Starvation policy

Independent human rights activists condemn Israel’s decision to use starvation as a weapon in Gaza

Friday-7-March-2025

Independent human rights activists have warned that Israel has resumed using starvation as a weapon against Palestinians in Gaza by violating the ceasefire agreement and preventing humanitarian aid from entering the area.

South Africa: Using starvation as a weapon in Gaza is a war crime

Thursday-6-March-2025

South Africa called on the international community to hold Israel accountable for using starvation as a weapon of war in the Gaza Strip by preventing humanitarian aid from entering the Strip since last Sunday.

Rights organizations warn of catastrophic repercussions of Israeli starvation policy in Gaza

Wednesday-5-March-2025

Human rights organizations warned on Wednesday against the Israeli blocking of Gaza crossings for the fourth consecutive day, preventing delivery of food, fuel, and other aid supplies to more than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, stressing that the closure comes as part of Israel’s “starvation policy”.

The weapon of starvation: A return to cheap blackmail to strangle Gaza with U.S. approval

Monday-3-March-2025

In a move that can only be described as “cheap blackmail,” constituting a brutal war crime and an extension of policies using starvation as a weapon against two million Palestinians—approved by the U.S. and the West—Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu has overturned the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Gaza is starving

Thursday-23-January-2025

Former Israeli official calls for starving Gazans to death

Wednesday-8-January-2025

The former director of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, Natan Eshel, has called for an immediate end to the war in the Gaza Strip by laying out a tight siege, forcing Palestinians to remain in specified areas or “die of hunger".

What does “meat” mean? A sarcastic question resurfaces amid the rise of Israeli starvation policy

Tuesday-24-December-2024

When a child from the Gaza Strip appeared on a television program years ago asking, “What does 'meat' mean?”, it drew laughter from most people in the enclave because the question seemed unrealistic, despite the harsh effects of the blockade.

Gaza’s flour crisis: When a sack of flour equals a life lost

Wednesday-18-December-2024

In Gaza, obtaining a sack of flour to alleviate the hunger of the needy has become an elusive goal, amidst intensified Israeli restrictions on the blockade of the territory, which has been subjected to genocide for 14 months.

Israel targets aid protection teams in Gaza as part of its starvation policy

Saturday-14-December-2024

With the number of martyrs in Gaza rising to nearly 45,000 due to the U.S.-backed Israeli aggression, the Israeli occupation army’s appetite for killing Palestinians in every possible way shows no signs of stopping.

Israeli army bans entry of baby formula to Gaza

Monday-9-December-2024

A medical source at the Nasser Hospital in the southern City of Khan Yunis has said that Israeli occupation army has been denying the entry of baby formula to the Gaza Strip for around three months.