Gaza fishermen brave shells for tiny catches in struggle to feed families

Gaza fisherman Abdul Rahim al-Najjar risks his life every day rowing a dinghy into the waves under Israeli military surveillance to net an occasional crab or fish – tiny morsels of food on which his hungry family has come to rely. The fishermen of the tiny Palestinian enclave have long been subject to strict Israeli prohibitions on how far out they can fish, but since the devastating war began on Oct. 7 they only dare venture about 100 meters (110 yards) from the shore. More than three months of fighting, blockade and Israeli bombardment have pushed Gaza, which is ruled by the militant Palestinian group Hamas, to the brink of starvation, with U.N. assessments saying its people are at serious risk of famine.