In pictures: Palestinians displaced by conflict grapple with food scarcity
Life in besieged Gaza amid Israeli brutal war and blockade has become unbearable. The ongoing shortage of food, water, fuel, and other necessities is causing immense suffering. Here are some deeply moving images from the Palestinian enclave:
Palestinians prepare food in a clay oven they built themselves after they were displaced to southern Gaza due to Israeli attacks, in Rafah. / Photo: AA
Daily life in Gaza remains a challenge amid Israel's blockade and 74-day brutal war that has killed nearly 20,000 Palestinians and forced more than 90 percent of the 2.3 million people from their homes.
People in Gaza described begging for bread, paying 50 times more than usual for a single can of beans and slaughtering a donkey to feed a family as food aid trucks were unable to reach most parts of the bombarded Palestinian territory.
The UN humanitarian office OCHA has said that limited aid distributions were taking place in the Rafah area, close to the border with Egypt, where almost half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million is now estimated to be living.
Check out these powerful visuals that capture life these days in Gaza:
Israel war on Gaza is making it almost impossible for aid convoys to move around and reach people going hungry.
UN humanitarian office OCHA says that limited aid distributions were taking place in the Rafah area, close to the border with Egypt, where almost half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million is now estimated to be living.
The city of Rafah, which has become a refuge for tens of thousands displaced due to the Israeli attacks, is facing increasing challenges in sourcing of food.
"It is a war of starvation. They (Israel) forced us out of our homes, they destroyed our homes and businesses and drove us to the south where we can either die under their bombs or die of hunger."
Youssef Fares, a journalist from Jabalia in the north, says staple goods like flour were now so hard to find that prices had gone up by 50 to 100 times compared with before the war.
Besieged Palestinians, already traumatised by Israeli air strikes and land invasion, are now confronting harsh winter weather.
Experts say Gaza will be "uninhabitable" for years to come due to Israel's attacks.
With most residents now displaced and unable to access any aid, hospitals overrun and food running out, the main UN agency there says society was "on the verge of a full-blown collapse" and its ability to protect people there was "reducing fast".
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