Islam Abu Taeima, a 40-year-old mother of five, says hunger has left her no choice but to scour trash piles in Gaza City. “We’re dying of hunger,” she said.
Her family is one of more than two million Palestinians at risk of famine after 19 months of war and nearly three months of Israel’s blockade.
Despite recent aid allowed in, most of it has failed to reach the people.
Once a UN worker, Islam now boils stale bread and leftovers to feed her children. “Starvation is the biggest disease,” she says.
