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A combination picture shows food products displayed with Shekel banknotes and coins illustrating how much they are worth in the local market in north Gaza, amid a hunger crisis and soaring prices, August 25, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/Illustration
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

Three potatoes for $40: The face of hunger in Gaza

Text: Beatriz Lecumberri / Photos: Mahmoud Issa (REUTERS)|Madrid|

Food prices have skyrocketed in the Strip, especially in the north, where it is very difficult to get aid to people. Families have not eaten fruits or vegetables since October, and nine out of 10 children suffer from malnutrition. There is no blood or rubble in these images, but they still encapsulate the humanitarian disaster suffered by two million people

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