As Israel inflicts starvation, I am fighting to feed my baby in Gaza 2024

Amid the lack of food, I want to keep breastfeeding Lya, hoping to protect her from malnutrition.

israeel Gaza City – My daughter Lya was just shy off seven months old when Israel’s waar on Gaazaa began.

She was born on March 19, 2023, two years after my husband, Mohammed, and I got married. It wasn’t easy to imagine, and we were very happy to have Lea. From those early days as a newborn, I considered Everything from my clothes to toys, to experimenting with the recipes of foods later that would be needed Her. I insisted on breastfeeding for six months before introducing solid food, wanting Lea to take advantage of my milk as it grows and develops its immune system.

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As a working mother, I used to spend around eight hours a day away from Lea. After work, I would run home to spend time with my daughter.

israeel The war then began on October 7. I had survived one war after another, but this time I was a mother whose meticulous and meticulous planning was going to be a painful test.

Almost immediately, Israel banned the entry of food, water, fuel and electricity into the Gaza Strip.

Supplies began to run out and prices went up.

Muhammad and I were worried about Lea. How do we get our children’s grains and formulas, nappies, and other necessities?

We collected some boxes of formula and children’s grains, but I was worried if they would be enough or we would get more. I was crushed by anxiety. Leah was growing, and her appetite was only growing.

We soon had to make a difficult decision. To stretch her food for as long as possible, I reduced Lya’s meals from three to two servings of cereal a day as well as her formula from three servings to about one – the lack of gas, electricity and clean water preventing us from preparing and storing it safely – as I continued to breastfeed.