KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip: There are explosions audible in the cramped, humid room where Azmi Keshawi shelters with his family in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis. The bombardments keep coming closer, he says, and they're wreaking death and destruction.
Keshawi, his wife, two sons, two daughters and tiny grandchildren are trying to survive inside.The Israeli military has relentlessly attacked Gaza in retaliation for a devastating Hamas rampage in southern Israel almost two weeks ago and the Keshawi family's sense of desperation is growing. Food is running out and Israel has so far stopped humanitarian attempts to bring it in.The family hasn't showered in days since Israel cut off Gaza's water and fuel supplies.
But there's hardly anything to buy. The children often eat stale bread and drink powdered milk. A few Palestinians who own chicken farms and have gas stoves run take-out kitchens from their homes, asking customers to wait for hours to get a meager plate of rice and chicken. Keshawi wishes he didn't see the water they used — liquid with a disconcerting yellow hue, from a donkey cart. He didn't tell his wife.
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