No food, no future: Gaza civilians' battle for survival amid Israel-Hamas conflict | Photos

Updated On Jul 27, 2025 10:05 am IST

Missiles aren't the only threat in Gaza amid Israel-Hamas conflict - civilians now face a severe food crisis, with children already dying from malnutrition.

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Palestinian children queue for a portion of hot food distributed by a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Palestinian children queue for a portion of hot food distributed by a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.(AFP)

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UK actor Ambika Mod claps, as other demonstrators bang pots and pans, to honour the Palestinians shot while queuing for food in Gaza, during a pro-Palestinian protest in London, Britain, July 25, 2025.(REUTERS/Isabel Infantes) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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UK actor Ambika Mod claps, as other demonstrators bang pots and pans, to honour the Palestinians shot while queuing for food in Gaza, during a pro-Palestinian protest in London, Britain, July 25, 2025.(REUTERS/Isabel Infantes)

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Palestinian children queue for a portion of hot food distributed by a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Palestinian children queue for a portion of hot food distributed by a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip(AFP)

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A woman holds a placard in front of police officers outside Downing Street, as people attend a pro-Palestinian protest, featuring the banging of pots and pans to honour the Palestinians shot while queuing for food in Gaza, in London.(REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A woman holds a placard in front of police officers outside Downing Street, as people attend a pro-Palestinian protest, featuring the banging of pots and pans to honour the Palestinians shot while queuing for food in Gaza, in London.(REUTERS)

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A Palestinian woman pushes a man and child on a wheelchair as people gather to receive bags of flour at a UN World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse on Al-Jalaa street in Gaza City.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Palestinian woman pushes a man and child on a wheelchair as people gather to receive bags of flour at a UN World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse on Al-Jalaa street in Gaza City.(AFP)

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A woman caresses a child's head as Palestinians wait at a food distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The World Food Programme said nearly one in three people in Gaza were not eating for days at a stretch and thousands were on the verge of catastrophic hunger.(Eyad Baba/AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A woman caresses a child's head as Palestinians wait at a food distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The World Food Programme said nearly one in three people in Gaza were not eating for days at a stretch and thousands were on the verge of catastrophic hunger.(Eyad Baba/AFP)

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A young boy raises a placard as he takes part in a protest in the Arab-Israeli town of Sakhnin on July 25, 2025, to denounce the shortage of food in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing Israeli onslaught.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A young boy raises a placard as he takes part in a protest in the Arab-Israeli town of Sakhnin on July 25, 2025, to denounce the shortage of food in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing Israeli onslaught.(AFP)

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A man walks carrying one of sacks of flour that were taken from a raided truck carry sacks of flour after raiding a truck that was carrying foodstuffs, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A man walks carrying one of sacks of flour that were taken from a raided truck carry sacks of flour after raiding a truck that was carrying foodstuffs, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP)

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Palestinian children queue for a portion of hot food distributed by a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 27, 2025 10:05 am IST

Palestinian children queue for a portion of hot food distributed by a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.(AFP)

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British actress, comedian, and writer Ambika Mod claps, as other demonstrators bang pots and pans, to honour the Palestinians shot while queuing for food in Gaza, during a pro-Palestinian protest in London, Britain, July 25, 2025.( REUTERS/Isabel Infantes) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 27, 2025 10:05 am IST

British actress, comedian, and writer Ambika Mod claps, as other demonstrators bang pots and pans, to honour the Palestinians shot while queuing for food in Gaza, during a pro-Palestinian protest in London, Britain, July 25, 2025.( REUTERS/Isabel Infantes)

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Men walk carrying sacks of flour that were taken from a raided truck carrying foodstuffs, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Men walk carrying sacks of flour that were taken from a raided truck carrying foodstuffs, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP)

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Palestinians hold out pans to receive food from a charity distribution point in Gaza City, Gaza, on Friday, July 25, 2025.(Bloomberg) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Palestinians hold out pans to receive food from a charity distribution point in Gaza City, Gaza, on Friday, July 25, 2025.(Bloomberg)

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Palestinians walk on an area at a makeshift tent camp located next to buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations, in Gaza City, Friday, July 25, 2025.(AP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Palestinians walk on an area at a makeshift tent camp located next to buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations, in Gaza City, Friday, July 25, 2025.(AP)

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Palestinians shove to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Palestinians shove to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP)

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Palestinian children wait for a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Palestinian children wait for a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP)

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People rush towards an truck carrying humanitarian aid as it drives along al-Rashid street in western Jabalia.(Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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People rush towards an truck carrying humanitarian aid as it drives along al-Rashid street in western Jabalia.(Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)

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People make their way along al-Rashid street in western Jabalia  after receiving humanitarian aid from an aid distribution point in the northern Gaza Strip. The head of Gaza's largest hospital said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, while Israel pressed a devastating assault.(Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 27, 2025 10:05 am IST

People make their way along al-Rashid street in western Jabalia  after receiving humanitarian aid from an aid distribution point in the northern Gaza Strip. The head of Gaza's largest hospital said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, while Israel pressed a devastating assault.(Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)

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Palestinian children wait for a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Palestinian children wait for a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP)

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Hidaya, a 31-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her sick 18-month-old son Mohammed al-Mutawaq, who is also displaying signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.(Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Hidaya, a 31-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her sick 18-month-old son Mohammed al-Mutawaq, who is also displaying signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.(Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)

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A Palestinian boy flashes the victory sign as he shoves the crowd to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Palestinian boy flashes the victory sign as he shoves the crowd to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis.(AFP)

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Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Saturday, July 26, 2025.(AP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Saturday, July 26, 2025.(AP)

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Protesters lay cooking pots outside of Downing Street gates, in central London, on July 25, 2025, during a demonstration called by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign group to protest against the ongoing food shortages in the Gaza Strip. More than 220 British MPs, including dozens from the ruling Labour party, demanded on July 25, 2025 that the UK government formally recognise a Palestinian state, further increasing pressure on Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Protesters lay cooking pots outside of Downing Street gates, in central London, on July 25, 2025, during a demonstration called by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign group to protest against the ongoing food shortages in the Gaza Strip. More than 220 British MPs, including dozens from the ruling Labour party, demanded on July 25, 2025 that the UK government formally recognise a Palestinian state, further increasing pressure on Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer.(AFP)

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People rush towards an truck carrying humanitarian aid as it drives along al-Rashid street in western Jabalia after trucks entered the northern Gaza Strip through the Israeli-controlled Zikim border crossing.(Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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People rush towards an truck carrying humanitarian aid as it drives along al-Rashid street in western Jabalia after trucks entered the northern Gaza Strip through the Israeli-controlled Zikim border crossing.(Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)

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A Palestinian boy seeks a cooked meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Palestinian boy seeks a cooked meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP)

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march in the seaport district during a ‘Stop starving Gaza’ protest and rally in Boston, Massachusetts on July 25, 2025.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march in the seaport district during a ‘Stop starving Gaza’ protest and rally in Boston, Massachusetts on July 25, 2025.(AFP)

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People make their way along al-Rashid street in western Jabalia after receiving humanitarian aid from an aid distribution point in the northern Gaza Strip. The head of Gaza's largest hospital said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, while Israel pressed a devastating assault.(Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 27, 2025 10:05 am IST

People make their way along al-Rashid street in western Jabalia after receiving humanitarian aid from an aid distribution point in the northern Gaza Strip. The head of Gaza's largest hospital said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, while Israel pressed a devastating assault.(Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)

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A Palestinian woman shields herself from the sun with her pot as she waits with others for a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Palestinian woman shields herself from the sun with her pot as she waits with others for a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.(AFP)

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Hidaya, a 31-year-old Palestinian mother, cradles her sick 18-month-old son Mohammed al-Mutawaq, who is also displaying signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. More than 100 aid organisations and human rights groups warned that mass starvation was spreading in Gaza, as the United States said its top envoy was heading to Europe for talks on a possible ceasefire and aid corridor.(Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 27, 2025 10:05 am IST

Hidaya, a 31-year-old Palestinian mother, cradles her sick 18-month-old son Mohammed al-Mutawaq, who is also displaying signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. More than 100 aid organisations and human rights groups warned that mass starvation was spreading in Gaza, as the United States said its top envoy was heading to Europe for talks on a possible ceasefire and aid corridor.(Omar AL-QATTAA/AFP)

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Police officers stand near pots and pans, which were banged by demonstrators during a pro-Palestinian demonstration to honour the Palestinians shot while queuing for food in Gaza, in London, Britain, July 25, 2025.(REUTERS/Isabel Infantes) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 27, 2025 10:05 am IST

Police officers stand near pots and pans, which were banged by demonstrators during a pro-Palestinian demonstration to honour the Palestinians shot while queuing for food in Gaza, in London, Britain, July 25, 2025.(REUTERS/Isabel Infantes)

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A woman holds placards, as people attend a pro-Palestinian protest outside Downing Street, a demonstration featuring the banging of pots and pans to honour the Palestinians shot while queuing for food in Gaza, in London, Britain, July 25, 2025. (REUTERS/Isabel Infantes) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jul 27, 2025 10:05 am IST

A woman holds placards, as people attend a pro-Palestinian protest outside Downing Street, a demonstration featuring the banging of pots and pans to honour the Palestinians shot while queuing for food in Gaza, in London, Britain, July 25, 2025. (REUTERS/Isabel Infantes)

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