'Dying but breathing': Gaza residents grow increasingly desperate
People in Gaza remain trapped under deteriorating conditions and only sporadic communication with the outside world as Israel continues a relentless volley of retaliatory airstrikes against the Palestinian territory. CBC spoke to some of those trying to survive inside and family members watching anxiously from outside.
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![A Palestinian man sits with members of his family outside a building destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 12, 2023. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants entered Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip enclave on October 8. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images) A man and his two sons sit outside a building destroyed in an airstrike.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6994351.1697142435!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/1719883173.jpg)
People in Gaza remain trapped under deteriorating conditions and only sporadic communication with the outside world as Israel continues a relentless volley of retaliatory airstrikes against the Palestinian territory. CBC spoke to some of those trying to survive inside and family members watching anxiously from outside.