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00:02 Report by Tania Krämer & Mohammed al Madhoun

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In the summer heat - a sea of tents in the middle of Gaza City. Most of Gaza's population has been displaced. After almost two years of war, they’re left with nothing. 
 
Hunger and malnutrition are spreading throughout Gaza.  

As international pressure grows, Israel has agreed to allow more aid into the territory. It controls what goes in and out.

So far, people say little has changed.

00:33 
+++ FEMALE ARABIC++++ 
“The most common thing that women in Gaza wake up to is children asking for bread or something to eat. They say: Is there food, Mom? Is there anything to eat? To the point that sometimes days pass without bread, flour or anything. How can I feed her? My colleagues and I wonder how we will provide food for our daughters. There are no jobs, no money and prices are high.”  

00:59
+++  MALE ARABIC+++ 
“We hope the trucks begin to arrive regularly again and aid is distributed to all the families, with everyone receiving their share and everyone eating. God willing, there will be a positive change because everyone will have food, the children will eat, and the elderly will eat.” 

Many say that the aid distribution system has collapsed: They either have to risk their lives to get a food package at the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's distribution sites, or chase trucks carrying supplies. ((01:32 – 01:42 Reuters 2810, Israel-Palestinians/Gaza-Aid, July 27, 2025))  

01:42 
+++ FEMALE ARABIC+++ 
On normal days, small amounts were delivered to people, But not everyone is able to get aid. And even if someone gets a food parcel, how long will it last? It contains several cans of beans and chickpeas and several kilos of lentils. How long will that last?”

Food prices reflect the scarcity of supplies. Residents say that some of the food looted from trucks carrying humanitarian aid is then resold at extremely high rates – such as 40 euros for a kilo of flour  – leaving people no choice. 

02:19 
+++ FEMALE ARABIC 
“Aid is coming in, but we can't get it. Merchants seize it and sell it at very high prices. A kilo of flour costs 150 shekels (38 EUR/45US$). Who can afford 150 shekels a day? What we can afford is 20 shekels (5EUR/6US$) a day.”

02:35-2:45
+++ MALE ARABIC+++ 
“Today, I broke my fast with just a piece of bread (a pita bread). What can we do? Yesterday, we went to bed hungry. This is our life. We either break our fast with a whole piece of bread in the morning or half of it, and at the end of the day, we eat the other half.” 

A protest by children and their mothers asking for food.  

People say that waiting for the most basic food and supplies is humiliating. The war has made Gazans almost completely dependent on outside aid.