A day in the life hunting for food and water during the Gaza famine – Mondoweiss

Normality has been redefined in Gaza. Calling home a makeshift tent is now normal, and so is shuttling between displacement centers and queuing for hours to receive food and basic necessities. It is normal for a child to spend three hours a day in a long line to fill up a small gallon of water, and it’s abnormal to see that same child stand in line for school. It’s also normal for an entire family to go two days without food.

Few in Gaza think things will ever go back to how…