Palestinians have been scrambling for food at a soup kitchen in Khan Younis, Gaza, as they wait for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal to come into effect on 19 January.
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Humanitarian agencies are calling for a 'flood of aid' amid an acute shortage of medicine, fuel, food and other basic necessities in the coastal region. The conflict has displaced about 90% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million, many of whom are at risk of famine. Almost all of the territory’s infrastructure – power cables, sewers, water pipes – has been destroyed, along with much of its healthcare system. Aid workers have described once bustling areas as desolate 'moonscapes'
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