{"id":16642,"date":"2025-08-20T16:56:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/?p=16642"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:56:31","slug":"video-starvation-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/video-starvation-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Starvation in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mozayal Hassuna walks the streets of Gaza, looking for food for her four children. The family has been displaced by the Israeli invasion of Gaza, triggered by Hamas\u2019 attacks on Israel more than 22 months ago. Since March, the Israeli military has closed all crossings into the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t provide a small loaf for the children to eat,\u201d says Ms. Hassuna, whose son tells her she lets him go to bed hungry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe famine is great,\u201d says street vendor Ahmed Sawafiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe hope to God that things get better,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Maher Ayyad, medical director of Al-Ahli Hospital, notes people are starving because of the border closures. He, like others interviewed in the video, wants peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See Mr. Ostaz\u2019s video here, and read his full report,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/at-deaths-door\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">At Death\u2019s Door<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"At Death&#039;s Door\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gNK5F4IzzT4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click below to support CNEWA\u2019s emergency campaign in Gaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n  <div class=\"donate-button\" id=\"minor-fund-campaign\">\n    <button class=\"donate-modal-toggle\" data-minor-fund='Palestine' data-minor-fund-code='PR'>Donate<\/button>\n  <\/div>\n  \n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mothers are watching their children shrink to skin and bones as the ongoing blockage of Gaza continues. 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