US THERE IN JERUSALEM,
APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING.
>> WE'LL STAY IN CLOSE TOUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> STARVATION IS STALKING
GAZA'S.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KIDS
WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHY THEY CAN'T
GET A MEAL.
ALL THEY KNOW IS THAT THEY ARE
HUNGRY AND THAT THE DEVASTATION
THEY SEE AROUND THEM HURTS,
HURTS THEIR TUMMIES, HURTS
THEIR MOMS AND DADS AND THEY
DON'T FEEL SAFE.
THIS IS THE HUMAN SIDE OF THIS
WAR IN GAZA.
AND IT'S ALL SUPPORTED IN A
NEW REPORT FROM THE UNITED
NATIONS THAT'S NOW FAMINE
IS IMMINENT IN NORTHERN GAZA
AND THAT MORE THAN 200,000
PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING
CATASTROPHIC HUNGER.
>> AND IT IS TIMES LIKE THIS WE
ALWAYS FIND.
JAMES ELDER HAS MADE MULTIPLE
TRIPS TO THE REGION SINCE
THE START OF THIS WAR, AND HE'S
BEEN DOCUMENTING IT FOR US LIKE
THIS.
>> HEADING BACK INTO GAZA NOW.
OUTRAGEOUS.
HOW MANY LIVES SUPPLIES ARE SO
DESPERATELY CLOSE TO THOSE
WHO NEED FOOD, WATER,
MEDICINES, LIFESAVING SUPPLIES
.
WE KNOW JUST ACROSS THE BORDER,
CHILDREN HAVE DIED
OF MALNUTRITION.
CHILDREN HAVE DIED
OF DEHYDRATION.
ARE THE SUPPLIES THAT SO
URGENTLY NEEDED TO GET ACROSS
TO THE CIVILIANS OF GAZA?
>> WOW.
JAMES JOINS ME NOW FROM RAFAH
RIGHT THERE IN THE GAZA STRIP.
A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET BEHIND YOU,
BUT DEFINITELY NOT A BEAUTIFUL
SITUATION, ESPECIALLY WHAT YOU
JUST SHOWED US.
JAMES, WHAT I KNOW YOU TALKED
TO THOSE BRINGING THE TRUCKS
IN.
WHAT WERE ON THOSE TRUCKS?
>> HOW MANY DO YOU THINK WERE
BACKED UP THERE?
WELL, HUNDREDS.
THERE'S NO DOUBT.
HUNDREDS.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING THAT THE
PEOPLE HERE SO DESPERATELY
NEED.
>> FOOD, FOOD, FOOD, BUT ALSO
WATER AND MEDICINES.
THESE ARE THESE ARE THE
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIALS THAT ARE
JUST SO DESPERATELY LACKING
HERE.
I MEAN, I AM HERE IN RAFAH.
IT'S NOT WHEN YOU WALK OUT,
IT'S HARD TO WALK.
NOW.
SUCH IS THE THE DENSITY
OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE SLEEPING
ON THE STREETS, PEOPLE IN
TENTS.
IT'S COLD.
IT'S BEEN RAINING AND,
YOU KNOW, DRONES ABOVE THEM
ALL THE TIME.
THEY KNOW DRONES WILL DROP
BOMBS.
THIS TRAUMA UPON TRAUMA FOR
PEOPLE.
>> AND.
ALL RIGHT.
TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN
WITH REGARD TO THESE CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES BEING ABLE TO GET
FOOD.
AND NOW WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT STARVATION WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT FAMINE.
I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT WE
HAD INTERVIEW WITH AN
ISRAELI OFFICIAL A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO SAYING NOW THERE'S
THERE'S NO STARVATION GOING ON.
TELL US WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.
I KNOW IT'S -- IT'S
IT'S SOMETHING VERY, VERY PIECE
BY PIECE IS ONE SORT OF SOUL,
IF YOU WILL, CAROL.
AND LOOK, TODAY, NOT ONCE,
THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE TIMES,
WOMEN MOMS WOULD HOLD MY HAND
AND JUST ASK FOR ANYTHING FOR
FOOD AND WATER.
PARTICULARLY ASKED, PLEASE TELL
THE WORLD WHAT'S HAPPENING
TO US THERE.
THEY'RE AFRAID THAT THEY
THAT THEIR VOICES ARE NOT
BEING HEARD.
I THINK THEY ARE.
I DON'T THINK THE RIGHT
DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE.
THERE'S A FEAR ON THE GROUND,
KYRA, BECAUSE OF DISEASE AND A
LACK OF FOOD AND, THERE'S
ALWAYS A CONSTANT THREAT FROM
THE SKIES.
YOU KNOW, SPEAKING OF THE
SKIES, THE U.S. HAS CONDUCTED
THESE AIR DROPS OF AID FOOD
INTO GAZA.
NOW THERE'S THE OF THIS
TEMPORARY PORT THAT'S
BEING BUILT TO BRING IN FOOD,
SUPPLIES, WHATEVER IS NEEDED,
YOU KNOW, BY WATER INTO AREA.
IS THAT MAKING A DIFFERENCE
AT ALL BEACH?
IS ANY AID ANY AID, OF COURSE.
>> BUT WE HAVE BE REALLY CLEAR.
>> OTHERWISE, IT IS A DANGEROUS
DISTRACTION.
AND THEN IT'S MAKING A NEGATIVE
DIFFERENCE TO THE SHIP.
RIGHT.
BUT THAT WAS THE EQUIVALENT
OF AROUND 12 OR 13 TRUCKS.
AND AS WE SAY ON OUR PAST
HUNDREDS YESTERDAY.
>> SO IT REMAINS VERY
CLEAR THAT IF WE ARE GOING
TO AVOID MORE CHILDREN DYING
BECAUSE WE NOW KNOW
THAT CHILDREN ARE DYING
OF MALNUTRITION, THEY ARE DYING
OF DEHYDRATION, HORRENDOUS WAYS
FOR OUR CHILD TO DIE.
>> THE ONLY WAY IS TO GET THAT
AID THROUGH ON THE ROADS.
AND IT EXISTS THE AID IS A FEW
MILES FROM HERE, KYRA.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY ENTRANCE
POINTS THAT THE OCCUPYING POWER
WITH A LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
TO ENSURE THE POPULATION HAS
SAFETY, TO ENSURE THERE NO
FAMINE.
WE ARE READY TO DELIVER
THAT AID IF GIVEN THE CHANCE.
>> JUST SEEING THESE KIDS
WITH THEIR BOWLS WAITING THERE
THROUGH THE THE METAL FENCE
TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT,
IT'S JUST HEART WRENCHING,
ESPECIALLY AS A MOM.
>> JAMES, AS YOU MENTIONED,
YOU'RE THERE IN RAFAH.
>> ISRAEL IS SAID TO
BE PREPARING YET ANOTHER LAUNCH
AND, ANOTHER OFFENSIVE THERE.
DESPITE INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY.
>> THERE'S MORE THAN A MILLION
PALESTINIANS SHELTERING THERE
IN RAFAH TRYING TO FLEE
THE FIGHTING.
>> CAN THEY, THOUGH?
AND TELL ME WHAT UNICEF
IS RIGHT NOW TO JUST PREPARE
FOR ALL THIS.
>> YOU KNOW, SO I GLANCED
AT THOSE IMAGES, TOO.
AND THEN THEY ARE EVERYWHERE
HERE.
>> AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
I MEAN, UNLESS YOU'RE YOU'RE
A DOCTOR HERE, THERE IS A GREAT
TRAGEDY, A GREAT SENSE
OF FUTILITY TO.
HAVE THE SMALLEST CHILDREN
JUST.
JUST ASK FOR ANYTHING.
AND AGAIN, YOU.
IT'S SO CLOSE.
THIS IS THE DESPERATION.
THESE LITTLE CHILDREN
ARE FEELING RIGHT NOW.
RAFAH, AS YOU RIGHTLY SAY, HAS
MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE.
>> RAFAH IS A CITY OF CHILDREN
REPORT THAT HAS TWICE
THE POPULATION DENSITY OF NEW
YORK CITY, BUT NO RISE
AS EVERYONE IS LITERALLY
ON THE GROUND.
NO IS NO WAY IS SAFE.
WE'VE SEEN THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN
IN MY TWO DECADES WITH THE
UNITED NATIONS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THE DEVASTATION
THAT I SAW IN NEIGHBORING
KHAN YUNIS TODAY.
>> THEY CAN'T GO NORTH.
THEY TWO THIRDS OR MORE NOW,
I GUESS, OF HOMES ARE BEING
DESTROYED.
>> THERE'S NOTHING TO RETURN
TO.
SO THE IDEA THAT THE
PEOPLE COULD BE MOVED FROM A TO
B, THEY HAVE MOVED.
>> THEY'VE THREE OR FOUR OR
FIVE TIMES.
>> THEY HAVE TAKEN
THE AUTHORITIES WORD TO MOVE
AND KEEP MOVING TO A SAFE ZONE.
NOW THEY UNDERSTAND THERE
IS NOWHERE SAFE AND OFFENSIVE
IN RAFAH.
ILLICIT OF CHILDREN WHERE NOW
MORE THAN HALF OF GAZA'S
POPULATION IS HIDING.
>> FLEEING?
NO, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S
APOCALYPTIC.
I, I THINK EVERYONE
IS TERRIFIED BUT REALISTIC
THAT THIS SOMEHOW MIGHT
ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
>> WELL, YOU HAVE POWER
WITH YOUR INTERVIEWS,
YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOUR YOUR CELL
PHONE AND SHOWING THE IMAGES
THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE
WITH US.
PLEASE KEEP DOING THAT FOR US.
JAMES ELDER.
WE ADMIRE WHAT YOU'RE DOING
AND OF COURSE,