Starvation policy

A stark example of starvation policy, prisoner Jadallah loses half his weight in Israeli jails

Friday-19-April-2024

After losing half his weight in six months in Israeli custody, prisoner Imad Jadallah was released on Thursday from Israeli jails, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

HRW: Israel uses starvation as a weapon against Gaza children

Tuesday-9-April-2024

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that “children in Gaza have been dying from starvation-related complications since the Israeli government began using starvation as a weapon of war,” calling such an Israeli practice a “war crime.”

UN calls for sending aid to Gaza overland

Thursday-28-March-2024

The UN has stressed the importance of delivering enough aid to the Gaza Strip overland to save human lives, warning that obstacles to aid entry persists and time is running out.

9,100 Palestinian detainees face hunger and violations in Israeli prisons

Tuesday-12-March-2024

As the blessed month of Ramadan started, the Israeli occupation prisons continue their policy of starvation against more than 9,100 prisoners since October 7th, including women, children, and the sick, alongside restricting their religious practices such as prayer, call to prayer, and Quran recitation.

UN experts condemn flour massacre, urge Israel to end campaign of starvation in Gaza

Wednesday-6-March-2024

UN experts on Wednesday condemned the violence unleashed by Israeli forces, which killed at least 112 people gathered to collect flour in Gaza last week, as a “massacre” amid conditions of inevitable starvation and destruction of the local food production system in the besieged Palestinian enclave.

“The Blood-Soaked Flour” … US-backed Israeli Starvation War

Friday-1-March-2024

The Israeli enemy continues its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip for the 147th consecutive day, culminating yesterday, with the "Flour Massacre" on Rashid Street, southwest of Gaza City, targeting isolated civilians awaiting the arrival of aid and flour.

IPS launches war of starvation against Palestinian prisoners

Thursday-22-February-2024

The Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs on Thursday warned of the policy of starvation pursued by the Israeli prison service (IPS) against Palestinian male and female prisoners.

Hamas intends to halt talks, calls for sending aid to north Gaza first

Sunday-18-February-2024

An informed source from Hamas has said that the Movement intends to suspend ceasefire talks until urgent aid is brought into the north of the Gaza Strip — where a number of civilians, including children, already starved to death.

Euro-Med: Growing risk of death by starvation in Gaza

Wednesday-24-January-2024

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has warned of the escalating risk of Israeli starvation policies on the population of the Gaza Strip.

Gov’t Media: Civilians in northern Gaza facing real famine

Monday-22-January-2024

The Government Media Office has warned that the residents of northern Gaza started to face real famine after quantities of flour and rice ran out, holding the Israeli occupation regime and its allies responsible for their death from starvation.