Empty shelves, empty stomachs
At the end of our street is al-Sahaba market. It is no longer somewhere to fetch food. It is now quiet and gray, a place where the people are often…
Gaza Hunger
300 Starved Palestinians Killed at US-Israeli Aid Sites: Gaza Media Office
Gaza (Quds News Network)- The Gaza Media Office has released a grim report detailing the number of starved Palestinians killed and wounded while trying to collect food from US and…
More Bombs Than Food Entering Gaza, Warns UNICEF
Gaza (Quds News Network)- UNICEF spokesperson James Elder has warned that Palestinian families in Gaza are struggling to secure even a single meal a day for their children amid Israeli…
A quick and easy way to starve to death
It only took 20 days. I didn’t have to sleep on the cold, wet ground, live in a tent; relieve my bowels and bladder in the open like everyone around…
WFP: Only 700 Aid Trucks Entered Gaza in Three Weeks, Equal to One Day of Ceasefire Deliveries
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Since limited humanitarian aid resumed on May 19, only 700 trucks of food and supplies have entered Gaza, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said. That…
Israel recruits local gangs and foreign mercenaries, turning aid distribution centres into mass slaughterhouse
Palestinian Territory – Israeli forces are employing a local armed gang involved in aid theft, along with foreign mercenaries from a US private security firm, to kill starving Palestinian civilians near…
20 Starved Civilians Killed at ‘Aid Point’ as Massacres Continue in Israeli-US GHF Operations
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israeli forces killed 20 starved civilians and injured dozens more on Tuesday at an alleged ‘aid distribution point’ near the Israeli-created ‘Netzarim corridor’, according to medical…
“Mass Death Traps and Human Slaughterhouses”: A Timeline of Israeli Attacks on Starving Civilians at US-Backed GHF Aid Sites in Gaza
On March 2, Israel announced the closure of Gaza’s main crossings, cutting off food, medical and humanitarian supplies, worsening a humanitarian crisis for 2.3 million Palestinians, according to reports by…
Dozens of Starved Civilians Killed or Injured in Israeli Attacks Near Gaza Aid Centers
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israeli forces killed and injured dozens of starved Palestinians on Sunday near so-called ‘aid distribution centers’ in southern and central Gaza. The strikes targeted areas where…
Don’t Fund the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: It’s a Genocidal Smokescreen
Recent reports say that US AID is considering giving $500 million to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)—an “aid” initiative launched at Israel’s request. At first glance, that might sound like…
Gaza’s ‘Humanitarian’ Façade: A Deceptive Ploy Unravels
The decision resonated as shocking for all sides. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose entire war strategy hinges on the starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, unilaterally decided on May 19…
Manufactured Starvation in Gaza: Collective Punishment under an Apartheid Siege
This article examines the systematic starvation inflicted upon Gaza's population following the events of October 2023. Beyond indiscriminate bombings and infrastructural devastation, Israel’s imposition of a “complete siege” amounts to…
United Nations warns Gaza is the “hungriest place on earth,” as Israel orders new mass expulsions
Mass hunger continues to stalk Gaza as the United Nations warned on Friday that the besieged enclave is the “hungriest place on earth.” Jens Laerke, a spokesperson for the UN’s…
Humanitarian Camouflage: The Debut of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
What a nasty thing it has turned out to be. It involved subversion – Israel’s desire to ignore international tenets of humanitarian aid in favour of expediency and security –…
Israel Blocking UN from Delivering Aid to Starving Gazans, Says Spokesperson
New York (Quds News Network)- Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres, said Israel is preventing the organization from retrieving aid trucks intended for starving people in the Gaza…
A Short Guide On How To Starve A Population To Death
Your ‘aid’ system will lead to chaos, as desperate, starving people fight for food. That’s great. They look like a swarming mass of the very ‘human animals’ you were talking…
Israel Still Blocking Aid to Gaza Despite Claimed Siege Lift, Says UN
Gaza (Quds News Network)- The United Nations has stated that Israel continues to block aid from reaching starving Palestinains in Gaza, despite announcing on Sunday that it would allow limited…
Sharp rise in deaths: In just 24 hours, 26 Palestinians in Gaza have died due to starvation, lack of medical care
Palestinian Territory – Deaths among the elderly, children, and the sick in the Gaza Strip have increased alarmingly due to starvation, malnutrition, and lack of medical treatment, under living conditions created…
Israel Bombs 68th Food Aid Center in Gaza as Starvation Crisis Deepens
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israel has now targeted 68 food distribution centers and soup kitchens in Gaza since the start of its genocide, according to the Government Media Office. The…
Amid Starvation, People in Gaza Are Choosing Death at Home Over Displacement
Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid has entered its third month, pushed Gaza to the grip of starvation. Food supplies are dwindling rapidly, shops are stripped bare — even of the…
Israel waging a relentless war of starvation on Gaza, IPC report confirms
Palestinian Territory – A new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report has issued a grave warning: the entire population of the Gaza Strip faces the imminent threat of famine due to Israel’s ongoing, suffocating…
Entire Population in Gaza at Critical Risk of Famine, with Half a Million Palestinians Facing Starvation: IPC
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Gaza’s entire population continues to face a critical risk of famine, with half a million people facing starvation, according to a global hunger monitoring system, as…
Warnings Grow Over US and Israel-Backed Plan for Gaza Aid
United Nations aid officials have rejected a U.S. and Israel-backed plan for aid delivery in Gaza that reportedly involves the use of a private foundation and U.S. military security contractors to deliver far less…
World Central Kitchen Halts Gaza Meals as Israel Blocks Aid at Border
Gaza (Quds News Network)- World Central Kitchen (WCK) has stopped cooking meals and baking bread in Gaza after running out of supplies. The group says Israeli border closures since early…
Famine in Gaza: Will We Continue to Watch as Gaza Starves to Death?
The situation in Gaza today starkly highlights Israeli exceptionalism. Israel is employing the starvation of two million Palestinians in the blockaded and devastated Gaza Strip as a tactic to extract…
57 Deaths from Malnutrition in Gaza Amid Crippling Israeli Blockade
Gaza (Quds News Network)- At least 57 people, the majority of whom were children, sick, and elder people, have died from malnutrition in the Gaza Strip since the start of…
Two Months of “Inhumane Siege Are Further Evidence of Israel’s Genocidal Intent in Gaza,” Says Amnesty International
London (Quds News Network)- Amnesty International has doubled down on its findings that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, stating that “two months of cruel and inhumane siege are further…
60 Days of Israel’s Aid Blockade: Palestinians in Gaza Struggle to Survive
Gaza (Quds News Network)- With Israel’s blockade on food, medicine and other supplies now in its 60th day, people in Gaza are struggling to survive and are adopting coping strategies…
Mass starvation looms in Gaza as World Food Program says stocks have run out
After seven weeks of a full blockade of food, water, medical supplies and electricity, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) warned that it had delivered its last remaining food…
Top UN Official Warns Gaza on Brink of “Full-Scale Famine” Amid Ongoing Israeli Blockade
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Jonathan Whittall, head of the UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) in Gaza, has warned that the Palestinian enclave is on the brink of “full-scale famine conditions” as…
UN Program Out of Food in Gaza as Israel Maintains Blockade
As Israel continues to bomb and impose a total blockade on the Gaza Strip, the United Nations World Food Program announced Friday that "WFP delivered its last remaining food stocks to hot meals kitchens" in the…
NGOs Warn Children Survive on ‘Less Than a Meal a Day’ as Gaza Faces Worst Humanitarian Crisis in 18 Months
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Humanitarian agencies have sounded alarm over the worsening crisis in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has enforced a blockade on food, water, fuel, medical supplies, and…
Lawlessness will ease if ceasefire brings food
On 16 November 2024, nearly 100 aid trucks delivering humanitarian assistance to people in Gaza were looted. By all accounts, the looting took place in murky circumstances. At short notice the Israeli…
Biden Administration Official Worked to Suppress Gaza Famine Finding: Report
Washington (Quds News Network)- A Biden administration official pressured the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) to soften its conclusion that famine was occurring in Gaza last December and…
Israeli Siege Leaves 130,000 Kids Trapped and at Risk of Starvation in Northern Gaza
An estimated 130,000 children under the age of 10 have been trapped in areas of northern Gaza almost entirely cut off from aid assistance, food and medical supplies for 50…
Famine Sets In Northern Gaza
Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan hospital told Al Jazeera that Israel is blocking the entry of food, water, medical staff and materials destined for the north. He…
White House endorses Israel’s deliberate starvation policy in Gaza
The US State Department determined Tuesday that Israel is not violating international human rights law by withholding food to Gaza, effectively endorsing Israel’s policy of deliberately seeking to exterminate the…
Humanitarian Crisis and Aid Delivery Becoming More and More Difficult in Conflict Zones
In recent months several consensual aspects of humanitarian aid have been violated in ways that are perhaps unprecedented. This has happened particularly in Gaza and Lebanon as Israeli forces have…
Famine Takes Hold in Gaza as Israel Cuts Off Food Imports
The Israeli government has reportedly cut off commercial food imports to the Gaza Strip, a move that was revealed Thursday as new data showed that the besieged enclave's entire population is facing emergency-level hunger…
Up to 21,000 Dying Daily From War-Fueled Hunger
An Oxfam report published Wednesday estimates that war-fueled hunger is likely killing as many as 21,000 people per day in dozens of countries as parties to global conflicts weaponize starvation…
UN expert accuses Israel of “deliberate starvation” as a means of exterminating the Palestinians
Michael Fakhri, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, has published a report accusing Israel of carrying out the “deliberate starvation” of the Palestinians in Gaza as a means of…
UN Experts Say ‘Targeted Starvation Campaign’ by Israel Has Led to Famine Across Gaza
While the United Nations still has not formally declared a famine in Gaza after nine months of Israel's near-total blockade on humanitarian aid, 10 top U.N. experts on Tuesday said they have…
UN Food Chief Says Northern Gaza Suffering ‘Full-Blown Famine’
United Nations World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain said Friday that Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip are experiencing "full-blown famine" after nearly seven months of Israeli bombardment and invasion—and that…
Gaza: Israel’s Imposed Starvation Deadly for Children
(Beirut, April 9, 2024) – Children in Gaza have been dying from starvation-related complications since the Israeli government began using starvation as a weapon of war, a war crime, Human Rights Watch said today. Doctors…
International Court of Justice orders “unhindered provision” of humanitarian aid to Gaza
The International Court of Justice issued a ruling Thursday ordering Israel to provide urgently needed humanitarian aid to Gaza’s desperate 2.3 million inhabitants. The ruling, which starkly declares that “famine…
World Health Organization warns of “looming famine” in Gaza
Amid a systematic US-Israeli campaign to deliberately starve the 2.2 million residents of Gaza, the entire population is on the brink of famine. “Famine is ever closer to becoming a…
For 5 Months Evil USA Sent Bombs to Kill Palestinians and Let Israel Block Food to Starve Them
For five long months world hegemonic USA stood by it’s beloved Israel ‘fellow’ ‘democracy’ and with its veto prevented the UN Security Council from ordering Israel to stop annihilating its…
United Nations says Israel using “starvation as a method of war in Gaza”
Israel’s withholding of food from the population of Gaza may be a deliberate effort to starve the population, the United Nations’ highest human rights official said Tuesday. In a statement,…
Netanyahu and Gallant declare Israeli ground invasion of Rafah imminent
“Those who think we are delaying [the invasion of Rafah] will soon see that there is no place we cannot reach,” threatened Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on a visit…
Senate Global Food Security Commission Discusses Gaza Starvation
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing March 6 on Global Food Security, a timely topic especially so with millions starving in Gaza. It was unknown if the two…
Hunger and starvation intensifying in Gaza
Despite massive global protests after last Thursday’s “flour massacre,” in which Israeli troops killed at least 115 people and wounded 760 more trying to get food aid, the genocide is…
Biden claims Gaza ceasefire in sight as Palestinians starve
A day of speculation about a ceasefire in Gaza sparked by US President Joe Biden has exposed the vicious cynicism of all involved. Biden told reporters, “My national security adviser…
Inhumane Conditions – Gaza Residents Rely On Soup Kitchens For Food, Have Little Or No Water
As the Israel-Hamas war passed the 100-day mark this week, the Gaza Strip continues to be devastated amid the conflict, with women and children said to be the majority of casualties --…
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