"Every morning, Mansour Mohammad Bakr sets out from the small rented room in Gaza City he shares with his pregnant wife and two very young daughters. The 23-year-old walks past the port and the breaking waves of the Mediterranean where he once earned his living. Before the two-year war that devastated Gaza, Bakr was a fisher, sharing tackle and a boat with his father and brothers. Now his brothers are dead, his father is too old, and his equipment was destroyed during the conflict."
"Humanitarian organisations have ramped up distribution since October. In January, United Nations agencies and their partners reached approximately 1.6 million people with household-level general food assistance. World Central Kitchen, an NGO, is now serving 1 million hot meals a day. But such assistance remains vastly insufficient and still covers only basic necessities. For everything else, brought in by the private sector, Palestinians in Gaza need cash."
Mansour Mohammad Bakr, 23, lost his fishing livelihood after the war destroyed his equipment and killed his brothers; he now shares a small rented room with his pregnant wife and two young daughters and searches for work. The two-year conflict devastated Gaza's economy and destroyed many livelihoods. Humanitarian organisations have increased distributions and UN agencies reached around 1.6 million people with household food assistance, while NGOs serve large numbers of hot meals. Aid covers only basic necessities. Commercial supplies and markets are returning but prices are exorbitant, and Palestinians in Gaza require cash to buy food, clothes and household items.
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