SOS Gaza

Fights, bombardments and shelling are the main causes of the deaths of more than 30,000 people in the Gaza Strip so far. However, almost six months into the conflict, famine is becoming the main threat. Cut off from the rest of the world, the people of Gaza have already used up most of their supplies, and humanitarian aid and food are not being delivered in sufficient quantities to feed the more than 2,200,000 people who remain in the enclave. According to a report by the IPC, a multi-sectoral initiative that studies malnutrition and hunger in humanitarian crises worldwide, more than 1,100,000 people in Gaza will be in the highest, 'catastrophic' phase of hunger and malnutrition in the next three months. They are at risk of dying. - Horrible. I think the humanitarian situation on the ground today is one of the worst in the world. Firstly, we have a war that has been going on for six months - bombing, fighting, fleeing, evacuations. Secondly, we cannot escape from here, we can only wait and see what happens. Thirdly, we are starving - there is a shortage of everything here - food, water, fuel, electricity. - says Dr Bassam Zaqout from our partner, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society.