NOVEMBER 25: The humanitarian pause agreement was meant to allow aid into the Gaza Strip. And yet, the supermarket shelves were empty. People were searching for salt, yeast and wheat flour to make bread. Everyone was desperately searching for ways to bring bread back into their lives, in supermarkets or on the streets—but no one can find.
A sign stapled on a supermarket entrance read: “WE DO NOT HAVE YEAST OR SALT”.
We went to Deir El Balah’s marketplace searching for food, but we could not find any. Tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, eggplant and oranges are all you can find. We even searched for winter clothes and blankets; we also did not find any.
If some supermarkets had anything at all on their shelves, it was soap and shampoo.
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