This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Week three ends with over 7,000 Palestinians killed
'180 of us were waiting for bread. We could have all been killed'
26 October 2023 22:48 BST
Mohammed al-Hajjar is a freelance photojournalist and longtime contributor to Middle East Eye.
Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip and its relentless bombing campaign has plunged its 2.2 million people into severe food insecurity.
Most of Gaza's bakeries closed their doors after Israel cut electricity and fuel, and others have been bombed.
The few bakeries that are still open see hours-long queues of people waiting to secure bread, as the supplies of other foods and water dwindle.
From Gaza, Mohammed describes the moment dozens of Palestinians standing in line outside a bakery escaped death as Israel struck the area around it.
You can read the full first-person account below.
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