Scavenging…

Women and children are scavenging for food among mounds of trash in parts of the Gaza Strip, a UN official said on Friday.  Ajith Sunghay, head of the UN Human Rights office for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, expressed concern for the rising level of hunger in Gaza.  “I was particularly alarmed by the prevalence of hunger,” Sunghay said. “Acquiring basic necessities has become a daily, dreadful struggle for survival.”