Video: Total blockade and death traps: How Israel is starving the Gaza Strip 21 de ago. de 2025 Since October 2023, the Israeli regime has been committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. This includes the killing of tens of thousands, bodily and mental harm to hundreds of thousands, massive destruction of homes and civilian infrastructure, starvation, displacement and obstruction of humanitarian aid – all carried out systematically, as part of a coordinated attack designed to destroy living conditions in the Gaza Strip. Israel is continuing the onslaught despite countless warnings, and mounting evidence on the ground, of its lethal consequences. Together with many public clarifications by policymakers that the target is the entire population, this proves the political and military leadership’s intent to eradicate the continuation of Palestinian existence in Gaza. Immediately after the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023, Israel imposed a total blockade on Gaza. In the months that followed, it intermittently barred entry of food, water, fuel and medicine through land crossings under its control. The aid it did allow in, following international pressure, was severely inadequate for the population’s needs. Within a short time, Israel also destroyed the civilian infrastructure for producing and distributing food. These measures left hundreds of thousands of people entirely dependent on humanitarian aid. The shortages also led to sharp price hikes across the Strip, further limiting access to food for most of the population. Aid organizations warned in the early stages of the fighting of a steep drop in food security. In April 2024, UN bodies declared that “without massive and consistent food assistance that can be delivered freely and safely, famine thresholds in Gaza will be breached within the next six weeks.” Israel has also waged an unprecedented assault on Gaza’s civilian and social order. Throughout the months of fighting, Israeli forces have methodically targeted all law enforcement actors in the Strip, including police officers and commanders, as well as civil defense units. The resulting law enforcement vacuum was filled by armed criminal gangs, which operate across the Strip and have gained power thanks to Israel. At the same time, Israel has painted a false picture that there is no severe hunger crisis in Gaza, accusing Hamas of stealing UN aid in areas where shortages existed. This allegation was denied by aid agencies on the ground. In a New York Times investigation published in late July 2025, senior Israeli military officials even admitted the military had never provided evidence of Hamas systematically stealing aid. Contrary to Israel’s claims, numerous reports and policy statements indicate that one of the main reasons Israel blocked aid into Gaza was to pressure Hamas, including by fomenting internal unrest among the civilian population. Two US government agencies responsible for aid distribution determined that Israel deliberately blocked and delayed humanitarian aid, and that it is primarily responsible for the hunger ravaging the Strip. In January 2024, UN experts concluded: “Israel is [...] using food as a weapon against the Palestinian people.” The deliberate starvation of Gaza, which branches of the UN designated “the hungriest place on Earth” in May 2025, is one means of destruction Israel is using in the genocide it is committing in Gaza. With every passing day, the hunger in Gaza deepens and more people, including children, die from malnutrition. Yet Israel continues its attempts to suppress the reality of the hunger crisis in Gaza.
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