Itimad al-Kanu, a Palestinian woman trying to feed her seven children, feels abandoned by everyone.
He sometimes believes that death is the best way to end his family's suffering after a year of war that has turned Gaza into a devastated, famine-stricken wasteland, writes Reuters.
"Let them drop a nuclear bomb and be done with it. We don't want this life we live, we are slowly dying. Have mercy on us. Look at these children," said the mother of three sons and four daughters, aged between eight and eighteen.
Children in their town of Deir al-Balah gather at a food distribution point, with empty bowls, desperate to eat. Aid workers share a pot of lentil soup. But, according to Reuters, this is never enough to satisfy hunger and calm widespread fear.
Al-Kanu says her family faces Israeli airstrikes that have killed tens of thousands of people and destroyed much of Gaza, on the one hand, and starvation on the other.
"No one pays attention to us, no one cares about us. I am asking the Arab countries to stand by us, to at least open the borders so that food and supplies can reach our children," she told Reuters.
"They are all liars, they lie to the people. The United States of America is with Israel against us, everyone is united against us".
Trucks with humanitarian aid were released yesterday through the Erez crossing into northern Gaza.
The US will decide this week whether Israel has made progress towards improving the humanitarian situation in Gaza and how Washington will respond.
Global food security experts have said there is a "high probability" that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza as Israel mounts a military offensive against Hamas militants in the area.
In response to the famine warning, the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Filipe Lazarini, accused Israel of using hunger as a weapon.
COGAT, Israel's military agency dealing with Palestinian civilian affairs, on Sunday released a list of Israel's humanitarian efforts over the past six months. She outlined plans to support Gazans through the winter.
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, told the UN Security Council last month that more than a million tons of aid had been delivered last year and accused Hamas of stealing that aid. Hamas denies such accusations.
In addition to hunger, Gazans say there is no safe place to go, as repeated evacuations have forced them to live in tent camps until they have to move again to avoid new attacks.
Some say their plight is now worse than the 1948 "nakba" (catastrophe), when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced from their homes during the war that created the state of Israel.
"The conditions then were better than what we face today. Now we have no security or anywhere to go," said Mohamed Abu Karaa, who was displaced from Gaza.
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