Follow the story of Radha Krayem, a solar power engineer from Northern Gaza, who becomes the sole provider for her family during the war. Witness the desperate measures families resort to in order to find food, including mixing animal feed with water to make bread. Learn about Vada and her family's struggle to feed their youngest member and the extreme lengths people go to secure basic supplies like flour in a time of growing famine.
Late last week, an effort to get food into northern Gaza turned deadly, as thousands of desperate Gazans descended on aid trucks, and Israeli troops tasked with guarding those trucks opened fire.
Exactly how people died, and who was responsible, remains contested. Hiba Yazbek, a reporter-researcher in Jerusalem for The Times, explains what we know about what happened and what it tells us about hunger in Gaza.
Guest: Hiba Yazbek, a reporter-researcher in Jerusalem for The New York Times.
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