I am on day nine of a voluntary hunger strike while Palestinians in Gaza are being starved to death. It is estimated that 3500 children are at risk of death in the coming weeks due to starvation. Two million people are trapped in the besieged Gaza strip, half of them under the age of 18.
There were roughly 200 aid trucks entering weekly before May 6, 2024 – grossly inadequate for the need – but since the start of Israel’s ground offensive into Rafah – only a trickle of aid trucks have made it through – deepening the humanitarian crisis and man made famine.
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