Many in Gaza are eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues
Associated PressDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Yasmin Eid coughs and covers her face, cooking a small pot of lentils over a fire fed with twigs and scrap paper in the tent she shares with her husband and four young daughters in the Gaza Strip. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print After being displaced five times, the Eids reside in central Gaza, where aid groups have relatively more access than in the north, which has been largely isolated and heavily destroyed since Israel began waging a renewed offensive against the militant group Hamas in early October. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print In Deir al-Balah, the Eids are among hundreds of thousands sheltering in squalid tent camps. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print For the Eids, hunger is the daily routine For months, Yasmin and her family have gone to bed hungry. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print The war started Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led fighters stormed into Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting around 250.