Lit by the ghostly glow of a rapidly depleting mobile phone light, Mahmoud Shalabi says conditions in northern Gaza have become “really dire” without adequate access to medicine, clean water, electricity or safe passage after nearly two weeks of Israeli bombardment.
“My wife is actually using her phone to light my face for this interview and using whatever charge is left in my phone, 45 percent, to conduct this interview with you,” he told CNN’s Erin Burnett in a video call. For Shalabi, a local aid worker, a working phone is one of his most vital possessions.
You can’t buy simple things for the kids, like you can’t buy crisps or sweets, no fruits, no vegetables for the children,” he said, adding that he had been queuing for two hours just to get 10 pieces of bread for his family, which also includes his parents. “For the medicines as such, unfortunately it can’t be done because there’s nothing left in the local market,” he said. He added that the situation has been made worse by the lack of safe corridors and passages to warehouse stores.
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