Average Palestinian in Gaza is surviving on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says

[Uncle Joe]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The average Palestinian in Gaza is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour the United Nations had stockpiled in the region, yet the main refrain now being heard in the street is “Water, water,” the Gaza director for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday.

Thomas White, who said he traveled “the length and breadth of Gaza in the last few weeks,” described the place as a “scene of death and destruction.” No place is safe now, he said, and people fear for their lives, their future and their ability to feed their families.

The Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, is supporting about 89 bakeries across Gaza, aiming to get bread to 1.7 million people, White told diplomats from the U.N.’s 193 member nations in a video briefing from Gaza.

But, he said, “now people are beyond looking for bread. It’s looking for water.”

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/average-palestinian-in-gaza-is-surviving-on-2-pieces-of-bread-a-day-un-official-says

[enid602]

1. Caloric intake

Limiting enemies’ daily caloric intake is barbaric.

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2. Enough. This is a huge, human tragedy. Israel has to lift the ban on supply trucks.

If starvation and thirst results in the deaths of many, on top of the air strike deaths, Israel is staining it's own image and will regret it.

Of course this will exacerbate and continue cycle of violence.

[Big Blue Marble]

3. Does this stop when people are dying of starvation, dehydration, and disease?

Who would think this could be happening in the 21th century?

Who wo?uld think our tax dollars would be contributing to this cruelty?