According to a food survey conducted by humanitarian aid groups in May, 85 percent of children under 5 were deprived of food at least one day over a three day period. Official death counts reported by Gaza’s government do not include deaths by starvation; at least 30 children have been recorded starving to death in Gaza so far.
Since May 6, when Israel seized and closed the main humanitarian aid crossing into Gaza, only about eight trucks of aid have entered on average each day — or about 1 percent of the 500 to 600 trucks that the UN has said need to enter each day in order to meet Palestinians’ needs.
Two weeks ago, the UN reported that its food and tent storage warehouses in Gaza are empty because of Israel’s blockade; now, families are reporting having to pay $700 just for a basic tent that they would then have to pitch in cemeteries due to overcrowding.
Over a million people have fled Rafah as Israel carries out its invasion, fleeing to nearby Khan Younis, Al-Mawasi and Deir al-Balah, Oxfam reports. As a result, two-thirds of Gaza’s population, or 1.7 million people, have now been forced into an area that’s less than one-fifth of the area of the Gaza strip — an area that Israeli forces have been bombing anyway, despite declaring it to be a safe zone.
I’m confused - who are they giving the $700 to? Is it monthly? Why is someone charging them money for it?
I did try to open the article but it wouldn’t load on my phone
From the commercial deliveries Israel replaced aid trucks with, it’s $700 for a tent. I don’t know if it’s a full tent, Israel has been preventing the tent polls from being allowed in Gaza. If you watch any footage of Palestinians in the camps you’ll notice they all use wood or plastic.
I’ll add an archived version to the post so you can view it.
Extortion of Palestinians during this genocide isn’t new either, here’s an older article discussing the cost of leaving Gaza
‘We try every day to escape’: Palestinians struggle to afford Gaza exit fees