A charity director based in Deir al-Balah has said the food situation in Gaza is “absolutely desperate” and “the worst its ever been”.
Rachael Cummings, humanitarian director for Save The Children, has been based in the Strip since February last year.
Speaking to Sky’s chief presenter Mark Austin, she said: “One of my colleagues said to me yesterday, ‘We are all walking together towards death’. And this is the situation now for people in Gaza.
“There is no food for their children, it’s absolutely desperate here.”
“The markets are empty,” Ms Cummings said. “People may even have cash in their pockets yet they cannot buy bread [or] vegetables.
“My team have said to me, ‘There’s nothing in my house to feed my children, my children are crying all day, every day.”
She also shared fears over Israel’s latest evacuation orders “forcibly displacing people when there is nowhere for people to go”.
Gazans in Deir al-Balah have been told to head south and towards the coast.
“Where people are being pushed into is extremely overcrowded,” she said. “It’s a very dangerous place, especially for children.”