Starvation by design: How Israel turned food into a weapon of war in Gaza
A malnourished Palestinian child is examined at al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on June 30, 2025 [Eyad Baba/AFP] By Mohammad Mansour Published On 5 Feb 2026 5 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media Share Save In the first three months of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in 2023, only four deaths were officially attributed to starvation by health officials in Gaza. By 2024, that number rose to 49. But it was in 2025 – the year the siege reached its suffocating zenith – that the death toll exploded, reaching 422 deaths in a single year. This represents a staggering 760 percent increase in starvation deaths in just 12 months. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Israel war on Gaza updates: Gaza records first polio case in 25 years list 2 of 4 US vetoes another UN Security Council resolution urging Gaza war ceasefire list 3 of 4 Qatar hosts Arab-Islamic emergency summit: Who said what? list 4 of 4 UK police say pro-Palestin...
