Hungry Palestinians in Gaza feed on wild plants: Our minds are blown! We fast on an empty stomach

As the UN Security Council calls for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and fears grow that famine could occur, the territory's starving civilians are looking for a wild green plant called Khobiza for lack of anything else to feed them. eaten. It is another reminder of the suffering in the Palestinian enclave during the five months of war that followed the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, when Hamas militants killed 1,200 people and took 253 hostages, according to Israeli records.

The attack prompted a fierce response from Israel, which launched airstrikes and shelling in Gaza that have killed more than 32,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave's health authorities, marking the worst conflict between Israel and Hamas. "All our lives, even during previous wars, we have not eaten Khobiza," said Palestinian woman Maryam Al-Attar. "The girls tell me "we want to eat bread, mother". My heart breaks for them," she added, quoted by Reuters.

"I can't find a piece of bread for them. I go and collect Khobiza. We have found Khobiza for now, but where will we get it in the future? Khobiza will end. Where should we go?", she adds.

Palestinians suffer at a time when they must fast during the holy month of Ramadan, like millions of other Muslims around the world who enjoy large dinners with their extended families and watch special television shows. "We are consumed by hunger. We have nothing to eat. We want vegetables, fish and meat. We fast on an empty stomach. We can no longer fast. We are going crazy with hunger. There is nothing to help the body resist," Umm Mohamed said.

Famine is imminent and likely to occur by May in northern Gaza and could spread throughout the enclave by July, the world hunger watchdog, known as the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, said on March 18. IPC).

Fears that Kobiza will provide only temporary relief are growing at a time when uncertainty over aid delivery deepens and as mediators seek to narrow gaps between Israel and Hamas over terms for a ceasefire and the release of hostages.

On Monday, an Israeli government spokesman said Israel would stop working with the UN Relief and Works Agency for the Gaza Strip, by far the largest aid body in Gaza, accusing the aid agency of continuing the conflict.

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