@guardian: Before the war, 32-year-old Hamada Shaqoura was a food blogger covering the best of Gaza’s vibrant food scene. Now, forced to flee his home to southern Gaza, and as the hunger and displacement crisis in the territory increases, he makes meals out of aid rations to feed and bring joy to people living in refugee camps – especially children. Since Israel’s invasion of Gaza after Hamas’s 7 October attack, and the intensification of its 17-year-blockade of the strip, nearly half a million people in Gaza are facing starvation, according to a report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification. A group of independent UN human rights experts have also warned “there is no doubt that famine has spread from northern Gaza into central and southern Gaza”, after the recent deaths of several children due to malnutrition. “No matter how much I cook, people need more,” says Shaqoura, who currently lives in Khan Younis, having fled Rafah after Israel began its ground invasion in May. His first child was born there shortly after. “I use food to portray the suffering of our people,” says Shaqoura, who says he uses his Instagram account, where he posts videos of himself cooking and handing out food, to encourage people to raise awareness of the hunger in Gaza. “I want my son to have a better life and not see such days again,” he says. Watch the video for his story.

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Monday 05 August 2024 07:57:35 GMT