<![CDATA[Gazans Resort To Eating Grass And Taking Painkillers]]>

1.0 link 150862 <![CDATA[Gazans Resort To Eating Grass And Taking Painkillers]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/14/gazans-turn-to-painkiller_n_150862.html The Sunday Times of London reports that after a truce broke down between Israel and Hamas, conditions in Gaza have gotten considerably worse. They report that some families are so poor they have resorted to eating grass.

"We had one meal today - khobbeizeh," said Abu Amra, 43, showing the leaves of a plant that grows along the streets of Gaza. "Every day, I wake up and start looking for wood and plastic to burn for fuel and I beg....

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