Follow this family in Gaza as it is chasing the dream of food

Thus is the search for food in Gaza, that one of the father says that his greatest dream is to see his son with a piece of bread.

From inside the tent that he shares with his wife and five children west of Gaza City, Muhammad Abu Amisha describes what is necessary to chase this dream, and despair of deepening to survive with the continuation of the war.

Muhammad, 39, said: “The difficult word is not enough. We are living in a disaster.”

If they eaten at all, it is a good day, but it is not guaranteed after months of Israeli imposing the siege About two years of war. It is often securing one meal to feed his family as a dangerous ordeal that extends from morning to sunset.

It begins to collect cloth scraps for sale.

Search for “strips”

In Gaza, where a lack of fuel, there is a demand for pieces of fake materials because they are effective beginners in fires when immersing in diesel.

On this day, the task of finding the fabric is on three of his children – Rahif, 13 years old, Ahmed, 11, and Fawzi, 10.

Their fathers send them with the blessing: “God is merciful, you may return soon.”

When children do not return after more than an hour, Muhammad becomes very concerned about them.

It worries every time they go out to the streets. “I am concerned that they will be lost,” he said. “I am worried about them when there is a blow.”

But in the end, they return with bags on their backs, loading with what looks like scraps of carpets, nylon, shirts, an old hat.

“I was hungry while I was walking,” says Ahmed, 11, says.

Selling scraps for a meal

Now, Muhammad is due to finding a buyer. Only then the family can start looking for food.

In some days, they came empty, even after eight to 12 hours of trying.

Today, they are lucky.

Muhammad finds a buyer and managed to get out of 20 shekels – about $ 8 CDN – enough for pasta and lentils. He explains that he will need double to buy bread or some flour.

Muhammad said: “We have divided between seven people.” “Everyone gets two tablespoons.”

This is the daily battle of the Abu Amisha family and tens of thousands like them in Gaza, where the last warning is the highest so far.

Famine alert

On July 29, the IPC, which monitors hunger all over the world, issued a caution of famine for the pocket.

IPC says they have issued a warning to attract urgent attention to the deteriorating conditions in Gaza, and more analysis will be made to determine whether there will be an official announcement of famine.

according to Their reportMore than 20,000 children have been accepted to treat acute malnutrition between April and mid -July, and hospitals have reported a rapid increase in hunger -related deaths in children under the age of five, with at least 16 deaths since July.

The alert should be an invitation to wake up.

“The thing about starvation, food insecurity and food crises are … as soon as you start to work, it is very difficult to stop,” Dunlli said.

“We will see dozens of people turn into hundreds of people, and turn into thousands of people who lose their lives without urgent, immediate and large work on a large scale.”

“We will bring you bread”

For the Abu Amisha family, this procedure cannot come quickly enough.

“I prefer to die from living in the life I live.”

However, she tries to keep hope alive for her children.

“I say,” God is ready, just be patient, be a small patient, eat crumbs, will bring you bread, and we will bring you spaghetti and flour. “

At the present time, it is just a simple bowl of lentils mixed with pasta and water, and is prepared on a small fire.

Outside its tent, the family sits on the floor to share the meal that poured into one silver dish.

Today they eat. Tomorrow, no.

The seven -year -old Enas Husam asks what he wants.

“Bread”, he says.