A Palestinian collects potatoes from the garbage to satisfy his children’s hunger (social networking sites)
The starvation policy followed by the Israeli occupation against the people of Gaza has become a weapon that kills those who escape air strikes or tank shelling to save their lives.
Many videos spread on social media platforms, showing the suffering experienced by the residents of the Gaza Strip, and the voices rising from the heart of the event.
One of those videos was published by the Palestinian photographer Mahmoud Al-Awadiya of a family man peeling potatoes he collected from the garbage, saying, “Guys, by God Almighty, we have no food. My children and I have not eaten for 4 days. My children are crying from the lack of food, and I collected these potatoes from the garbage.” So I can feed them."
The head of the family indicated that his mother was martyred and their house was bombed by the Israeli army, and he now has no source of livelihood.
He added, "God knows the situation. I want to be quiet and feed my children. For 150 days, we have been under siege. We have not been able to feed our children. We cannot bring food, go out, or come back. I was forced to collect some ruined potatoes, in order to satisfy my children's hunger."
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The video received great interaction on social media platforms, and sparked a wave of dissatisfaction among activists regarding the situation that the people of Gaza have reached as a result of the Israeli war.
After the spoiled potatoes became food, other activists spoke about “hibiscus,” the wild plant that grows almost everywhere, and the residents of the Gaza Strip began to satisfy their hunger with it, as some of them described it as “the national plant that did not fail the people of Gaza, and saved them from hunger and humiliation.”
Mallow is the national plant that did not fail the people of Gaza and saved them from hunger and humiliation.
The wild plant that grows almost everywhere and the popular food that we treat with semi-neglect in normal situations, like a friend whom we neglected in prosperity but who came to our rescue in times of adversity.
Yassin Ezz El-Din pic.twitter.com/jFmUbHTNAD
— yaseenizeddeen (@yaseenizeddeen) March 5, 2024
Hibiscus...what's left of the food in the northern #Gaza Strip
and it's starting to run out...what's next for hibiscus???#We're dying of hunger pic.twitter.com/wmWZ5uM4qM
- Anas Al-Sharif Anas Al-Sharif (@AnasAlSharif0) March 4, 2024
With the continued starvation policy practiced by the Israeli occupation forces on the people of the Gaza Strip, which led to the martyrdom of some of them of different ages, especially children, Palestinian journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul published pictures of the elderly Abdul Rahman Al-Dahdouh, who was also martyred from hunger, and commented on the video by saying, “We apologize for the harshness of the scene. But we must remember the martyrdom of Hajj Abdel Rahman Al-Dahdouh as a result of drought and malnutrition.”
We apologize for the harshness of the scene, but it must be remembered that Hajj Abdul Rahman Al-Dahdouh died as a result of drought and malnutrition pic.twitter.com/NLzgwk6nU8
- Ismail Alghoul - Ismail Alghoul (@ismail_gh2) March 5, 2024
On the 151st day of the war on Gaza, people were wounded by occupation bullets as they sought to obtain aid in Gaza City, while the government media office in Gaza considered the targeting “an attempt to reinforce famine and perpetuate the siege.”
In recent days, the Israeli army has repeatedly targeted crowds of Palestinians waiting for food aid to arrive.
Last Thursday, the occupation forces opened fire on thousands of Palestinians at the Nabulsi roundabout west of Gaza City, killing about 120 Palestinians and wounding 750 others. The massacre sparked angry international reactions.
Source: Al Jazeera + social networking sites