Tag: Northern Gaza

How Biden’s state department would assess Hitler’s extermination camps – Pearls and Irritations

Starved prisoners, nearly dead from hunger, pose in concentration camp in Ebensee, Austria. The camp was reputedly used for

In conclusion, we cannot say with certainty that we have disproved with undisputed direct evidence the uniform assertions of the Nazi leadership that they are not intentionally operating extermination camps to destroy Jews.

Source: How Biden’s state department would assess Hitler’s extermination camps – Pearls and Irritations

The desperate scrabble for food in northern Gaza | The Electronic Intifada

A group of people walk as parachuted packages are visible in the air behind them

As Israel’s military continues to impose famine on Gaza, and without any semblance of law and order, since local police are targets for Israeli soldiers, an estimated 500,000 people who stayed in the north are facing imminent death from starvation.

The few orderly aid distributions that do come through are inevitably organized by the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) in coordination with law enforcement – as much as they can – and local clans.

One such moment of relief came in mid-March.

Source: The desperate scrabble for food in northern Gaza | The Electronic Intifada

One-Third of Children Under 2 in Northern Gaza Now Acutely Malnourished

Children wait for food in Rafah.

“Malnutrition among children is spreading fast and reaching devastating and unprecedented levels in the Gaza Strip due to the wide-reaching impacts of the war and ongoing restrictions on aid delivery,” UNICEF said.

Source: One-Third of Children Under 2 in Northern Gaza Now Acutely Malnourished

These words are penned in hunger from northern Gaza

Palestinians walk through rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the Jabalia area, northern Gaza Strip, October 11, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

My life in northern Gaza since October 7 has been one unending nightmare. Fear, anxiety, hunger, thirst, and cold have become my daily companions. I am unable to comprehend the gravity of our situation, nor come to terms with the losses. Our lives here cannot be understood or explained in any rational way.

Source: These words are penned in hunger from northern Gaza