Gaza is experiencing its worst hunger crisis. For the first time in two months, aid trucks in the Gaza Strip have begun delivering food. Children are surviving on nothing but water and sugar, while Israel claims to be unaware of these facts.
Desperate and hungry, thousands of Palestinians are flocking to aid centers and aid trucks that have just entered the Gaza Strip. They are taking whatever they can, anything with a chance to feed themselves and their families, many of whom have gone days without food.
Despair has characterized these people for days, after Israel announced very strict conditions for the distribution of aid. Faced with a global backlash, Israel was forced to change course, stopping the fighting in parts of Gaza for 10 hours a day. The United Nations says that more than 100 aid trucks have been in Gaza since Sunday and are distributing food. More will be needed, with children picking up flour spilled from the trucks. The World Food Program says that 25 percent of Gaza's population is now experiencing a hunger crisis. Israel, for its part, is allowing airlifts into Gaza for the first time, forcing Palestinians to take what they can.
"I couldn't get anything," says an elderly woman, " I was crushed by the crowd."
And while some received boxes of food, others tend to get flour, oil, pastries, very little of what they really need.
"This aid is inhumane, we are not dogs running after food. People are fighting for it. It is better to die of hunger with dignity than to die in humiliation."
Palestinians are being shot and killed trying to get aid. The Palestinian health ministry said 25 people were killed by Israeli forces while receiving food over the past 24 hours.
While the Israeli army says it is unaware of these facts.
"He is only 12 years old. What is his fault? He is looking for flour to feed the little children," says another Palestinian. His brother survives on sugar and water. Gaza is facing a catastrophic famine. (A2 Televizion)
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