Raw sewage runs in the streets of Gaza.(WORLD)

National Catholic Reporter | March 7, 2008| | Copyright

A stream of dark and putrid sludge snakes through Gaza's streets. It is a noxious mix of human and animal waste. The stench is overwhelming. The occasional passerby vomits.

Over recent days this has been a more common sight than the sale of food on the streets of Gaza, choked by a relentless Israeli siege.

Hundreds of thousands of Gazans, almost all of its able male adults among a population of 1.5 million, crossed over into Egypt in late January to buy essential provisions--and a new lease on life. That has staved off starvation. But streets continue as ...

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