More than a week after Israel imposed a “complete siege” and cut off entry of supplies to Gaza, people in the territory are facing an unprecedented crisis.
Hundreds of thousands in the north of the Gaza Strip have fled their homes after Israel issued an evacuation order in preparation for an expected ground invasion – but they have nowhere safe to go to. For more than a week, Israeli airstrikes have pummelled Gaza in retaliation for an attack by Hamas militants that killed 1,300 people.
