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As millions of Muslims around the world begin observing the Holy month of Ramadan,

we turn to Gaza.

Ceasefire talks are at a standstill, with hunger worsening across the territory and no end in sight to the five-month-old Israel-Hamass war.

In the city of Raffa, war-weary Palestinians shopped at an open-air market to find whatever they could.

I came here to buy, but I can't find anything to buy.

There's nothing, no dates or milk or anything.

One can't find anything for their children.

All these canned goods are full of germs that infect the stomach.

We need vegetables and fruits to feed our children because they've weakened and died from hunger.

That was Sufian al-Yosji. He was displaced from Gaza City. More than 31,100 people have

been killed in Gaza since the war started October 7th. That latest tally is from Gaza's health ministry. More than

two-thirds of those killed and ongoing airstrikes from Israel are women and children.

The UN says Gaza's entire population of 2.3 million people is in a food crisis with 576,000 people

at catastrophic or starvation levels. A declaration of famine is expected soon.

Israel says around 1,200 people were killed on October 7th when Hamas attacked communities

in the south of the country.

About half of the approximately 250 Israeli hostages taken that day remained captive.

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