"We Are Not Living. We Are Enduring." Gaza Mother on Struggle for Food, Safety Under Israeli Blockade

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Ahead of the Mother’s Day holiday in the Untied States, we speak to Duha Latif, a mother of two children in Gaza, about life for mothers living under Israeli occupation and assault. Democracy Now! last spoke to Latif over a year ago, when she was attempting to evacuate Rafah with her family. She now resides in a tent in Khan Younis and struggles to feed her family as Israel’s blockade has created widespread famine throughout the Gaza Strip. “We are not living. We are enduring,” says Latif. Her children, 8-year-old Amir and 3-year-old Karim, are suffering the effects of hunger and malnutrition. “The loss they are living is more than just the absence of food — it’s the absence of life as they knew it.”

Full article on the Democracy Now website at http://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/9/duha_latif_mothers_day_in_gaza

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