Hunger and malnutrition stalk Gazans, a year on from ceasefire
KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories — Every day, Gazan mother Niyaha al-Masri spends six exhausting hours or more queueing at a community kitchen in the hope of getting some food for her family. It has been a year since a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was supposed to allow food to flood into the ruined territory, yet widespread hunger persists there. Masri has little choice. Without the…
Every day, Khan Yunis resident Niyaha al-Masri dedicates up to six hours queuing at community kitchens to secure sustenance for her family of ten. A year after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was intended to alleviate food shortages, hunger remains rampant in the devastated territory. With no alternative, Masri relies on humanitarian aid organizations' kitchens to feed her family, providing them with rice, lentils, and occasionally chicken.
Her husband, wounded in both legs by an airstrike, cannot accompany her on these treks, limiting their daily intake to a single meal. Breakfast is nonexistent, and they must ration the meager flour they possess. In August 2025, the IPC, a UN-backed entity, declared a state of famine in Gaza, highlighting the dire humanitarian crisis persisting a year after the ceasefire.
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