In Need of Water & Food: How Palestinians Survive in Gaza

On Saturday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced the next phase of the operation in Gaza, which will continue until a new order is given. In addition, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said Saturday that the Jewish state's objectives in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict require a ground operation in the Gaza Strip.

Overnight, Israeli airstrikes destroyed hundreds of buildings in the Gaza Strip, according to the Civil Defense in the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory, worsening the humanitarian situation in the Strip.

Although a number of humanitarian aid shipments have made their way into Gaza in recent days, the humanitarian situation in the Strip, which is under a total Israeli blockade of food, water, medicine, electricity, fuel, and recently even the Internet, is worsening by the day.

Meanwhile, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari on Saturday once again called on Gazans to urgently leave the northern part of the Strip and Gaza City and move south for their "immediate safety" ahead of a planned ground invasion of Gaza.

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A man carries bags of food on a bicycle in the aftermath of Israeli strikes in Gaza City on October 28, 2023.

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A young Palestinian sit on plastic jerrycans at a water filling point, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

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People carry bags of bread as they stand in front of a building destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza City on October 28, 2023.

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Women burn paper to heat water for tea in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28, 2023.

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A Palestinian boy holds a bag of chickpeas collected from a UN-run aid supply center, distributing food to local Palestinians and people displaced following Israel's call for more than 1 million residents in northern Gaza to move south for their safety, in Deir al-Balah on October 28, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

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Palestinian children play on the back of a pick-up truck, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

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A young boy carries bags of bread as he walks in front of a building damaged by Israeli strikes in Gaza City on October 28, 2023.

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Youngsters carry bags of bread as they ride a bicycle in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28, 2023.

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A young Palestinian waits near plastic jerrycans as people queue at a water filling point, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

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Palestinian men prepare food in large pots simmering on wooden fires due to the lack of cooking gas, which will be distributed to displaced families following Israel's call for more than 1 million residents in northern Gaza to move south, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 28, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

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People transport bread as they ride a donkey-pulled carts in Gaza City on October 28, 2023.

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A Palestinian cycles with bags of flour in Deir al-Balah on October 28, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.