Gaza residents describe ‘death train’ as food shortages and killings intensify

Carrying a bag of aid, Ibrahim al-Genedy, a displaced Palestinian from northern Gaza, told The Associated Press he has been desperately searching for food and water for his children.

“Unfortunately, the price we pay is human beings who die for nothing, martyred one after another, injured one after another. There are no hospitals to treat us. Why a 30-year-old like me runs after a kilo of lentils, a kilo of flour?” he said.

Mohamed Saada, who was forced to flee Beit Hanoon, said he has been unable to find food for his children because of the overwhelming demand for aid and “the difficulty of the situation between the shootings and the trucks running over people”.

He said “people are all over each other” when a small number of aid trucks are allowed to enter the besieged enclave.

“We were displaced 12 times. Now we returned to our homes that were reduced to rubble, living in camps, but we are terrified of the displacement word because we don’t have any ability, whether financial or physical, and we don’t have any more belongings to build tents or houses. We are very tired, and what you are watching now is a death train. They [Israel] are killing us in every way.”