War, hunger and disease stalk Gaza’s 2.2m people

ASKanyoneUNUNWFP in Gaza what he or she ate yesterday, and the answer will be brief. Families are surviving on scraps from the and other aid agencies. One father got two packs of cheese and some crackers on his last supply run; another went home with only a tin of beans. Mothers gather weeds to feed their children. The ’s World Food Programme () says half of the displaced families in southern Gaza go entire days without eating anything.On January 1st Israel announced that it would begin withdrawing some troops from Gaza. Reservists from two brigades would be sent home while those from three others would return to Israel for training. The drawdown may signal the slow start of the war’s next stage.