Gaza faces famine during Ramadan, the holy month of fasting
When dawn broke last Monday morning, signalling the beginning of Ramadan, it brought a cruel irony for the people of Gaza./ The holy month when Muslims fast during daylight had arrived amid a looming famine./ Gazans had already endured five months of war. Virtually the entire population was already dependent on food aid to survive./ "The people here have already been fasting for months," said Dr Amjad Eleiwa, the deputy director of the emergency department at al-Shifa hospital, Gaza City./ "They scour the city looking for food to survive, ...
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