LONDON: Famine conditions in Gaza have eased somewhat since the Oct. 10 ceasefire enabled limited aid deliveries into the enclave. But months of hunger and trauma had already inflicted profound, and in many cases irreversible, harm.
Although a formal declaration of famine did not come until August, Gazans had been cut off from adequate, nutritious food for close to two years. The effects, families say, began long before the crisis was officially classified.
“Just two days ago, we ate meat for the first time in a long while after prices dropped slightly,” said Maysa Yousef, an artist and mother of four based in central Gaza. “The last time anyone in my family tasted eggs was last Ramadan (March 2025).”
Months of hunger and trauma had already inflicted profound, and in many cases irreversible, harm. (Reuters)
The crisis has reshaped children’s understanding of food.
