Hunger and malnutrition stalk Gazans, a year on from ceasefire

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Hunger and malnutrition remain widespread in Gaza a year after a ceasefire was meant to enable food deliveries to reach the territory. A mother described spending six or more hours each day in line at a community kitchen to obtain food for her family.

Every day, Gazan mother Niyaha al-Masri spends six exhausting hours or more queueing at a community kitchen in the hope of getting some food for her family. It has been a year since a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was supposed to allow food to flood into the ruined territory, yet widespread hunger persists there.