Middle East & Africa | Gaza’s civilians

All parties are blaming each other for the dire situation in Gaza

Aid deliveries work out at 29ml of water per person a day

Palestinians survey the destruction from the window of a ruined building after an Israeli strike in the Jabalia refugee camp
Another season of sufferingImage: AFP
|DUBAI

LIFE in gaza, for many, is now all about walking and waiting. People walk to water trucks and wells, to bakeries, to wherever someone has some food to distribute. Then they wait, often for hours; sometimes they go home empty-handed. At night they wait for dawn, which usually brings a lull in Israel’s bombardment, and a chance to catch a few hours of sleep.

This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “No respite”

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