Anadolu through Getty ImageResidents of Gaza Patti have described the BBC’s effects of severe hunger on their body, after an un-assured report Confirmed famine in the area For the first time.
Five -year -old mother of Gaza City, 41 -year -old Rem Tawfiq Khadher said: “The famine was declared too late, but it is still important.
“We have not eaten any protein for five months. My youngest child is four years old – he does not know what fruits and vegetables look or taste.”
The United Nations says that Israel has greatly banned the amount of assistance entering Gaza, which is denied by Israel.
Israel also denied that there is starvation in the area, directly in contradiction Over 100 human groupsWitnesses on the ground, and many United Nations bodies say.
On Friday, the United Nations -backed Integrated Food Safety Phase Classification (IPC) stated that Gaza city and its surrounding areas had “completely man -made” famine.
It warned that more than half a million people were facing “horrific” situations “horrifying, destruction and death” during the Gaza Strip.
The mother of six, 47 -year -old King Talebeh said that she had lost 25 kg (55Lbs) in weight. She fled her home in Zitoun district of Gaza City a month ago and now lives in a temporary tent near the beach.
She is suffering from gluten intolerance and said that she can no longer get food she can eat.
Getty images“Before the war, a charity helped me achieve gluten -free products, which I could never tolerate myself,” she said.
“Ever since the war began, I can’t know what I need in the market, and even when I do, I can’t tolerate it. Can it not enough to live in daily bombing, displacement and a tent that molds us with neither heat nor winter cold – and now that is the famine on it?”
29 -year -old Rida Hijeh said that her five -year -old daughter Lamia had fallen from 19 kg to 10.5 kg (23LBS).
He said that Lamia was healthy before the war started and she had no pre -diseases.
“All this happened only due to famine,” he said.
“The child has nothing to eat. There are no vegetables, no fruit.”
Now, Lamia is suffering from swelling in her feet, thinning hair and nervous problems, she said.
“She can’t walk. I went to many clinics, doctors and hospitals. She told me that my daughter is suffering from malnutrition. But none of them gave me anything, no treatment, no support.”
Getty imagesMandy Blackman, a British nurse working for the charity UK-Mad, said that 70% of mothers, who participated in their maternal health, had clinical malnutrition among the pre-pre-delivery and post-delivery clinics.
“As a result, infants are given small and more unsafe,” he said.
More than 62,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel started its military operation in response to the Hamas -led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, with about 1,200 people killed and 251 others were taken hostage.
Since the onset of the war, at least 271 people, including 112 children, have died of “famine and malnutrition”, according to Gaza’s Hamas-Interested Health Ministry.
Another woman living in Gaza City, Essel said: “Five months ago, I was weighing 56 kg (123lbs). Today, my weight is only 46 kg (101LBS).”
He said that he had not eaten a single piece of fruit or meat in months and spent his entire savings on basic materials to survive.
She lives with Essel’s sister-in-law-she has a one-month-old baby.
“She is searching for a strict discovery of the child’s formula at a reasonable price,” Essel said.
He said that when they can find it, its cost is 180 Shekel (£ 39) per can.
“I have no food reserves, not enough for one or two weeks,” he said.
“Like thousands of people, we live day by day.”
Additional Reporting by Frea Scott-Turner
