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STORY: GAZA / NORTHERN GAZA IMMINENT FAMINE
TRT: 07:01
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH /ARBIC/ NATS
DATELINE: 15 NOVEMBER 2024, GAZA CITY
1. Various shots, Al-Nasr Street in central Gaza City
2. Various shots, a vendor on Al-Nasr Street in central Gaza City.
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) vendor on Al-Nasr Street in Gaza City:
“Ninety-nine percent of the people are suffering from hunger because there is not enough food for the population here—no vegetables, no poultry, and none of the essential healthy food.”
4. Various shots, goods displayed by the vendor on Al-Nasr Street
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) a vendor in Gaza City:
“Before October 7th, a can of fava beans cost two shekels; now it’s gone up to 15 shekels and keeps rising, often unavailable in the markets. The occupation controls this, and from day to day, even hour to hour, you may not find it with vendors, and people adapt to what’s the current conditions.”
6. Various shots, streets in the Al-Rimal neighborhood
7. Various shots, a vegetable vendor in central Gaza City
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian man:
“We are living a life in Gaza that no one in the world could endure. Imagine, to boil tea you have to light a fire; today, with no cooking gas, people are forced to break up their furniture to make a fire for cooking or bathing. The entire north has been pushed into Gaza City. Look how crowded the streets are here, even though more than half the population has moved south, but the space is extremely tight. We need mercy here in Gaza.”
9. Various shots, a canned food vendor in central Gaza City
10. Various shots, a tent with its residents seated in front of it in Gaza City
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian woman:
“The situation is extremely bad. No matter how we describe it, it’s worse than the worst. Prices are sky-high; flour is available in the north of Gaza but no vegetables or canned goods. The price of a can of food has gone from one shekel to 20 shekels, and no one has money to buy any kind of food. There are no eggs, no milk, no nutrition for children. The price of nutrition is sky-high, a small jar of milk now costs between 15 and 20 shekels. Where can we find the money? We have no income.”
13. Various shots, streets of Gaza City
14. Various shots, destroyed shops in central Gaza City
15. Various shots, streets of Gaza City
Food security experts warned of a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas within the northern Gaza Strip. The alert underscored that the humanitarian situation in the enclave is extremely grave and rapidly deteriorating.
A resident of Gaza City commented: "Before October 7, a can of fava beans cost 2 shekels. Now it has reached 15 shekels, and it keeps increasing. It’s often unavailable in the markets, controlled by the occupation. From one day to the next, even from one hour to the next, you might not find it with vendors. This is how people are adapting to what is the current conditions.”
Another Palestinian citizen said, "We are living a life in Gaza that no human in the entire world could endure. Imagine that just to boil tea, you have to light a fire. Today, due to the lack of cooking gas, people have resorted to breaking their household furniture to make fires for cooking or bathing. The entire north has been pushed into Gaza City. Look at the streets here, even though more than half the population has moved south. The space is extremely cramped. We need mercy in Gaza."
A Palestinian woman said, “The situation is extremely bad. No matter how we describe it, it’s worse than the worst. Prices are sky-high; flour is available in the north of Gaza but no vegetables or canned goods. The price of a can of food has gone from 1 shekel to 20 shekels, and no one has money to buy any kind of food. There are no eggs, no milk, no nutrition for children. The price of nutrition is sky-high, a small jar of milk now costs between 15 and 20 shekels. Where can we find the money? We have no income.”
In an alert issued by the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee (FRC), it warned that there is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas within the northern Gaza Strip. The alert underscored that the humanitarian situation in the enclave is extremely grave and rapidly deteriorating.
According to the World Food Programme (WFP), the situation was the result of large-scale population displacement, the reduction of commercial and humanitarian inflows into the Gaza Strip, and the destruction of infrastructure and health facilities.
In late October, WFP said that the numbers of trucks going in to the enclave went down to 58 trucks a day, compared to about 200 during the summer and most of the trucks that did come in were bringing humanitarian assistance.
The FRC called for immediate action by all stakeholders with potential influence to reverse this humanitarian catastrophe.
The Committee particularly urged all parties directly taking part in the conflict, or who have influence, to immediately allow food, water, medical and nutritional supplies, and other essential items, to enter Gaza.
Other recommendations include ending the Israeli siege in northern areas, as well as attacks on health facilities and other civilian infrastructure, and allowing health facilities to be re-supplied and health workers to be released from detention.
