Mahmoud Mushtaha is a Gaza-based freelance journalist and human rights activist. He works as a media assistant at We Are Not Numbers, a project of the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
Water and essential nutrition are increasingly scarce across the Gaza Strip. Israeli strikes have targeted bakeries, depriving Gazans of the most basic of foods. Without the necessities, Gazans fear their deaths won't come from bombs, but from hunger
As Israel intensifies its onslaught against the Gaza Strip, Gaza's population is running out of places to hide. At the time of writing, Gaza's displaced population is over 260,000, with families seeking shelter in UNWRA schools as a last resort.
Stagnant wages and limited access to maintenance parts have immobilised Gaza's disabled population. Israel's blockade continues to deprive disabled Gazans of the right to life, causing many to spiral into serious bouts of depression and anxiety.