Amal recently went to a charity kitchen in the Jabaliya camp market to get a cooked meal for her family.
She lives with her mother and five siblings in a tent on the rubble of their destroyed home. The family has no breadwinner after the Israeli military killed Amal’s father in one if its many invasions of the camp during this genocide.
Amal, just 10, has become accustomed to going to charity kitchens. Famine has stalked northern Gaza since December with Israel preventing the entry of food and other aid since last October.
And though occasional supplies do come through with aid organizations, the northern markets of Gaza are long closed.
On this particular day in June, hundreds of children were carrying bowls in their hands, lining up to get a meal at the kitchen. Occasionally, disagreements broke out over who stood where as the children jostled to ensure their bowls would be filled before the food ran out…..more
