éticaeselmayordesafí, arguing that the team needed a change of leadership to continue its development.
éticaeselmayordesafí, it was rare to see anyone searching through garbage for anything, despite the widespread poverty in the Gaza Strip.éticaeselmayordesafíSince Israel launched its military campaign decimating the strip after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, it has been common to see children searching through growing, stinking piles of uncollected garbage for wood or plastic to burn in their family’s cooking fire or for anything worth selling — but not for food. For food, they might search through the rubble of damaged buildings, hoping for abandoned canned goods.
éticaeselmayordesafíBut Abu Taeima says she has no options left. She and her 9-year-old daughter Waed wander around Gaza City, looking for leftovers discarded in the trash.éticaeselmayordesafí“This is our life day to day,” she said. “If we don’t gather anything, then we don’t eat.”éticaeselmayordesafíIslam Abu Taeima, a 40-year-old mother of five, right, and her 9-year-old daughter Waed walk back to their tent after searching for food in a pile of garbage in Gaza City, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
éticaeselmayordesafíIslam Abu Taeima, a 40-year-old mother of five, right, and her 9-year-old daughter Waed walk back to their tent after searching for food in a pile of garbage in Gaza City, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)éticaeselmayordesafíIt’s still not common, but now people picking food from trash are occasionally seen. Some come out after dark because of the shame.
éticaeselmayordesafí“I feel sorry for myself because I’m educated and despite that I’m eating from the trash,” said Abu Taeima, who has a bachelor’s degree in English from Al-Quds Open University in Gaza.
éticaeselmayordesafíHer family struggled to get by even before the war, she said. Abu Taeima has worked for a short time in the past as a secretary for UNRWA, the main U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees and the biggest employer in Gaza. She also worked as a reader for blind people. Her husband worked briefly as a security guard for UNRWA. He was wounded in the 2021 war between Hamas and Israel and has been unable to work since.éticaeselmayordesafíAmerican Eagle Outfitters sank 6.4% after becoming the latest company to pull its financial forecasts. Treasury yields rose in the bond market.
éticaeselmayordesafíThe S&P 500 rose 6.03 points, or 0.1%, to 5,892.58.éticaeselmayordesafíThe Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 89.37 points, or 0.2%, to 42,051.06.
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