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Gaza Strip famine

April 11, 2024

The Israel-Hamas War has led to imminent famine conditions in the Gaza Strip, resulting from Israeli airstrikes and the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip by Israel, which includes restrictions on humanitarian aid.[4][5][6] Airstrikes have destroyed food infrastructure, such as bakeries, mills, and food stores, and there is a widespread scarcity of essential supplies due to the blockade of aid.[c] This has caused starvation for more than half a million Gazans and is part of a broader humanitarian crisis in the Strip. It is the “highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger” ever recorded on the IPC scale,[8] and is widely expected to be the most intense man-made famine since the Second World War.[9][10][11]

Gaza Strip famine
CountryState of Palestine
LocationGaza Strip
Period2023; 1 year ago (2023)-present
Total deaths31+[a][b]
Causesblockade, siege, airstrikes, and limitation of aid
ReliefHumanitarian aid
Consequences677,000+ in starvation[3]

According to the latest projections, valid from mid-March through July of 2024, the entire population in the Gaza Strip is classified in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Phase 3 - Crisis, or above.[12] 38% of the population is in IPC Phase 4 - Emergency, and 50% is in IPC Phase 5 - Catastrophe, with the risk of famine imminent.[13][14] According to Oxfam, the levels of starvation in Gaza are the "highest ever recorded on the IPC scale, both in terms of number of people and percentage of the population".[3] As of early-March 2024, Gaza met at least two of the three conditions for an IPC-designated famine. Due to the lack of media and humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, particularly the northern region, the IPC Analysis Team was not able to determine whether the final threshold - a crude death rate above 2 per 10,000 per day - had been met, but it projects that it will be met between mid-March and May 2024.[15][16] The US State Department has said that famine is probably already present in northern Gaza.[17]

On 19 March, Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, stated that Israel's restrictions on the entry of aid may constitute starvation as a method of warfare, which would be a war crime.[18][19] In March 2024, experts, such as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, warned that Gaza might already be experiencing famine; while Jeremy Konyndyk, the president of Refugees International, stated that "large-scale famine mortality" would soon begin.[20] Epidemiological forecasts project future deaths in Gaza from all causes, including epidemics, as ranging from 48,210 to 193,180 by August 2024.[4]

The Israeli government has denied it is using starvation as a weapon of war and said that arguments that its actions regarding the famine violate the Genocide Convention are "wholly unfounded".[21] COGAT, the Israeli agency responsible for allowing aid into Gaza, has stated Israel was not putting limits into the amount of aid entering Gaza.[22] COGAT's claim has been challenged by multiple entities, including the European Union, United Nations, Oxfam, and United Kingdom.[23] Israel has accused Gaza's government of "aid theft";[24] however, US officials said they do not have evidence to support Israel's claims.[25][26]

Before the war

 
Map of the Gaza Strip with Israeli/Egyptian-controlled borders and limited fishing zone

It has been argued that "thoroughly planned impoverishment" had been a long-term policy of Israel for the Gaza Strip.[27] According to Sara Roy, a leading expert on the Gazan economy,

The current desecration of Gaza is the latest stage in a process that has taken increasingly violent forms over time. In the fifty-six years since it occupied the Strip in 1967, Israel has transformed Gaza from a territory politically and economically integrated with Israel and the West Bank into an isolated enclave, from a functional economy to a dysfunctional one, from a productive society to an impoverished one. It has likewise removed Gaza's residents from the sphere of politics, transforming them from a people with a nationalist claim to a population whose majority requires some form of humanitarian aid to sustain themselves.[28]

In the early 2000s, the Gaza Strip witnessed a period of increasing tensions that had a profound impact on its economic and agricultural sectors.[27] During this time, a relatively small number of Israeli settlers lived in the Gaza Strip, yet they controlled a significant portion of the territory's valuable resources. Specifically, these settlers had access to about 25% of the Strip, an area that included 40% of Gaza's arable land, as well as a substantial share of its water resources, limiting the availability of land and water for the Palestinian population.[29] In addition, during that period Israel had imposed restrictions on imports of cooking fuel and gas into Gaza. The restrictions on imports, including cooking fuel and gas into Gaza by Israel, stem from a mix of security concerns and responses to violence. These measures, part of a broader blockade, are contested internationally and criticized for exacerbating economic and living conditions in Gaza.[30]

After Israel withdrew its settlements from the Gaza Strip in 2005, Palestinian elections were held in 2006, which Hamas won. In response to the election results, Israel designated the governing party and the Gaza Strip as a "hostile entity," implementing a blockade along with economic sanctions and restrictions.[31] Dov Weissglas explained, "We have to make them much thinner, but not enough to die,"[32] the idea being "to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger."[33] Prior to the blockade, Gaza's population stood at 1,6 million, serviced by 400 trucks carrying goods into the Strip every day. Under the new policy, according to the Israeli NGO Gisha, Israel permitted only 106 trucks entry to deliver goods.[34] In the following decades, the number of humanitarian trucks permitted to enter Gaza would vary, depending on several factors such as the political situation, security issues, agreements between Israel and Palestinian authorities, and interventions by international organizations. To obtain permission to import any commodity into the Strip, proof had to be supplied that they were indispensable, often causing delays and complications in the supply of humanitarian aid.[35]

Diplomatic cables subsequently published by WikiLeaks revealed that Israel had informed the United States in 2008 that, while it would take measures to prevent a humanitarian crisis, it intended to keep Gaza's economy on the "brink of collapse".[36] Precise calculations were made to determine the minimum calorific requirement (2,279 calories per person a day) to avoid malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, and these formed the basis for Israel's determination of the truck numbers for food supplies from 2007 to 2010.[37][38][39] The calculation excluded factors such as the collapse of agriculture due to the blockade which dried up access to seed markets.[40][d] Restrictions on foodstuffs included basic commodities like pasta, -that particular item was reintroduced after John Kerry protested at its inclusion in the list of banned imports- and any delicacies, such as honey, sesame snack halvah, bamba,[e] tea, coffee, sausages, semolina, milk products in large packages, most baking products and limitations on meat and domestic cooking gas.[42]

The Goldstone Report discovered that during the 2008-2009 Gaza War, Israel’s invasion had caused deliberate and massive destruction of Gaza’s agricultural sector.[f] Israel also declared 30% of the most arable land in the Strip no-go zones. After 2012, the Red Cross secured an agreement to allow Gazan farmers to cultivate crops of various heights, in areas respectively at 300 metres to 1 kilometre from Israel's fortified border fence. Both cultivators and their rudimentary irrigation devices nonetheless were often exposed to sniping and automated machinegun fire, and crops along the armistice line were, without warning, sprayed by Monsanto's Roundup herbicide. [44] Likewise, Israel placed severe restrictions on fishing within Gaza's waters — the 20 nautical miles agreed to under the Oslo Accords were unilaterally reduced to nine — with fishable areas demarcated with buoys[45] In 2009 Israel further reduced this to a 3 nautical mile limit with the result that 85% of Gaza's fishing water was blocked by Israeli warships.[46] Israeli gunships reportedly fired on local fishermen even within these areas.[47]

In the 2010s, some Israeli politicians denied the charge of using the blockade to deliberately cause harm or "humanitarian damage" to Palestinian civilians. Former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni said on 25 October 2010 "There is not, and never was, any intention to harm the Palestinian population living in Gaza". In 2008, former prime minister Ehud Olmert said "We won't allow for a humanitarian crisis, but we have no intention of making their lives easier."[32]

In August 2023, it was reported that 12,076 truckloads of authorized goods entered Gaza, reflecting a slight improvement in the volume of goods allowed into the territory compared to previous periods. Despite these inflows, the volume of goods remained insufficient, given the 60% increase in population since 2007 and the escalating needs of the Gazan population.[48]

The humanitarian impact of the blockade is compounded by recurrent hostilities, which not only result in high casualty rates but also further degrade Gaza's already fragile infrastructure. The United Nations and various human rights organizations have repeatedly called for the lifting of the blockade and for increased humanitarian access to alleviate the suffering of Gaza's residents. The situation in 2023, where the region has witnessed the highest number of fatalities since 2005, underscores the urgent need for a comprehensive and lasting solution to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.[49]

Start of crisis

Further information: 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
External videos
  Emily "Cali" Callahan, an American nurse who worked in Gaza for Doctors Without Borders until early November, describes the humanitarian situation in Gaza to CNN's Anderson Cooper[50][51]

Following the 7 October attack, Israel announced on 9 October that it was blocking the entry of food into Gaza.[52][53] The blockage, according to the Israeli government, is aimed to neutralize Hamas as a security threat, including preventing military resources from being smuggled under the guise of humanitarian aid.[54] Because Gaza was already mostly reliant on food aid, the repercussions were felt immediately. On 18 October, Alia Zaki, a spokesperson for the World Food Programme, stated that the population of Gaza was at risk of starvation.[55] Three days later, the UN released a statement saying food stocks were nearly exhausted.[56] By 23 October, Cindy McCain, executive director of the UN World Food Programme, stated people were "literally starving to death as we speak".[57]

On 27 October, a spokesperson for the World Food Programme stated food and other basic supplies were running out.[58] On 3 November, UN officials stated the average Gazan diet consisted of only two pieces of bread per day,[59] and ActionAid stated more than half a million Gazans faced death by starvation.[60] On 11 November, Corinne Fleischer, Middle East regional director of the World Food Programme, stated, "hundreds of people are queueing for hours every day to get bread rations at bakeries," as people were being pushed "closer to starvation."[61]

Damage to infrastructure

See also: Bombing of Gaza

On 18 October, an Israeli airstrike destroyed a bakery in the Nuseirat Camp, killing four bakers.[55] On X, Refaat Alareer wrote the bakery was one of the last in the central and southern Gaza Strip.[62] On 19 October, several more bakeries were reportedly hit by Israeli airstrikes.[63] By 24 October, many bakeries had reportedly closed down, while those still open had hours-long lines.[64] By 28 October Israeli airstrikes had destroyed a fifth of the bakeries operating in the Strip.[65][66] On 1 November, Israel bombed one of the last remaining bakeries in Gaza City.[67] On 2 November, UNOCHA stated more than half of all bakeries in Gaza had been destroyed.[68] On 8 November, UNOCHA stated northern Gaza no longer had any functioning bakeries.[69] On 14 November, Israel bombed Gaza's last operating flour mill.[70] Israeli bombings destroyed Gaza's fishing boats and ports.[71][72] An estimated 22 percent of farmland was destroyed by 12 December 2023.[73] Warehouses, food factories, and lorries were also damaged and destroyed by Israeli bombings.[7][74]

Growing threat of famine

Cindy McCain stated on 17 November that civilians faced the immediate possibility of starvation.[75] Ten days later, McCain stated Gaza was on the brink of famine,[76] as begging for food became the "new norm."[77] On 7 December, the WFP stated 97% of households had inadequate food consumption and 83% in southern Gaza were surviving through "extreme consumption strategies."[78] By 10 December, the UN, international aid organizations, and relief workers in Gaza warned of mass starvation.[79] A representative for Medical Aid for Palestinians stated, "The hunger wars have started."[80] On 15 December, the United Nations estimated nine out of ten residents were not eating food every day.[81]

The IDF has alleged Hamas stole humanitarian aid;[82] killed people seeking humanitarian aid;[83] and keeps its own supply reserves.[84] The US and the UN both denied Israeli claims that Hamas plays a significant role in causing the famine, with a senior US official stating that "the Israeli government has not brought to the attention of the US government… any specific evidence of Hamas theft or diversion of assistance provided via the U.N. and its agencies. Full stop."[25]

On 20 December, the United Nations stated people in Gaza were experiencing "alarming levels of hunger never before witnessed in Gaza".[85][86] On 21 December, the United Nations stated more than half a million people in the Gaza Strip were starving.[87] On 1 December, an Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report, based on a committee of independent experts, placed almost the entire population of Gaza (93% or 2.08 million) at IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) with 79 percent in Emergency (IPC Phase 4),[88] and 15% (378,000 people) in Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5).[89] On 22 December, UNICEF warned of the increasingly growing threat of famine in the Gaza Strip.[90] On 29 December, Mercy Corps stated half a million people faced "catastrophic hunger and starvation".[91] By 1 January 2024 ninety percent of Palestinians in Gaza regularly went without food.[92] On 27 February 2024, Carl Skau, the deputy executive director of the World Food Programme, told the United Nations Security Council that more than 500,000 people were at risk of imminent famine in Gaza.[93]

Famine

On 3 January 2024, Arif Husain, the chief economist at the World Food Programme, stated 80 percent of all people in the world experiencing famine or catastrophic hunger were in the Gaza Strip, stating, "In my life, I’ve never seen anything like this in terms of severity".[94] Food prices rose in Gaza as food stocks were "running low".[95]

The United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths stated on 5 January 2024, "People are facing the highest levels of food insecurity ever recorded."[96] Alex de Waal, an expert on humanitarian crises and international law at Tufts University, stated, “The rigor, scale and speed of the destruction of the structures necessary for survival, and enforcement of the siege, surpasses any other case of man-made famine in the last 75 years.”[97] António Guterres stated, "The long shadow of starvation is stalking the people of Gaza".[98]

On 16 January, UNOCHA reported 378,000 people in Gaza were in IPC Phase 5, or catastrophic levels of hunger.[99][100] It reported all 2.2 million people in the Gaza Strip were facing acute food insecurity – the highest proportion of a population experiencing starvation in recorded history.[101] The Famine Review Committee (FRC) which compiled the Gaza data on famine in terms of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on 1 December 2023, forecast that the total population will be at Phase 3 by 7 February and that 25% or 500,000 Gazans will reach Phase 5.[89]

On 21 January, a journalist in the Gaza Strip reported that people were making flour using animal food.[102] On 21 January 2024, the UN reported there were only fifteen bakeries still in operation across the entirety of the Gaza Strip.[103] By 30 January 2024, CNN reported that Palestinians were eating grass to stay alive.[104] On 31 January, the World Health Organization's emergencies director stated, "This is a population that is starving to death."[105] On 12 February, the Food and Agriculture Organization stated there were "unprecedented levels of acute food insecurity, hunger, and near-famine-like conditions in Gaza."[106] Israel attacked fishermen in Deir el-Balah attempting to catch fish to eat.[107]

On 17 February, ActionAid stated that "every single person in the territory" was facing famine levels of hunger, stating that people had even run out of animal feed to eat.[108] By March, bird feed in northern Gaza had run out and people ate livestock feed.[109] On 3 March, the Gaza government media office stated, "the famine is still deepening".[110] On 7 March, UNOCHA stated that the annual rate of food inflation was 118 percent in January 2024, while the consumer price index for food rose nearly 105 percent.[111]

Southern Gaza

On 7 January, the UNRWA deputy director reported severe hunger in southern Gaza, stating, "I don't know how much more they can bear before something explodes in the southern part of Gaza".[112] On 11 February, the mayor of Rafah stated the city was facing famine and that available supplies were only enough for 10 percent of the population.[113] Long queues for food were reported in Rafah.[114] On 15 February, UNOCHA stated there was "an urgent need to establish a stabilisation centre in Rafah for treating children suffering from severe malnutrition".[115] UNOCHA stated on 17 February that people in Rafah were in "such dire need that they stop aid trucks to take food and eat it immediately".[116] On 19 February, Israeli gunboats fired at fishermen attempting to catch fish off the coast of Rafah.[117] A 73-year-old displaced woman stated on 25 February, "I have never witnessed the starvation like this… Death for us is much better than our current life".[118]

Northern Gaza

On 13 January The Guardian reported that The World Food Programme had stated that nine out of ten people in northern Gaza were eating less than a meal a day.[119] The World Health Organization stated on 25 January that the food situation was "absolutely horrific" in northern Gaza, with rare aid deliveries mobbed by visibly starved people with sunken eyes.[120] A Mercy Corps team member reported he had witnessed such intense overcrowding of thousands around two food aid trucks in northern Gaza that two people suffocated to death.[121] An relief worker with Al Baraka, an Algerian charity, stated northern Gaza was on the verge of famine, saying, "Almost no relief aid has been delivered to the people here since the beginning of Israel's aggression."[122]

On 10 February, the Gaza Media Office stated, "We immediately demand the entry of a thousand trucks daily into northern Gaza until it recovers from the famine".[123] On 15 February, Al Jazeera reported that people in northern Gaza were going days and even weeks without sufficient food.[124] The Food and Agriculture Organization stated that distributing food in northern Gaza remained a challenge as it was "barely accessible".[125] To survive, people ate animal feed, herbs, weeds, and grass.[126] A UNOCHA representative stated, "There are about 300,000 people in the north and I have no idea how they've survived".[127] In late-February 2024, a grain mill in northern Gaza shut down due to a lack of fuel.[128]

On 20 February, the World Food Programme stated it would cease aid delivery to northern Gaza.[129] In response to the announcement, the Gaza Media Office stated it was "a death sentence for three-quarters of a million people".[130] On 24 February, UNRWA announced it was also suspending humanitarian services in northern Gaza.[131] Families in Jabalia refugee camp reported being so hungry they ate scraps, leaves, and their horses.[132] One man in Jabalia stated, "We have no water, no flour and we are very tired because of hunger."[133] Al Jazeera reported that two sisters searching for food on 25 February had been shot and claimed that Israeli Army was responsible for the incident.[134] Thousands of people in Gaza City waited for a possible delivery of flour on 25 February.[135]

On 27 February, the Gaza Health Ministry stated, "What is happening in northern Gaza is a true famine... This escalating famine could kill thousands of citizens due to malnutrition and dehydration in the coming days in front of the eyes of the world."[136] A man in the Jabalia refugee camp stated children "are dying and fainting in the streets from hunger. What can we do?"[137] On 17 March 2024, 13 aid trucks arrived in Jabalia and Gaza City without incident, for the first time in months.[138] In late-March 2024, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification placed northern Gaza in Phase 5, its most severe stage.[139][140] Analysis from the Food and Agriculture Organization found widespread destruction in Gaza's agricultural sector, including the deaths of 60 percent of milk cows, 70 percent of cattle stock, and 60 percent of small ruminants like goats and sheep.[141]

On 29 March 2024, the US State Department stated that famine in northern Gaza "quite possibly is present in at least some areas".[142] A UNOCHA spokesperson stated people faced "cruel death by famine".[143] By late March, the growing season for khobiza, a wild plant eaten in northern Gaza, was ending, which journalist Moath al-Kahlout stated "will lead to an even more horrific famine".[144] The UN stated 30 percent of its March 2024 aid missions had been denied.[145]

Humanitarian aid

See also: Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war
 
Image of US airdrop of aid into Gaza. Al Jazeera reported that the drop was described as "ineffective" by Oxfam, and "symbolic" by a former director of USAID.[146][147]

On 9 January, Gisha reported that only 6,000 aid trucks had entered Gaza since 7 October, the equivalent of twelve days of aid before the conflict's start.[148] Colonel Moshe Tetro, who heads the Israeli unit overseeing deliveries of humanitarian aid, stated that there was no food shortage in Gaza and that existing reserves are sufficient.[149] Another Israeli official stated, "Don't forget that this is an Arab, Gazan population whose DNA is to hoard, certainly when it comes to food."[150]

Officials stated that the worsening crisis was partly attributable to the limited amount of aid being allowed into Gaza, with Cindy McCain stating, "People in Gaza risk dying of hunger just miles from trucks filled with food".[151] Arif Husain, the WFP chief economist, stated on 24 January that only between 20 and 30 percent of needed aid was entering Gaza,[152] as UNOCHA accused Israel of "systematically denying" humanitarian assistance into northern Gaza.[153]

On 1 February 2024, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for unrestricted humanitarian access, stating, "Everyone in Gaza is hungry."[154] Human Rights Watch stated that the decision of 18 countries to defund UNRWA risked hastening the famine.[155] The World Food Programme stated on 2 February that aid to northern Gaza was being overwhelmingly rejected by the Israelis.[156] Journalist Abubaker Abed stated, "Families eat strategically, just to stay alive."[157]

While speaking to CNN reporters in February 2024, some Palestinians stated humanitarian aid was being resold on the black market, with packages already opened. Israeli airstrikes around certain areas also caused prices to spike, with a 25-kilogram bag of flour jumping from $20 in Kahn Younis to $34 after intensified airstrikes.[158] The same month, Human Rights Watch criticized the defunding of UNRWA, which they termed "the main humanitarian channel into Gaza", in the face of "mounting risks of famine and a binding order by the World Court in a case about genocide".[159]

On 13 February 2024, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich blocked a US-funded flour shipment to Gaza and stated he had done so "in coordination with the prime minister".[160][161] White House National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan confirmed Israel was blocking flour from entering Gaza.[162] On 14 February, the Financial Times reported that an aid shipment that could have fed more than 1 million people for a month had been blocked at the Israeli port of Ashdod, with the Israeli government stating the food would not be released.[163] The UN stated aid deliveries had halved in February from the month before.[164] On 28 February, USAID chief Samantha Power stated more aid needed to enter Gaza, calling the situation "a matter of life and death".[165] Following a US announcement that it was beginning airdrops of aid and building a temporary port off the coast of Gaza, Michael Fakhri, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, stated, "The time when countries use air drops and these maritime piers is usually, if not always, in situations when you want to deliver humanitarian aid into enemy territory".[166]

As of March 2024, there are ongoing efforts to address the crisis include attempts to negotiate a humanitarian aid cease-fire and allow for the provision of aid in addition to a hostage release deal.[167] The International Committee of the Red Cross stated in late-March: "Some families receive a can of food every other day for the whole family".[168] In late-March, residents reported that animal feed was running out in parts of Gaza.[169]

Israeli blocking of aid

See also: 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and Israel–Hamas war protests in Israel § Protest against humanitarian aid
This section is an excerpt from Humanitarian aid during the Israel–Hamas war § Israeli blocking of aid.[edit]
 
Trucks with humanitarian aid waiting to cross from Egypt into the Gaza Strip

Before being allowed entry into Gaza the humanitarian aid trucks are put through a stringent list of rules and regulations based on Israeli inspectors. The US president and chief executive of Save the Children, Janti Soeripto explained the convoluted regulations to reporters causing items to be turned back, like sanitary pads due to a nail clipper included in the hygiene kit, or sleeping bags because they had zippers. A humanitarian official in contact with the Israeli COGAT unit has raised claims that the rejections are due to the unit operating with only an obsolete list from 2008 and a lack of official guidance.[170] Others, such as the European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, have accused Israel of intentionally using starvation as a weapon of war.[171] Israel also does not allow humanitarian aid bound for Gaza to be purchased in Israel or the West Bank, or to use Israel ports.[172] It has also closed all but one of the Israel-Gaza checkpoints.[172] Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stated that "Israeli obstacles" were impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid.[173] The World Health Organization stated their "requests to deliver supplies are often blocked or refused" by Israel.[174] Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary-general, stated that alleviating conditions in Gaza "requires Israel removing the remaining obstacles and chokepoints to relief".[175]

An investigation found that Israel was blocking cancer medications, sleeping bags, drinking water purification tablets, and maternity kits from entering Gaza, leading the Save the Children US president to state she had "never seen anything like the level of barriers being put in place to hamper humanitarian assistance".[170] MP Rosena Allin-Khan stated that Israel had prevented water filters from entering Gaza, asking rhetorically: "What threat does a water filter, supplied by the UK government, have?"[176] The UN reported Israel had rejected aid trucks for carrying medical scissors.[177] On 6 March, Israel continued to block a major US shipment of flour from entering Gaza, after having already blocked it from entering for 46 days.[178] On 7 March 2024, Israeli police blocked an aid convoy organized by the Jewish-Arab cooperation group Standing Together.[179]

The president of the American Near East Refugee Aid stated, "Some governments—not just the US but others as well—who thought that they would make more headway with the Israelis on land aid threw up their hands and said, 'Well, let’s do airdrops.'"[180] In an interview with the New Yorker, US Senator Chris Van Hollen stated, "Administration officials have recognized that the Netanyahu government has put up unacceptable barriers to the delivery of humanitarian assistance into Gaza".[181] Catherine Russell, the chair of UNICEF described Israel's bureaucratic approval system as Kafkaesque.[182] In response to Israel stating it would no longer allow UNRWA to deliver aid to northern Gaza,[183] Martin Griffiths stated, "The decision to block its food convoys to the north only pushes thousands closer to famine. It must be revoked."[184] The EU's Josep Borrell stated, "Enough food for the people starving in Gaza is stockpiled and waiting to enter through land routes".[185]

Gisha, an Israeli human rights organization, stated Israel was blocking dual-use items and that it had petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court to order Israel to meets its obligations to civilians in Gaza.[186]

Israeli attacks

See also: Flour massacre and March 2024 Kuwait Roundabout attacks

On 25 January 2024, the Gaza Health Ministry reported an Israeli attack on aid seekers had killed 20 and wounded 150.[187] Israel bombed a truck loaded with food head toward northern Gaza on 5 February.[188][189] On 6 February, Israeli forces reportedly open fired on people waiting for food aid trucks in Gaza City.[190] UNOCHA stated it was the fifth report of Israeli firing upon people waiting for humanitarian aid.[191] On 18 February, multiple instances of Israeli sniper attacks on civilians seeking humanitarian assistance were reported.[192] On 20 February, at least one Palestinian civilian was killed while waiting to receive humanitarian aid.[193] People seeking aid were attacked by Israeli forces on multiple occasions.[194][195] UNOCHA stated on 27 February that "aid convoys have come under fire and are systematically denied access to people in need".[196] On 28 February, medical sources in Gaza City reported three people were killed while waiting for aid on al-Rashid Street.[197]

On 29 February, more than 100 people seeking humanitarian died in the Flour massacre, following Israeli gunfire at the Al Nabulsi roundabout west of Gaza City.[198] The United Nations called for an investigation on 1 March into the killing of humanitarian aid seekers, stating it had "recorded at least 14 incidents involving shooting and shelling of people gathered to receive desperately needed supplies".[199]

On 2 March, three people in Beit Hanoun were killed while picking herbs for food.[200] On 3 March, at least nine people were killed while waiting for humanitarian aid in an Israeli airstrike in Deir el-Balah.[201][202] Later on the same day, dozens of civilians were killed in an Israeli attack on aid seekers at the Kuwaiti roundabout in Gaza City.[203] The Ministry of Health called it a "horrific massacre".[204] On 4 March, another attack was reported at the Kuwaiti roundabout, after thousands of people waited all day for humanitarian aid, Israeli soldiers opened fire on them as soon as the trucks arrived.[205] Al Jazeera stated the attacks on aid seekers had become "a near-daily occurrence".[205] On 6 March, eight people were wounded after Israel fired live rounds at people seeking humanitarian aid at the Nabulsi roundabout.[206] On 7 March, five people were killed while waiting for aid at the Nabulsi roundabout.[207] On 8 March, several people seeking humanitarian aid were reportedly killed by Israeli open fire at the Kuwait Roundabout.[208] By 12 March, Israel had killed an estimated 400 humanitarian aid seekers in Gaza.[209] Israeli attacks on humanitarian aid seekers was described as the "new normal" for Palestinians in northern Gaza.[210]

On 13 March, at least nine aid seekers were shot and wounded by Israeli troops at the Kuwaiti roundabout.[211] On 14 March 2024, Israeli troops fired on Palestinians receiving aid at the Kuwaiti roundabout, killing 21 and injuring more than 150 others.[212][213] In a statement on 15 March, the UN humanitarian aid chief Martin Griffiths stated that attacks on aid seekers "cannot be allowed to continue".[214] The Norwegian Refugee Council stated the attacks "shouldn’t be happening".[215] On 19 March, at least 23 people were killed when Israeli fighter jets targeted a group of aid coordinators at the Kuwaiti roundabout.[216]

On 1 April 2024, an Israeli drone fired three consecutive missiles at three cars belonging to the World Central Kitchen (WCK), killing seven aid workers who had been distributing food in the northern Gaza Strip, which has been pushed close to famine by Israel's siege and blockade during the Israel-Hamas war.[217]

Effect on children

See also: Effect of the Israel–Hamas war on children in the Gaza Strip and Death of Yazan al-Kafarneh

On 14 January, Philippe Lazzarini stated, "Whenever you go to a school, the kids are looking at your eyes begging for a sip of water or a loaf of bread."[218] On 16 January, officials reported newborn babies with undernourished mothers were dying within days, and children weakened by starvation were dying from hypothermia.[149] On 18 January, the deputy executive director of UNICEF took a tour of the Gaza Strip, stating he had witnessed "some of the most horrific conditions I have ever seen" and that "thousands of children are malnourished and sick."[219][220] On 10 February 2024, a UNICEF spokesperson said Gaza had the world's highest rate of child malnutrition.[221] On 17 February, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor reported an instance of an 8-year-old girl who had died from starvation and dehydration.[222]

On 19 February, UNICEF found that nearly 16 percent of children in northern Gaza under two-years-old were "acutely malnourished", with 3 percent suffering from severe wasting.[223] One mother in northern Gaza described the situation on 21 February, stating, "My little one wakes up at night screaming from hunger".[224] On 26 February, two children from Gaza City stated they ate once every two days, and were then eating animal feed.[225] Action Aid, citing the head of pediatrics at Kamal Adwan Hospital, stated on 25 February that a "significant number" of children in northern Gaza had already died from starvation.[226] At least six children died of malnutrition on 28 February.[227] Project Hope, an aid organization in Deir el-Balah, stated 11 percent of the under-five-year-olds they had seen were experiencing malnutrition.[228]

A doctor at Kamal Adwan Hospital stated they had seen a steep rise in pediatric malnutrition cases.[229] On 28 February, a representative from Save the Children stated that due to Israeli bombardment and restrictions on aid, children were starving with trucks full of food waiting to enter into Gaza, describing this as "the killing of children in slow motion".[230] A two-year-old died from food poisoning after eating bread made from animal feed.[231] Four more children died of starvation on 29 February, bringing the week's total to at least ten.[232][233] Melanie Ward, the director of Medical Aid for Palestinians, stated, "This is the fastest decline in a population's nutrition status ever recorded. That means children are being starved at the fastest rate the world has ever seen."[234] On 3 March, health officials stated at least fifteen children at Kamal Adwan Hospital had died of malnutrition and dehydration in the preceding few days.[235] CNN reported that the true number could be higher, with a UNICEF representative stating there were likely more starving children "fighting for their lives" in other parts of Gaza.[2][236]

Yazan al-Kafarneh, a 10-year-old boy who died from starvation, was described as "the face" of the famine.[237] The father of a 5-year-old who died from starvation stated, "He did not suffer from any disease. My child died before my eyes because of hunger".[238]

Infants and newborns

A two-month-old baby died in Gaza City on 24 February from malnutrition.[239] A pediatrician working in Gaza stated, "Nursing mothers are unable to lactate as their health worsens".[240] The head of pediatrics at Kamal Adwan Hospital stated the hospital was struggling to find milk to feed infant patients, stating, "Even newborns are emaciated".[241] The UN Population Fund stated doctors "no longer see normal-sized babies" but instead more stillborns.[242] In March 2024, a doctor at the Emirati Hospital stated 16 premature babies had died from malnutrition-related diseases in the past five weeks.[243] The United Nations reported that one-third of children under two were "acutely malnourished" by 16 March.[244] Catherine M. Russell, the head of UNICEF, stated, "I have been in wards where babies are suffering from malnutrition, the whole ward is absolutely quiet because the babies don’t even have the energy to cry."[245] WHO stated, "What doctors and medical staff are telling us is more and more they are seeing the effects of starvation; they’re seeing newborn babies simply dying because they (are) too low birth weight".[246] On 15 March, UNICEF reported that acute malnutrition amongst under-two-year-olds had doubled in one month.[247]

In late-March 2024, doctors at Kamal Adwan Hospital stated babies were dying from hunger and dehydration.[248]

Impact on the elderly

In March 2024, the elderly were reportedly dying at an "alarmingly high rate", with the Euro-Med Monitor stating it was receiving daily reports of the elderly dying of starvation.[249] The group stated, "The majority of these cases do not reach hospital... after dying at home, the elderly are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves".[250]

Accusations of war crimes

Main article: War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war

I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no water, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.

— Yoav Gallant, (Israel Defense Minister)[251]

On 18 December 2023, Human Rights Watch accused Israel of "using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza Strip".[252] On 16 January 2024, UN experts accused Israel of "destroying Gaza’s food system and using food as a weapon against the Palestinian people".[253] The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Michael Fakhri, stated Israel was using hunger as a weapon against Palestinians.[254] On 23 January, Alex De Waal stated Israel was committing a war crime through enforced starvation, stating, "An entire population being reduced to this stage is really unprecedented. We haven’t seen it in Ethiopia, in Sudan and Yemen – pretty much anywhere else in the world."[255]

On 13 February, US Senator Chris Van Hollen, stated, "Kids in Gaza are now dying from the deliberate withholding of food. That is a war crime. It is a textbook war crime. And that makes those who orchestrate it war criminals."[256] A representative from the Palestinian non-profit organization Juhoud for Community and Rural Development stated, "The denial of access to food, water, and other necessities consists of a serious violation of international law".[257] Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said in an interview with El Pais that "We are already in the midst of a catastrophe. The United Nations has had to suspend humanitarian aid: Israel is using famine as a weapon of war and that is contrary to international law."[258] On 3 March, Amnesty International head Agnes Callamard stated that week's death of ten children from malnutrition was unlawful and the result of an Israeli "engineered famine".[259]

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Israel of violating international law by "using starvation as a weapon of war".[260] Physicians for Human Rights–Israel stated, "According to the International Criminal Court, starvation is considered a war crime. Israel must immediately... stop limiting life-saving humanitarian aid. This is a moral stain that will stay with us for generations."[261] Belgian foreign minister Alexander De Croo stated Israel was engaging in "tactics of starvation".[262] The global humanitarian director of Plan International stated, "Israeli restrictions on aid... must cease immediately. The starvation of the civilian population is illegal under international humanitarian law."[263] Jeremy Laurence, the UN Human Rights Office spokesman, stated Israel's conduct may constitute "starvation as a method of war, which is a war crime".[264]

Ayman Safadi, the Foreign Minister of Jordan, stated, "Israel is weaponizing starvation. This is another horrific war crime."[265] The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Ireland Micheál Martin stated, "The use of starvation as a weapon of war is a blatant violation of international humanitarian law."[266] Caroline Gennez, Belgium’s minister of development cooperation, stated Israel's use of hunger as weapon of war was a "flagrant violation of international law".[267]

Reactions

Israel's actions, according to its government, aim to neutralize Hamas as a security threat, including preventing military resources from being smuggled under the guise of humanitarian aid.[54][53] Efforts to address the crisis include attempts to negotiate cease-fires and allow for the provision of aid, though challenges persist due to the continuation of hostilities and the difficulty in delivering aid amid the fighting.[167]

January 2024

On 7 January, secretary-general of the UN António Guterres stated "widespread famine looms" in Gaza.[268] The UN special rapporteur for health Tlaleng Mofokeng responded to Guterres, stating Gaza was experiencing "deliberate starvation not famine".[269] Speaking at the United Nations Security Council on 12 January, Martin Griffiths stated colleagues who had made it into northern Gaza in recent days had described "scenes of utter horror: Corpses left lying in the road. People with evident signs of starvation stopping trucks in search of anything they can get to survive."[270]

On 11 January, the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories stated there was no hunger in Gaza.[271] On 16 January, Michael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur on food, stated, "What we’re witnessing in Gaza is an entire civilian population made to go hungry... this is a result of Israeli bombardment, this is a result of the denial of humanitarian relief. We’ve never seen anything so brutal happen so quickly".[272] Following a visit to the Rafah border crossing, US Senator Chris Van Hollen described the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza as an "unnecessarily cumbersome process".[273]

The heads of the World Food Programme, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization issued a joint statement stating significantly more humanitarian aid was needed in Gaza.[274] Mohammad Mustafa, the chief economist of the Palestine Investment Fund, stated, "Maybe more people will be killed or die from hunger and famine than the war itself."[275] After major Western donors announced they were suspending funding of UNRWA, the agency stated "over 2 million people [are] depending on it for their sheer survival" as "hunger stalks everyone."[276]

February 2024

On 14 February, a joint statement by fourteen major human rights organizations, including Action Against Hunger, ActionAid, Danish Refugee Council, Handicap International, INTERSOS, Islamic Relief, Mercy Corps, Norwegian Refugee Council, Plan International, Project HOPE, Save the Children, Solidarités International, and War Child UK stated, "The risk of famine is increasing each day in Gaza due to the continuation of hostilities, and the continued blockade of the Strip."[277]

The American Friends Service Committee stated, "Everyone is hungry in Gaza today. That is just enormous and truly catastrophic, and we’ve never seen anything like that before."[278] Alex de Waal, a British academic, stated, "There’s no doubt that certain senior members of the Israel government and certain groups within Israeli society have the intent of starving Gaza."[279] He further stated, "Nothing compares to Gaza over the last 75 years."[280]

On 18 February, the heads of eight major humanitarian organizations — including the Norwegian Refugee Council, Mercy Corps, Refugees International, Oxfam America, CARE USA, Save the Children, Action Against Hunger, and Catholic Relief Services — wrote a joint op-ed, stating, "If the situation continues we will see one of the biggest disasters we have faced as humanitarians... this crisis will soon reach a tipping point, where emergency food aid won't be enough. Averting mass death becomes harder as starvation gains momentum."[281] The Gaza Media Office stated on 20 February, "We hold the US administration and the international community additionally to Israel fully responsible for this famine."[282]

On 21 February, World Food Programme chief Cindy McCain stated, "A famine doesn’t have to happen. But if things don’t change, it will".[283] Tor Wennesland stated on 22 February that more than 2 million people were facing extreme food insecurity.[284] On 23 February, a UNOCHA official stated, "Famine is looming".[285] The head of the Red Cross stated on 26 February: "80% of the population already faces emergency or catastrophic acute food insecurity conditions".[286] Ramesh Rajasingham, the UN humanitarian affairs chief, stated that if nothing was done to change the status quo then "widespread famine in Gaza is almost inevitable".[287] On 27 February, Michael Fakhri, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, said there was "no reason to intentionally block the passage of humanitarian aid or intentionally obliterate small-scale fishing vessels, greenhouses and orchards in Gaza – other than to deny people access to food."[288] Fakhri stated what's happening in Gaza is genocide.[288]

On 29 February, the humanitarian policy director of Oxfam America stated the organization was opposed to proposed US airdrops, stating, "Oxfam does not support US airdrops to Gaza, which would mostly serve to relieve the guilty consciences of senior US officials whose policies are contributing to the ongoing atrocities and risk of famine in Gaza".[289]

The UN World Food Programme warned of a real prospect of famine by May 2024, for half a million people.[290]

March 2024

A man in Rafah spoke to Al Jazeera, stating, "From the moment we wake up until the moment we sleep, we are battling to survive. We are fighting to get our hands on some water, to get hold of a loaf of bread for our children. We are exhausted, mentally and physically. This is unbearable."[291] Save the Children released a statement saying children in Gaza were "forced to forage for scraps of food left by rats and eating leaves out of desperation. The risk of famine will increase so long as the government of Israel continues to impede the entry of aid."[292] UNICEF responded to news of children dying from starvation, stating, "Now, the child deaths we feared are here and are likely to rapidly increase unless the war ends and obstacles to humanitarian relief are immediately resolved"[293] On 5 March, UNOCHA stated that the first deaths of children from starvation in northern Gaza were "a warning like no other".[294] A World Food Programme director stated, "The is nowhere else in the world where so many people face imminent famine".[295]

In The Guardian, global health expert Devi Sridhar wrote there was no precedent to the Gaza famine. Sridhar quoted an unnamed colleague, who stated there had never been another conflict in history "that used bombing, snipers, starvation all at once with such intensity".[296] On 6 March, a UN official stated, "Ninety percent of the population today in Gaza is facing a high level of acute food insecurity".[297] A medical student working as a doctor at Al-Shifa Hospital documented the first death by starvation in Gaza; he stated, "Do not talk to us again about human rights, I do not know where the world has reached in its brutality and cruelty."[298] Gaza's civil defense criticized humanitarian aid drops, stating, "The method of using the dropping of aid via international relief planes has not limited the famine crisis".[299] The EU's humanitarian aid chief Janez Lenarcic stated, "We already have a very strong and credible indication that there are pockets of famine already in the Gaza Strip."[300]

A displaced Palestinian speaking to Al Jazeera English in late-March stated, "The situation is so bad that no one can imagine it".[301] Martin Griffiths stated the world should "hang its head in shame" for failing to prevent the famine.[302] In a report, Islamic Relief stated, "Palestinians are not just starving; they are being starved".[303] The International Rescue Committee, stated, "Children are starving due to an entirely man-made and preventable crisis. There is no excuse".[304] Melanie Ward, the CEO of Medical Aid for Palestinians, stated, "If Israel would only let food aid in, we could stop the starvation immediately."[305] Oxfam stated the famine was the result of Israel's bombing of Gaza and "using starvation as a weapon of war".[306]

Citing the IPC, the US Secretary of State acknowledged on 19 March: "100 percent of the population in Gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. That’s the first time an entire population has been so classified".[307] Naledi Pandor, South Africa's Foreign Minister, stated that as famine set in, humanity needed to look at itself "in horror and dismay".[308] Caroline Gennez, the Belgian Minister of Development, stated Israel wouldn't defeat Hamas by using hunger as a weapon to starve civilians.[309] The World Bank stated the "situation in the Gaza Strip has reached catastrophic levels".[310] Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, stated under questioning: "We need urgent action now to avoid a famine".[311] On 18 March 2024, the UN secretary-general António Guterres stated the imminent famine was an "entirely man-made disaster".[312]

After the passage of UNSC Resolution 2728, the UN director of Human Rights Watch stated Israel needed to begin "facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid, ending its starvation of Gaza’s population, and halting unlawful attacks".[313] A provisional measure issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in South Africa v. Israel found "Palestinians in Gaza are no longer facing only a risk of famine... but that famine is setting in".[314] David J. Simon, the Director of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University, wrote, "Failing to act raises the possibility the [ICJ] will make a finding of genocide".[315] Amnesty International responded to the ICJ's provisional measures, stating, "This new ruling must serve as a critical reminder to all states of their clear duty to prevent genocide".[316]

April 2024

A director of Save the Children stated, "Starvation must never be used as a weapon of war – 27 children have already been killed by starvation and disease. If the world fails to act now countless more children will be added to that number."[317]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ as of 29 March 2024.[1]
  2. ^ According to CNN, the true number of people dead from starvation may already be higher, as "limited access to northern Gaza has hindered the ability of aid agencies to fully assess the situation there."[2]
  3. ^ The Israeli NGO Btselem has stated the famine is a direct outcome of Israeli policy: "This reality is not a byproduct of war, but a direct result of Israel's declared policy. Residents now depend entirely on food supplies from outside Gaza, as they can no longer produce almost any food themselves. Most cultivated fields have been destroyed, and accessing open areas during the war is dangerous in any case. Bakeries, factories and food warehouses have been bombed or shut down due to lack of basic supplies, fuel and electricity."[7]
  4. ^ The complicated procedures for obtaining clearances from Israel at the transit points also caused notable spoilage further reducing the food allowed in. Prospective import goods had to arrive in Israeli trucks, which were unloaded as the goods were transferred to 'neutral' trucks that then were allowed transit to the Gaza side. Once there, the consignments had to be unloaded from the neutral trucks and reloaded on Gazan trucks.[40]
  5. ^ A peanut-butter flavoured corn snack, prohibited because, according to one Israeli official, 'We don't want Gilad Shalit's captors to be munching Bamba right over his head".'[41]
  6. ^ The agricultural sector, including crop farming, fisheries, livestock farming and poultry farming, suffered direct losses worth some US$ 170 million. Indirect losses have still to be definitively calculated. One business organization estimates that 60 per cent of all agricultural land had been destroyed, 40 per cent directly during the military operations. Moreover, 17 per cent of all orchards, 8.3 per cent of livestock, 2.6 per cent of poultry, 18.1 per cent of hatcheries, 25.6 per cent of beehives, 9.2 per cent of open fields and 13 per cent of groundwater wells were destroyed. Agriculture had already lost a third of its capacity since the start of the second intifada and the frequent Israeli incursions, according to NGO estimates used by UNDP-Gaza . . Some 250 agricultural wells were reportedly destroyed or severely damaged.[40][43]

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  • "‘They scream in hunger’ - How Israel is starving Gaza" per Al Jazeera English (26 March 2024)

April 11, 2024
gaza, strip, famine, israel, hamas, imminent, famine, conditions, gaza, strip, resulting, from, israeli, airstrikes, ongoing, blockade, gaza, strip, israel, which, includes, restrictions, humanitarian, airstrikes, have, destroyed, food, infrastructure, such, b. The Israel Hamas War has led to imminent famine conditions in the Gaza Strip resulting from Israeli airstrikes and the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip by Israel which includes restrictions on humanitarian aid 4 5 6 Airstrikes have destroyed food infrastructure such as bakeries mills and food stores and there is a widespread scarcity of essential supplies due to the blockade of aid c This has caused starvation for more than half a million Gazans and is part of a broader humanitarian crisis in the Strip It is the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded on the IPC scale 8 and is widely expected to be the most intense man made famine since the Second World War 9 10 11 Gaza Strip famineCountryState of PalestineLocationGaza StripPeriod2023 1 year ago 2023 presentTotal deaths31 a b Causesblockade siege airstrikes and limitation of aidReliefHumanitarian aidConsequences677 000 in starvation 3 According to the latest projections valid from mid March through July of 2024 the entire population in the Gaza Strip is classified in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification IPC Phase 3 Crisis or above 12 38 of the population is in IPC Phase 4 Emergency and 50 is in IPC Phase 5 Catastrophe with the risk of famine imminent 13 14 According to Oxfam the levels of starvation in Gaza are the highest ever recorded on the IPC scale both in terms of number of people and percentage of the population 3 As of early March 2024 Gaza met at least two of the three conditions for an IPC designated famine Due to the lack of media and humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip particularly the northern region the IPC Analysis Team was not able to determine whether the final threshold a crude death rate above 2 per 10 000 per day had been met but it projects that it will be met between mid March and May 2024 15 16 The US State Department has said that famine is probably already present in northern Gaza 17 On 19 March Volker Turk the UN high commissioner for human rights stated that Israel s restrictions on the entry of aid may constitute starvation as a method of warfare which would be a war crime 18 19 In March 2024 experts such as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food warned that Gaza might already be experiencing famine while Jeremy Konyndyk the president of Refugees International stated that large scale famine mortality would soon begin 20 Epidemiological forecasts project future deaths in Gaza from all causes including epidemics as ranging from 48 210 to 193 180 by August 2024 4 The Israeli government has denied it is using starvation as a weapon of war and said that arguments that its actions regarding the famine violate the Genocide Convention are wholly unfounded 21 COGAT the Israeli agency responsible for allowing aid into Gaza has stated Israel was not putting limits into the amount of aid entering Gaza 22 COGAT s claim has been challenged by multiple entities including the European Union United Nations Oxfam and United Kingdom 23 Israel has accused Gaza s government of aid theft 24 however US officials said they do not have evidence to support Israel s claims 25 26 Contents 1 Before the war 2 Start of crisis 3 Damage to infrastructure 4 Growing threat of famine 5 Famine 5 1 Southern Gaza 5 2 Northern Gaza 5 3 Humanitarian aid 5 3 1 Israeli blocking of aid 5 4 Israeli attacks 5 5 Effect on children 5 5 1 Infants and newborns 5 6 Impact on the elderly 6 Accusations of war crimes 7 Reactions 7 1 January 2024 7 2 February 2024 7 3 March 2024 7 4 April 2024 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 10 1 Works cited 11 External linksBefore the war nbsp Map of the Gaza Strip with Israeli Egyptian controlled borders and limited fishing zoneIt has been argued that thoroughly planned impoverishment had been a long term policy of Israel for the Gaza Strip 27 According to Sara Roy a leading expert on the Gazan economy The current desecration of Gaza is the latest stage in a process that has taken increasingly violent forms over time In the fifty six years since it occupied the Strip in 1967 Israel has transformed Gaza from a territory politically and economically integrated with Israel and the West Bank into an isolated enclave from a functional economy to a dysfunctional one from a productive society to an impoverished one It has likewise removed Gaza s residents from the sphere of politics transforming them from a people with a nationalist claim to a population whose majority requires some form of humanitarian aid to sustain themselves 28 In the early 2000s the Gaza Strip witnessed a period of increasing tensions that had a profound impact on its economic and agricultural sectors 27 During this time a relatively small number of Israeli settlers lived in the Gaza Strip yet they controlled a significant portion of the territory s valuable resources Specifically these settlers had access to about 25 of the Strip an area that included 40 of Gaza s arable land as well as a substantial share of its water resources limiting the availability of land and water for the Palestinian population 29 In addition during that period Israel had imposed restrictions on imports of cooking fuel and gas into Gaza The restrictions on imports including cooking fuel and gas into Gaza by Israel stem from a mix of security concerns and responses to violence These measures part of a broader blockade are contested internationally and criticized for exacerbating economic and living conditions in Gaza 30 After Israel withdrew its settlements from the Gaza Strip in 2005 Palestinian elections were held in 2006 which Hamas won In response to the election results Israel designated the governing party and the Gaza Strip as a hostile entity implementing a blockade along with economic sanctions and restrictions 31 Dov Weissglas explained We have to make them much thinner but not enough to die 32 the idea being to put the Palestinians on a diet but not to make them die of hunger 33 Prior to the blockade Gaza s population stood at 1 6 million serviced by 400 trucks carrying goods into the Strip every day Under the new policy according to the Israeli NGO Gisha Israel permitted only 106 trucks entry to deliver goods 34 In the following decades the number of humanitarian trucks permitted to enter Gaza would vary depending on several factors such as the political situation security issues agreements between Israel and Palestinian authorities and interventions by international organizations To obtain permission to import any commodity into the Strip proof had to be supplied that they were indispensable often causing delays and complications in the supply of humanitarian aid 35 Diplomatic cables subsequently published by WikiLeaks revealed that Israel had informed the United States in 2008 that while it would take measures to prevent a humanitarian crisis it intended to keep Gaza s economy on the brink of collapse 36 Precise calculations were made to determine the minimum calorific requirement 2 279 calories per person a day to avoid malnutrition in the Gaza Strip and these formed the basis for Israel s determination of the truck numbers for food supplies from 2007 to 2010 37 38 39 The calculation excluded factors such as the collapse of agriculture due to the blockade which dried up access to seed markets 40 d Restrictions on foodstuffs included basic commodities like pasta that particular item was reintroduced after John Kerry protested at its inclusion in the list of banned imports and any delicacies such as honey sesame snack halvah bamba e tea coffee sausages semolina milk products in large packages most baking products and limitations on meat and domestic cooking gas 42 The Goldstone Report discovered that during the 2008 2009 Gaza War Israel s invasion had caused deliberate and massive destruction of Gaza s agricultural sector f Israel also declared 30 of the most arable land in the Strip no go zones After 2012 the Red Cross secured an agreement to allow Gazan farmers to cultivate crops of various heights in areas respectively at 300 metres to 1 kilometre from Israel s fortified border fence Both cultivators and their rudimentary irrigation devices nonetheless were often exposed to sniping and automated machinegun fire and crops along the armistice line were without warning sprayed by Monsanto s Roundup herbicide 44 Likewise Israel placed severe restrictions on fishing within Gaza s waters the 20 nautical miles agreed to under the Oslo Accords were unilaterally reduced to nine with fishable areas demarcated with buoys 45 In 2009 Israel further reduced this to a 3 nautical mile limit with the result that 85 of Gaza s fishing water was blocked by Israeli warships 46 Israeli gunships reportedly fired on local fishermen even within these areas 47 In the 2010s some Israeli politicians denied the charge of using the blockade to deliberately cause harm or humanitarian damage to Palestinian civilians Former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni said on 25 October 2010 There is not and never was any intention to harm the Palestinian population living in Gaza In 2008 former prime minister Ehud Olmert said We won t allow for a humanitarian crisis but we have no intention of making their lives easier 32 In August 2023 it was reported that 12 076 truckloads of authorized goods entered Gaza reflecting a slight improvement in the volume of goods allowed into the territory compared to previous periods Despite these inflows the volume of goods remained insufficient given the 60 increase in population since 2007 and the escalating needs of the Gazan population 48 The humanitarian impact of the blockade is compounded by recurrent hostilities which not only result in high casualty rates but also further degrade Gaza s already fragile infrastructure The United Nations and various human rights organizations have repeatedly called for the lifting of the blockade and for increased humanitarian access to alleviate the suffering of Gaza s residents The situation in 2023 where the region has witnessed the highest number of fatalities since 2005 underscores the urgent need for a comprehensive and lasting solution to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza 49 Start of crisisFurther information 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and 2023 Hamas led attack on Israel External videos nbsp Emily Cali Callahan an American nurse who worked in Gaza for Doctors Without Borders until early November describes the humanitarian situation in Gaza to CNN s Anderson Cooper 50 51 Following the 7 October attack Israel announced on 9 October that it was blocking the entry of food into Gaza 52 53 The blockage according to the Israeli government is aimed to neutralize Hamas as a security threat including preventing military resources from being smuggled under the guise of humanitarian aid 54 Because Gaza was already mostly reliant on food aid the repercussions were felt immediately On 18 October Alia Zaki a spokesperson for the World Food Programme stated that the population of Gaza was at risk of starvation 55 Three days later the UN released a statement saying food stocks were nearly exhausted 56 By 23 October Cindy McCain executive director of the UN World Food Programme stated people were literally starving to death as we speak 57 On 27 October a spokesperson for the World Food Programme stated food and other basic supplies were running out 58 On 3 November UN officials stated the average Gazan diet consisted of only two pieces of bread per day 59 and ActionAid stated more than half a million Gazans faced death by starvation 60 On 11 November Corinne Fleischer Middle East regional director of the World Food Programme stated hundreds of people are queueing for hours every day to get bread rations at bakeries as people were being pushed closer to starvation 61 Damage to infrastructureSee also Bombing of Gaza On 18 October an Israeli airstrike destroyed a bakery in the Nuseirat Camp killing four bakers 55 On X Refaat Alareer wrote the bakery was one of the last in the central and southern Gaza Strip 62 On 19 October several more bakeries were reportedly hit by Israeli airstrikes 63 By 24 October many bakeries had reportedly closed down while those still open had hours long lines 64 By 28 October Israeli airstrikes had destroyed a fifth of the bakeries operating in the Strip 65 66 On 1 November Israel bombed one of the last remaining bakeries in Gaza City 67 On 2 November UNOCHA stated more than half of all bakeries in Gaza had been destroyed 68 On 8 November UNOCHA stated northern Gaza no longer had any functioning bakeries 69 On 14 November Israel bombed Gaza s last operating flour mill 70 Israeli bombings destroyed Gaza s fishing boats and ports 71 72 An estimated 22 percent of farmland was destroyed by 12 December 2023 73 Warehouses food factories and lorries were also damaged and destroyed by Israeli bombings 7 74 Growing threat of famineCindy McCain stated on 17 November that civilians faced the immediate possibility of starvation 75 Ten days later McCain stated Gaza was on the brink of famine 76 as begging for food became the new norm 77 On 7 December the WFP stated 97 of households had inadequate food consumption and 83 in southern Gaza were surviving through extreme consumption strategies 78 By 10 December the UN international aid organizations and relief workers in Gaza warned of mass starvation 79 A representative for Medical Aid for Palestinians stated The hunger wars have started 80 On 15 December the United Nations estimated nine out of ten residents were not eating food every day 81 The IDF has alleged Hamas stole humanitarian aid 82 killed people seeking humanitarian aid 83 and keeps its own supply reserves 84 The US and the UN both denied Israeli claims that Hamas plays a significant role in causing the famine with a senior US official stating that the Israeli government has not brought to the attention of the US government any specific evidence of Hamas theft or diversion of assistance provided via the U N and its agencies Full stop 25 On 20 December the United Nations stated people in Gaza were experiencing alarming levels of hunger never before witnessed in Gaza 85 86 On 21 December the United Nations stated more than half a million people in the Gaza Strip were starving 87 On 1 December an Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report based on a committee of independent experts placed almost the entire population of Gaza 93 or 2 08 million at IPC Phase 3 or above Crisis or worse with 79 percent in Emergency IPC Phase 4 88 and 15 378 000 people in Catastrophe IPC Phase 5 89 On 22 December UNICEF warned of the increasingly growing threat of famine in the Gaza Strip 90 On 29 December Mercy Corps stated half a million people faced catastrophic hunger and starvation 91 By 1 January 2024 ninety percent of Palestinians in Gaza regularly went without food 92 On 27 February 2024 Carl Skau the deputy executive director of the World Food Programme told the United Nations Security Council that more than 500 000 people were at risk of imminent famine in Gaza 93 FamineOn 3 January 2024 Arif Husain the chief economist at the World Food Programme stated 80 percent of all people in the world experiencing famine or catastrophic hunger were in the Gaza Strip stating In my life I ve never seen anything like this in terms of severity 94 Food prices rose in Gaza as food stocks were running low 95 The United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths stated on 5 January 2024 People are facing the highest levels of food insecurity ever recorded 96 Alex de Waal an expert on humanitarian crises and international law at Tufts University stated The rigor scale and speed of the destruction of the structures necessary for survival and enforcement of the siege surpasses any other case of man made famine in the last 75 years 97 Antonio Guterres stated The long shadow of starvation is stalking the people of Gaza 98 On 16 January UNOCHA reported 378 000 people in Gaza were in IPC Phase 5 or catastrophic levels of hunger 99 100 It reported all 2 2 million people in the Gaza Strip were facing acute food insecurity the highest proportion of a population experiencing starvation in recorded history 101 The Famine Review Committee FRC which compiled the Gaza data on famine in terms of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification IPC on 1 December 2023 forecast that the total population will be at Phase 3 by 7 February and that 25 or 500 000 Gazans will reach Phase 5 89 On 21 January a journalist in the Gaza Strip reported that people were making flour using animal food 102 On 21 January 2024 the UN reported there were only fifteen bakeries still in operation across the entirety of the Gaza Strip 103 By 30 January 2024 CNN reported that Palestinians were eating grass to stay alive 104 On 31 January the World Health Organization s emergencies director stated This is a population that is starving to death 105 On 12 February the Food and Agriculture Organization stated there were unprecedented levels of acute food insecurity hunger and near famine like conditions in Gaza 106 Israel attacked fishermen in Deir el Balah attempting to catch fish to eat 107 On 17 February ActionAid stated that every single person in the territory was facing famine levels of hunger stating that people had even run out of animal feed to eat 108 By March bird feed in northern Gaza had run out and people ate livestock feed 109 On 3 March the Gaza government media office stated the famine is still deepening 110 On 7 March UNOCHA stated that the annual rate of food inflation was 118 percent in January 2024 while the consumer price index for food rose nearly 105 percent 111 Southern Gaza On 7 January the UNRWA deputy director reported severe hunger in southern Gaza stating I don t know how much more they can bear before something explodes in the southern part of Gaza 112 On 11 February the mayor of Rafah stated the city was facing famine and that available supplies were only enough for 10 percent of the population 113 Long queues for food were reported in Rafah 114 On 15 February UNOCHA stated there was an urgent need to establish a stabilisation centre in Rafah for treating children suffering from severe malnutrition 115 UNOCHA stated on 17 February that people in Rafah were in such dire need that they stop aid trucks to take food and eat it immediately 116 On 19 February Israeli gunboats fired at fishermen attempting to catch fish off the coast of Rafah 117 A 73 year old displaced woman stated on 25 February I have never witnessed the starvation like this Death for us is much better than our current life 118 Northern Gaza On 13 January The Guardian reported that The World Food Programme had stated that nine out of ten people in northern Gaza were eating less than a meal a day 119 The World Health Organization stated on 25 January that the food situation was absolutely horrific in northern Gaza with rare aid deliveries mobbed by visibly starved people with sunken eyes 120 A Mercy Corps team member reported he had witnessed such intense overcrowding of thousands around two food aid trucks in northern Gaza that two people suffocated to death 121 An relief worker with Al Baraka an Algerian charity stated northern Gaza was on the verge of famine saying Almost no relief aid has been delivered to the people here since the beginning of Israel s aggression 122 On 10 February the Gaza Media Office stated We immediately demand the entry of a thousand trucks daily into northern Gaza until it recovers from the famine 123 On 15 February Al Jazeera reported that people in northern Gaza were going days and even weeks without sufficient food 124 The Food and Agriculture Organization stated that distributing food in northern Gaza remained a challenge as it was barely accessible 125 To survive people ate animal feed herbs weeds and grass 126 A UNOCHA representative stated There are about 300 000 people in the north and I have no idea how they ve survived 127 In late February 2024 a grain mill in northern Gaza shut down due to a lack of fuel 128 On 20 February the World Food Programme stated it would cease aid delivery to northern Gaza 129 In response to the announcement the Gaza Media Office stated it was a death sentence for three quarters of a million people 130 On 24 February UNRWA announced it was also suspending humanitarian services in northern Gaza 131 Families in Jabalia refugee camp reported being so hungry they ate scraps leaves and their horses 132 One man in Jabalia stated We have no water no flour and we are very tired because of hunger 133 Al Jazeera reported that two sisters searching for food on 25 February had been shot and claimed that Israeli Army was responsible for the incident 134 Thousands of people in Gaza City waited for a possible delivery of flour on 25 February 135 On 27 February the Gaza Health Ministry stated What is happening in northern Gaza is a true famine This escalating famine could kill thousands of citizens due to malnutrition and dehydration in the coming days in front of the eyes of the world 136 A man in the Jabalia refugee camp stated children are dying and fainting in the streets from hunger What can we do 137 On 17 March 2024 13 aid trucks arrived in Jabalia and Gaza City without incident for the first time in months 138 In late March 2024 the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification placed northern Gaza in Phase 5 its most severe stage 139 140 Analysis from the Food and Agriculture Organization found widespread destruction in Gaza s agricultural sector including the deaths of 60 percent of milk cows 70 percent of cattle stock and 60 percent of small ruminants like goats and sheep 141 On 29 March 2024 the US State Department stated that famine in northern Gaza quite possibly is present in at least some areas 142 A UNOCHA spokesperson stated people faced cruel death by famine 143 By late March the growing season for khobiza a wild plant eaten in northern Gaza was ending which journalist Moath al Kahlout stated will lead to an even more horrific famine 144 The UN stated 30 percent of its March 2024 aid missions had been denied 145 Humanitarian aid See also Humanitarian aid during the Israel Hamas war nbsp Image of US airdrop of aid into Gaza Al Jazeera reported that the drop was described as ineffective by Oxfam and symbolic by a former director of USAID 146 147 On 9 January Gisha reported that only 6 000 aid trucks had entered Gaza since 7 October the equivalent of twelve days of aid before the conflict s start 148 Colonel Moshe Tetro who heads the Israeli unit overseeing deliveries of humanitarian aid stated that there was no food shortage in Gaza and that existing reserves are sufficient 149 Another Israeli official stated Don t forget that this is an Arab Gazan population whose DNA is to hoard certainly when it comes to food 150 Officials stated that the worsening crisis was partly attributable to the limited amount of aid being allowed into Gaza with Cindy McCain stating People in Gaza risk dying of hunger just miles from trucks filled with food 151 Arif Husain the WFP chief economist stated on 24 January that only between 20 and 30 percent of needed aid was entering Gaza 152 as UNOCHA accused Israel of systematically denying humanitarian assistance into northern Gaza 153 On 1 February 2024 United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for unrestricted humanitarian access stating Everyone in Gaza is hungry 154 Human Rights Watch stated that the decision of 18 countries to defund UNRWA risked hastening the famine 155 The World Food Programme stated on 2 February that aid to northern Gaza was being overwhelmingly rejected by the Israelis 156 Journalist Abubaker Abed stated Families eat strategically just to stay alive 157 While speaking to CNN reporters in February 2024 some Palestinians stated humanitarian aid was being resold on the black market with packages already opened Israeli airstrikes around certain areas also caused prices to spike with a 25 kilogram bag of flour jumping from 20 in Kahn Younis to 34 after intensified airstrikes 158 The same month Human Rights Watch criticized the defunding of UNRWA which they termed the main humanitarian channel into Gaza in the face of mounting risks of famine and a binding order by the World Court in a case about genocide 159 On 13 February 2024 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich blocked a US funded flour shipment to Gaza and stated he had done so in coordination with the prime minister 160 161 White House National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan confirmed Israel was blocking flour from entering Gaza 162 On 14 February the Financial Times reported that an aid shipment that could have fed more than 1 million people for a month had been blocked at the Israeli port of Ashdod with the Israeli government stating the food would not be released 163 The UN stated aid deliveries had halved in February from the month before 164 On 28 February USAID chief Samantha Power stated more aid needed to enter Gaza calling the situation a matter of life and death 165 Following a US announcement that it was beginning airdrops of aid and building a temporary port off the coast of Gaza Michael Fakhri the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food stated The time when countries use air drops and these maritime piers is usually if not always in situations when you want to deliver humanitarian aid into enemy territory 166 As of March 2024 there are ongoing efforts to address the crisis include attempts to negotiate a humanitarian aid cease fire and allow for the provision of aid in addition to a hostage release deal 167 The International Committee of the Red Cross stated in late March Some families receive a can of food every other day for the whole family 168 In late March residents reported that animal feed was running out in parts of Gaza 169 Israeli blocking of aid See also 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and Israel Hamas war protests in Israel Protest against humanitarian aid This section is an excerpt from Humanitarian aid during the Israel Hamas war Israeli blocking of aid edit nbsp Trucks with humanitarian aid waiting to cross from Egypt into the Gaza StripBefore being allowed entry into Gaza the humanitarian aid trucks are put through a stringent list of rules and regulations based on Israeli inspectors The US president and chief executive of Save the Children Janti Soeripto explained the convoluted regulations to reporters causing items to be turned back like sanitary pads due to a nail clipper included in the hygiene kit or sleeping bags because they had zippers A humanitarian official in contact with the Israeli COGAT unit has raised claims that the rejections are due to the unit operating with only an obsolete list from 2008 and a lack of official guidance 170 Others such as the European Union s top diplomat Josep Borrell have accused Israel of intentionally using starvation as a weapon of war 171 Israel also does not allow humanitarian aid bound for Gaza to be purchased in Israel or the West Bank or to use Israel ports 172 It has also closed all but one of the Israel Gaza checkpoints 172 Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stated that Israeli obstacles were impeding the delivery of humanitarian aid 173 The World Health Organization stated their requests to deliver supplies are often blocked or refused by Israel 174 Antonio Guterres the UN secretary general stated that alleviating conditions in Gaza requires Israel removing the remaining obstacles and chokepoints to relief 175 An investigation found that Israel was blocking cancer medications sleeping bags drinking water purification tablets and maternity kits from entering Gaza leading the Save the Children US president to state she had never seen anything like the level of barriers being put in place to hamper humanitarian assistance 170 MP Rosena Allin Khan stated that Israel had prevented water filters from entering Gaza asking rhetorically What threat does a water filter supplied by the UK government have 176 The UN reported Israel had rejected aid trucks for carrying medical scissors 177 On 6 March Israel continued to block a major US shipment of flour from entering Gaza after having already blocked it from entering for 46 days 178 On 7 March 2024 Israeli police blocked an aid convoy organized by the Jewish Arab cooperation group Standing Together 179 The president of the American Near East Refugee Aid stated Some governments not just the US but others as well who thought that they would make more headway with the Israelis on land aid threw up their hands and said Well let s do airdrops 180 In an interview with the New Yorker US Senator Chris Van Hollen stated Administration officials have recognized that the Netanyahu government has put up unacceptable barriers to the delivery of humanitarian assistance into Gaza 181 Catherine Russell the chair of UNICEF described Israel s bureaucratic approval system as Kafkaesque 182 In response to Israel stating it would no longer allow UNRWA to deliver aid to northern Gaza 183 Martin Griffiths stated The decision to block its food convoys to the north only pushes thousands closer to famine It must be revoked 184 The EU s Josep Borrell stated Enough food for the people starving in Gaza is stockpiled and waiting to enter through land routes 185 Gisha an Israeli human rights organization stated Israel was blocking dual use items and that it had petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court to order Israel to meets its obligations to civilians in Gaza 186 Israeli attacks See also Flour massacre and March 2024 Kuwait Roundabout attacks On 25 January 2024 the Gaza Health Ministry reported an Israeli attack on aid seekers had killed 20 and wounded 150 187 Israel bombed a truck loaded with food head toward northern Gaza on 5 February 188 189 On 6 February Israeli forces reportedly open fired on people waiting for food aid trucks in Gaza City 190 UNOCHA stated it was the fifth report of Israeli firing upon people waiting for humanitarian aid 191 On 18 February multiple instances of Israeli sniper attacks on civilians seeking humanitarian assistance were reported 192 On 20 February at least one Palestinian civilian was killed while waiting to receive humanitarian aid 193 People seeking aid were attacked by Israeli forces on multiple occasions 194 195 UNOCHA stated on 27 February that aid convoys have come under fire and are systematically denied access to people in need 196 On 28 February medical sources in Gaza City reported three people were killed while waiting for aid on al Rashid Street 197 On 29 February more than 100 people seeking humanitarian died in the Flour massacre following Israeli gunfire at the Al Nabulsi roundabout west of Gaza City 198 The United Nations called for an investigation on 1 March into the killing of humanitarian aid seekers stating it had recorded at least 14 incidents involving shooting and shelling of people gathered to receive desperately needed supplies 199 On 2 March three people in Beit Hanoun were killed while picking herbs for food 200 On 3 March at least nine people were killed while waiting for humanitarian aid in an Israeli airstrike in Deir el Balah 201 202 Later on the same day dozens of civilians were killed in an Israeli attack on aid seekers at the Kuwaiti roundabout in Gaza City 203 The Ministry of Health called it a horrific massacre 204 On 4 March another attack was reported at the Kuwaiti roundabout after thousands of people waited all day for humanitarian aid Israeli soldiers opened fire on them as soon as the trucks arrived 205 Al Jazeera stated the attacks on aid seekers had become a near daily occurrence 205 On 6 March eight people were wounded after Israel fired live rounds at people seeking humanitarian aid at the Nabulsi roundabout 206 On 7 March five people were killed while waiting for aid at the Nabulsi roundabout 207 On 8 March several people seeking humanitarian aid were reportedly killed by Israeli open fire at the Kuwait Roundabout 208 By 12 March Israel had killed an estimated 400 humanitarian aid seekers in Gaza 209 Israeli attacks on humanitarian aid seekers was described as the new normal for Palestinians in northern Gaza 210 On 13 March at least nine aid seekers were shot and wounded by Israeli troops at the Kuwaiti roundabout 211 On 14 March 2024 Israeli troops fired on Palestinians receiving aid at the Kuwaiti roundabout killing 21 and injuring more than 150 others 212 213 In a statement on 15 March the UN humanitarian aid chief Martin Griffiths stated that attacks on aid seekers cannot be allowed to continue 214 The Norwegian Refugee Council stated the attacks shouldn t be happening 215 On 19 March at least 23 people were killed when Israeli fighter jets targeted a group of aid coordinators at the Kuwaiti roundabout 216 On 1 April 2024 an Israeli drone fired three consecutive missiles at three cars belonging to the World Central Kitchen WCK killing seven aid workers who had been distributing food in the northern Gaza Strip which has been pushed close to famine by Israel s siege and blockade during the Israel Hamas war 217 Effect on children See also Effect of the Israel Hamas war on children in the Gaza Strip and Death of Yazan al Kafarneh On 14 January Philippe Lazzarini stated Whenever you go to a school the kids are looking at your eyes begging for a sip of water or a loaf of bread 218 On 16 January officials reported newborn babies with undernourished mothers were dying within days and children weakened by starvation were dying from hypothermia 149 On 18 January the deputy executive director of UNICEF took a tour of the Gaza Strip stating he had witnessed some of the most horrific conditions I have ever seen and that thousands of children are malnourished and sick 219 220 On 10 February 2024 a UNICEF spokesperson said Gaza had the world s highest rate of child malnutrition 221 On 17 February the Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor reported an instance of an 8 year old girl who had died from starvation and dehydration 222 On 19 February UNICEF found that nearly 16 percent of children in northern Gaza under two years old were acutely malnourished with 3 percent suffering from severe wasting 223 One mother in northern Gaza described the situation on 21 February stating My little one wakes up at night screaming from hunger 224 On 26 February two children from Gaza City stated they ate once every two days and were then eating animal feed 225 Action Aid citing the head of pediatrics at Kamal Adwan Hospital stated on 25 February that a significant number of children in northern Gaza had already died from starvation 226 At least six children died of malnutrition on 28 February 227 Project Hope an aid organization in Deir el Balah stated 11 percent of the under five year olds they had seen were experiencing malnutrition 228 A doctor at Kamal Adwan Hospital stated they had seen a steep rise in pediatric malnutrition cases 229 On 28 February a representative from Save the Children stated that due to Israeli bombardment and restrictions on aid children were starving with trucks full of food waiting to enter into Gaza describing this as the killing of children in slow motion 230 A two year old died from food poisoning after eating bread made from animal feed 231 Four more children died of starvation on 29 February bringing the week s total to at least ten 232 233 Melanie Ward the director of Medical Aid for Palestinians stated This is the fastest decline in a population s nutrition status ever recorded That means children are being starved at the fastest rate the world has ever seen 234 On 3 March health officials stated at least fifteen children at Kamal Adwan Hospital had died of malnutrition and dehydration in the preceding few days 235 CNN reported that the true number could be higher with a UNICEF representative stating there were likely more starving children fighting for their lives in other parts of Gaza 2 236 Yazan al Kafarneh a 10 year old boy who died from starvation was described as the face of the famine 237 The father of a 5 year old who died from starvation stated He did not suffer from any disease My child died before my eyes because of hunger 238 Infants and newborns A two month old baby died in Gaza City on 24 February from malnutrition 239 A pediatrician working in Gaza stated Nursing mothers are unable to lactate as their health worsens 240 The head of pediatrics at Kamal Adwan Hospital stated the hospital was struggling to find milk to feed infant patients stating Even newborns are emaciated 241 The UN Population Fund stated doctors no longer see normal sized babies but instead more stillborns 242 In March 2024 a doctor at the Emirati Hospital stated 16 premature babies had died from malnutrition related diseases in the past five weeks 243 The United Nations reported that one third of children under two were acutely malnourished by 16 March 244 Catherine M Russell the head of UNICEF stated I have been in wards where babies are suffering from malnutrition the whole ward is absolutely quiet because the babies don t even have the energy to cry 245 WHO stated What doctors and medical staff are telling us is more and more they are seeing the effects of starvation they re seeing newborn babies simply dying because they are too low birth weight 246 On 15 March UNICEF reported that acute malnutrition amongst under two year olds had doubled in one month 247 In late March 2024 doctors at Kamal Adwan Hospital stated babies were dying from hunger and dehydration 248 Impact on the elderly In March 2024 the elderly were reportedly dying at an alarmingly high rate with the Euro Med Monitor stating it was receiving daily reports of the elderly dying of starvation 249 The group stated The majority of these cases do not reach hospital after dying at home the elderly are buried either close to their residences or in makeshift graves 250 Accusations of war crimesMain article War crimes in the Israel Hamas war I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip There will be no electricity no food no water no fuel Everything is closed We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly Yoav Gallant Israel Defense Minister 251 On 18 December 2023 Human Rights Watch accused Israel of using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza Strip 252 On 16 January 2024 UN experts accused Israel of destroying Gaza s food system and using food as a weapon against the Palestinian people 253 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Michael Fakhri stated Israel was using hunger as a weapon against Palestinians 254 On 23 January Alex De Waal stated Israel was committing a war crime through enforced starvation stating An entire population being reduced to this stage is really unprecedented We haven t seen it in Ethiopia in Sudan and Yemen pretty much anywhere else in the world 255 On 13 February US Senator Chris Van Hollen stated Kids in Gaza are now dying from the deliberate withholding of food That is a war crime It is a textbook war crime And that makes those who orchestrate it war criminals 256 A representative from the Palestinian non profit organization Juhoud for Community and Rural Development stated The denial of access to food water and other necessities consists of a serious violation of international law 257 Josep Borrell High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said in an interview with El Pais that We are already in the midst of a catastrophe The United Nations has had to suspend humanitarian aid Israel is using famine as a weapon of war and that is contrary to international law 258 On 3 March Amnesty International head Agnes Callamard stated that week s death of ten children from malnutrition was unlawful and the result of an Israeli engineered famine 259 The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Israel of violating international law by using starvation as a weapon of war 260 Physicians for Human Rights Israel stated According to the International Criminal Court starvation is considered a war crime Israel must immediately stop limiting life saving humanitarian aid This is a moral stain that will stay with us for generations 261 Belgian foreign minister Alexander De Croo stated Israel was engaging in tactics of starvation 262 The global humanitarian director of Plan International stated Israeli restrictions on aid must cease immediately The starvation of the civilian population is illegal under international humanitarian law 263 Jeremy Laurence the UN Human Rights Office spokesman stated Israel s conduct may constitute starvation as a method of war which is a war crime 264 Ayman Safadi the Foreign Minister of Jordan stated Israel is weaponizing starvation This is another horrific war crime 265 The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Ireland Micheal Martin stated The use of starvation as a weapon of war is a blatant violation of international humanitarian law 266 Caroline Gennez Belgium s minister of development cooperation stated Israel s use of hunger as weapon of war was a flagrant violation of international law 267 ReactionsIsrael s actions according to its government aim to neutralize Hamas as a security threat including preventing military resources from being smuggled under the guise of humanitarian aid 54 53 Efforts to address the crisis include attempts to negotiate cease fires and allow for the provision of aid though challenges persist due to the continuation of hostilities and the difficulty in delivering aid amid the fighting 167 January 2024 On 7 January secretary general of the UN Antonio Guterres stated widespread famine looms in Gaza 268 The UN special rapporteur for health Tlaleng Mofokeng responded to Guterres stating Gaza was experiencing deliberate starvation not famine 269 Speaking at the United Nations Security Council on 12 January Martin Griffiths stated colleagues who had made it into northern Gaza in recent days had described scenes of utter horror Corpses left lying in the road People with evident signs of starvation stopping trucks in search of anything they can get to survive 270 On 11 January the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories stated there was no hunger in Gaza 271 On 16 January Michael Fakhri the UN special rapporteur on food stated What we re witnessing in Gaza is an entire civilian population made to go hungry this is a result of Israeli bombardment this is a result of the denial of humanitarian relief We ve never seen anything so brutal happen so quickly 272 Following a visit to the Rafah border crossing US Senator Chris Van Hollen described the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza as an unnecessarily cumbersome process 273 The heads of the World Food Programme UNICEF and the World Health Organization issued a joint statement stating significantly more humanitarian aid was needed in Gaza 274 Mohammad Mustafa the chief economist of the Palestine Investment Fund stated Maybe more people will be killed or die from hunger and famine than the war itself 275 After major Western donors announced they were suspending funding of UNRWA the agency stated over 2 million people are depending on it for their sheer survival as hunger stalks everyone 276 February 2024 On 14 February a joint statement by fourteen major human rights organizations including Action Against Hunger ActionAid Danish Refugee Council Handicap International INTERSOS Islamic Relief Mercy Corps Norwegian Refugee Council Plan International Project HOPE Save the Children Solidarites International and War Child UK stated The risk of famine is increasing each day in Gaza due to the continuation of hostilities and the continued blockade of the Strip 277 The American Friends Service Committee stated Everyone is hungry in Gaza today That is just enormous and truly catastrophic and we ve never seen anything like that before 278 Alex de Waal a British academic stated There s no doubt that certain senior members of the Israel government and certain groups within Israeli society have the intent of starving Gaza 279 He further stated Nothing compares to Gaza over the last 75 years 280 On 18 February the heads of eight major humanitarian organizations including the Norwegian Refugee Council Mercy Corps Refugees International Oxfam America CARE USA Save the Children Action Against Hunger and Catholic Relief Services wrote a joint op ed stating If the situation continues we will see one of the biggest disasters we have faced as humanitarians this crisis will soon reach a tipping point where emergency food aid won t be enough Averting mass death becomes harder as starvation gains momentum 281 The Gaza Media Office stated on 20 February We hold the US administration and the international community additionally to Israel fully responsible for this famine 282 On 21 February World Food Programme chief Cindy McCain stated A famine doesn t have to happen But if things don t change it will 283 Tor Wennesland stated on 22 February that more than 2 million people were facing extreme food insecurity 284 On 23 February a UNOCHA official stated Famine is looming 285 The head of the Red Cross stated on 26 February 80 of the population already faces emergency or catastrophic acute food insecurity conditions 286 Ramesh Rajasingham the UN humanitarian affairs chief stated that if nothing was done to change the status quo then widespread famine in Gaza is almost inevitable 287 On 27 February Michael Fakhri the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food said there was no reason to intentionally block the passage of humanitarian aid or intentionally obliterate small scale fishing vessels greenhouses and orchards in Gaza other than to deny people access to food 288 Fakhri stated what s happening in Gaza is genocide 288 On 29 February the humanitarian policy director of Oxfam America stated the organization was opposed to proposed US airdrops stating Oxfam does not support US airdrops to Gaza which would mostly serve to relieve the guilty consciences of senior US officials whose policies are contributing to the ongoing atrocities and risk of famine in Gaza 289 The UN World Food Programme warned of a real prospect of famine by May 2024 for half a million people 290 March 2024 A man in Rafah spoke to Al Jazeera stating From the moment we wake up until the moment we sleep we are battling to survive We are fighting to get our hands on some water to get hold of a loaf of bread for our children We are exhausted mentally and physically This is unbearable 291 Save the Children released a statement saying children in Gaza were forced to forage for scraps of food left by rats and eating leaves out of desperation The risk of famine will increase so long as the government of Israel continues to impede the entry of aid 292 UNICEF responded to news of children dying from starvation stating Now the child deaths we feared are here and are likely to rapidly increase unless the war ends and obstacles to humanitarian relief are immediately resolved 293 On 5 March UNOCHA stated that the first deaths of children from starvation in northern Gaza were a warning like no other 294 A World Food Programme director stated The is nowhere else in the world where so many people face imminent famine 295 In The Guardian global health expert Devi Sridhar wrote there was no precedent to the Gaza famine Sridhar quoted an unnamed colleague who stated there had never been another conflict in history that used bombing snipers starvation all at once with such intensity 296 On 6 March a UN official stated Ninety percent of the population today in Gaza is facing a high level of acute food insecurity 297 A medical student working as a doctor at Al Shifa Hospital documented the first death by starvation in Gaza he stated Do not talk to us again about human rights I do not know where the world has reached in its brutality and cruelty 298 Gaza s civil defense criticized humanitarian aid drops stating The method of using the dropping of aid via international relief planes has not limited the famine crisis 299 The EU s humanitarian aid chief Janez Lenarcic stated We already have a very strong and credible indication that there are pockets of famine already in the Gaza Strip 300 A displaced Palestinian speaking to Al Jazeera English in late March stated The situation is so bad that no one can imagine it 301 Martin Griffiths stated the world should hang its head in shame for failing to prevent the famine 302 In a report Islamic Relief stated Palestinians are not just starving they are being starved 303 The International Rescue Committee stated Children are starving due to an entirely man made and preventable crisis There is no excuse 304 Melanie Ward the CEO of Medical Aid for Palestinians stated If Israel would only let food aid in we could stop the starvation immediately 305 Oxfam stated the famine was the result of Israel s bombing of Gaza and using starvation as a weapon of war 306 Citing the IPC the US Secretary of State acknowledged on 19 March 100 percent of the population in Gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity That s the first time an entire population has been so classified 307 Naledi Pandor South Africa s Foreign Minister stated that as famine set in humanity needed to look at itself in horror and dismay 308 Caroline Gennez the Belgian Minister of Development stated Israel wouldn t defeat Hamas by using hunger as a weapon to starve civilians 309 The World Bank stated the situation in the Gaza Strip has reached catastrophic levels 310 Rishi Sunak the prime minister of the United Kingdom stated under questioning We need urgent action now to avoid a famine 311 On 18 March 2024 the UN secretary general Antonio Guterres stated the imminent famine was an entirely man made disaster 312 After the passage of UNSC Resolution 2728 the UN director of Human Rights Watch stated Israel needed to begin facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid ending its starvation of Gaza s population and halting unlawful attacks 313 A provisional measure issued by the International Court of Justice ICJ in South Africa v Israel found Palestinians in Gaza are no longer facing only a risk of famine but that famine is setting in 314 David J Simon the Director of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University wrote Failing to act raises the possibility the ICJ will make a finding of genocide 315 Amnesty International responded to the ICJ s provisional measures stating This new ruling must serve as a critical reminder to all states of their clear duty to prevent genocide 316 April 2024 A director of Save the Children stated Starvation must never be used as a weapon of war 27 children have already been killed by starvation and disease If the world fails to act now countless more children will be added to that number 317 See alsoGaza humanitarian crisis 2023 present International aid to Palestinians Famine in Yemen 2016 present Famine in northern Ethiopia 2020 present Water supply and sanitation in the State of Palestine UNRWA World Central Kitchen Humanitarian aid during the Israel Hamas warNotes as of 29 March 2024 1 According to CNN the true number of people dead from starvation may already be higher as limited access to northern Gaza has hindered the ability of aid agencies to fully assess the situation there 2 The Israeli NGO Btselem has stated the famine is a direct outcome of Israeli policy This reality is not a byproduct of war but a direct result of Israel s declared policy Residents now depend entirely on food supplies from outside Gaza as they can no longer produce almost any food themselves Most cultivated fields have been destroyed and accessing open areas during the war is dangerous in any case Bakeries factories and food warehouses have been bombed or shut down due to lack of basic supplies fuel and electricity 7 The complicated procedures for obtaining clearances from Israel at the transit points also caused notable spoilage further reducing the food allowed in Prospective import goods had to arrive in Israeli trucks which were unloaded as the goods were transferred to neutral trucks that then were allowed transit to the Gaza side Once there the consignments had to be unloaded from the neutral trucks and reloaded on Gazan trucks 40 A peanut butter flavoured corn snack prohibited because according to one Israeli official We don t want Gilad Shalit s captors to be munching Bamba right over his head 41 The agricultural sector including crop farming fisheries livestock farming and poultry farming suffered direct losses worth some US 170 million Indirect losses have still to be definitively calculated One business organization estimates that 60 per cent of all agricultural land had been destroyed 40 per cent directly during the military operations Moreover 17 per cent of all orchards 8 3 per cent of livestock 2 6 per cent of poultry 18 1 per cent of hatcheries 25 6 per cent of beehives 9 2 per cent of open fields and 13 per cent of groundwater wells were destroyed Agriculture had already lost a third of its capacity since the start of the second intifada and the frequent Israeli incursions according to NGO estimates used by UNDP Gaza Some 250 agricultural wells were reportedly destroyed or severely damaged 40 43 References Cooney Christy Top UN court orders Israel to allow food and medical aid into Gaza BBC Retrieved 5 April 2024 a b Haq Sana Noor Newborns die of hunger and mothers struggle to feed their children as Israel s siege condemns Gazans to starvation CNN Retrieved 8 March 2024 a b Serhan Yasmeen Famine May Already Be Unfolding in Gaza Experts Warn Time Magazine Retrieved 21 March 2024 a b de Waal Alex We are about to witness the most intense famine since World War II in Gaza 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