![Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-19-at-075309-1.jpg?w=610&h=407&ssl=1 "Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]")
Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]
![Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-19-at-075310-3.jpg?w=302&h=202&ssl=1 "Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]")
Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]
![Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-19-at-075309-2.jpg?w=302&h=201&ssl=1 "Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]")
Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]
![Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-19-at-075310.jpg?w=303&h=202&ssl=1 "Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]")
Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]
![Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-19-at-075311.jpg?w=303&h=202&ssl=1 "WhatsApp Image 2024-12-19 at 075311")
Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]
![Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-19-at-075309.jpg?w=302&h=202&ssl=1 "Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]")
Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]
![Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-19-at-075310-1.jpg?w=456&h=304&ssl=1 "Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]")
Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]
![Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-19-at-075310-2.jpg?w=456&h=304&ssl=1 "Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]")
Palestinians gather to get food from a soup kitchen in central Gaza as famine takes hold in the Strip on 19 December 2024 [Mohammed Asad/MEMO]