).
40 -year -old Hina al -Madun told the British Broadcaster BBC that people in Gaza are giving their personal items, even gold to buy flour. He said that the flour is’ the basis of everything ‘, but it has become’ expensive and difficult.
Prices in Gaza Strip are continuously out of control and lack of food has become their own example. According to Palestinian health officials in 21 months of Israeli attacks and bombings, more than 60 people have died.
The war and attack began on 7 October when Hamas fighters attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and took at least 250 hostages in October 2023.
43 -Ayab Abdullah, a lecturer of the year university, who is a sponsor of a family of nine, said that every night before going to bed, he thought, ‘How would I give my children something to eat today? I can suffer from hunger, but what will happen to my children? ,
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‘We are not able to buy or find food in the market. We are living in daily hunger because the most needed, namely flour, is not available in the right amount. We are in such a state that even if there is money, we cannot buy food. Those who have money and who do not have, both became equal. The purchase power has gone. ,
‘I have to travel long distances to find one kilogram of pulses and beans. I am a lecturer at the university and require at least $ 100 daily to buy pulses, while the price of pulses has reached $ 30 per kg, as well as to burn wood. ,
32 -Old Yunus Abu Aada, who is homeless in Gaza, says he feels like Gaza people are hungry in the chicken box. ,
Yunus Aada told The Independent: ‘We are going through the war of massacre, famine and psychological war. This is the war of eviction, the war of tents, war of heat and sunlight. ,
On Wednesday, more than 100 organizations signed a letter demanding more assistance to Gaza as there was a ‘collective famine’ there.
The Israeli government insisted that it was not causing famine. According to government spokesperson David Mansar, “Human Krings of Food” is Hamas Yojana.
On Wednesday, David Mansar said more than 4400 relief trucks entered Gaza from July 19 to Tuesday, including food, flour and young children.
David Mansar said Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is a US -Back controversial organization and at the forefront of providing assistance to Gaza, provides two million food items to Gaza people in a single day.
He said: ‘Hamas is trying to stop the distribution of food. Where Gaza is hungry, it is created by Hamas. ,
