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'I have no plan B': Gaza's families left to starve under Israeli aid shutdown

After Israel sealed Gaza's boundaries last month, Ibrahim al-Madhoun managed to gather a few tins of food.

"Everyone rushed to the market. We usually go for canned food - beans, tuna, rice, grains - things that last. Cheese and other perishables are too expensive and spoil quickly," the Palestinian father told Middle East Eye.

But that small stockpile ran out two weeks ago.

Now, he feeds his family once a day with manakeesh - a thyme-topped Levantine flatbread.

"Even the manakeesh will soon disappear," said the 46-year-old, who lives with his elderly mother and five children.

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A Palestinian woman with her malnourished son in Gaza City (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar)