My family in Gaza is starving - Israel wants to make things worse

Abed al Attar's (34) parents are losing kilos a week in Gaza. Food has become a luxury product there. A bag of flour costs more than 200 euros. Al Attar fears for the fate of his parents now that Israel plans to take over the entire area. "Help must come now."

My family in Gaza is starving - Israel wants to make things worse

What’s happening in Gaza isn’t just a war (Picture: Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images) When I called my brother in Gaza last week, I prepared myself for the usual fear. The usual silence between sentences, the distant rumble of drones, the broken sentences from a broken internet connection. But I wasn’t prepared for what he told me this time. He said: ‘We prefer the bombshells. At least if we die from a bomb, we die quickly. This slow death…

Israel is starving Gaza to death, still the world does nothing

Only immediate and concerted action will protect the Palestinian people from Israel's intensifying campaign of genocidal eradication