How Israel’s policies created famine in Gaza

Familiarization is taking place in Gaza – a short drive from hundreds of trucks from aid that sits idle.

How did we get here?

Integrated food security (IPC), supported by the United Nations, is the world’s leading hunger screen.

Its evaluation is that half a million people – a quarter of the Palestinians in Gaza – suffer from starvation is shocking for many reasons.

Among them, the report was approved that this position is “fully man -made”, as relief organizations accused Israel today of “systematic obstruction” to enter the Gaza Strip.

IPC report He says he found that people who live in Gaza City The region witnesses the conditions of famine in “hunger, anxiety and death”.

And you also find that hunger is spreading quickly – as famine is expected to be in a large part of the rest of Gaza in September, in current directions.

The report reached its end through three main indicators:

• Hunger: It faces at least one in every 5 families, a severe shortage of food
• malnutrition: Almost 1 out of every 3 or more children
• Mortality: At least 2 out of every 10,000 people die daily due to frank hunger or a mixture of malnutrition and disease

Upon completing two of these three “thresholds”, IPC realizes that starvation occurs.

IPC says the “death” index does not appear in the data available due to the collapse of monitoring systems. She believes that most non -shock deaths are not recorded.

Based on the existing evidence, and the rule of experts, IPC concluded that the “deaths” threshold has been met.

The report was published at a time when the Hamas Ministry of Health in Gaza recorded two new deaths from malnutrition, thus the total number of 273 deaths, including 112 children.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He has repeatedly denied hunger He is taking place in Gaza and said that in the event of hunger, the mistake of relief agencies and enthusiasm.

Israel accused international relief agencies such as the United Nations of not picking up aid awaiting the Gaza border, noting hundreds of trucks sitting inactivity.

After weeks of the world he sees pictures Hunger childrenWith swollen stomach and prominent bones, many will feel that the signs that famine was imminent for a long time.

The ability of the Palestinians to reach food was complicated throughout the war for nearly two years in Gaza.

Israel has long laid restrictions on the goods entering Gaza, which increased these restrictions after the beginning of the war on October 7, 2023, which was caused by the deadly Hamas -led attack on Israel.

However, since March 2025, the situation has deteriorated quickly after Israel has introduced a total of approximately three months on the goods entering Gaza.

In light of great international pressure, Israel began to allow a limited amount of goods to Gaza in late May.

It also provided a new food distribution system managed by a controversial American group called Gaza Humanitarian Corporation (GHF) to replace the previous food distribution system.

GHF has four food distribution sites in military areas where Palestinians must walk long distances, and replaced 400 distribution points in society under the United Nations system.

Finding food has become a fatal endeavor for the Palestinians and told us regularly that they should choose between hunger and death, in reference to the shooting of people trying to get help at GHF distribution sites.

The United Nations has recorded the killing of at least 994 Palestinians in the vicinity of GHF sites, since late May, some of 1760 killed in an attempt to reach aid.

The United Nations says that the majority that was killed by the Israeli forces, which is supported by the witnesses of the eyes we spoke to and the doctor in Gaza. Israel has repeatedly rejected allegations.

Under this system, Israel expanded in Gaza.

As Israel continues to be pressure to allow more food in late July, it began to allow more aid trucks in Gaza every day and to enter “tactical stops” in fighting to allow more aid convoys to move across the region.

More aid has entered in recent weeks, and the astronomical prices of some commodities have been reduced to some extent – although many Palestinians are expensive. Sometimes, the price of flour reached $ 85 per kilo, although this number began to decrease.

United Nations and aid organizations say that although Israel alleviated some restrictions on food in the Gaza Strip, they still suffer from obstacles and great obstacle in the ability to collect and distribute aid.

Organizations say that what is required is 600 trucks per day that bring goods to Gaza to people to meet their basic needs – at the present time it is not allowed more than half of that.

Israel has also begun to allow the air diameter of aid, which has been subjected to ineffective and serious criticism, and eventually from humanitarian organizations.

Israel accused Hamas responsible for the hunger crisis has also been criticized. Multiple reports, including the United States’ government report, have found that there is no evidence of systematic conversion to assistance by Hamas.

There is already a widespread looting of trucks entering Gaza – but relief agencies say that most of the plundering of desperate Palestinians and some organized groups trying to make a re -sale profit.

Ultimately, relief agencies have been repeated months ago that in order to starve hunger and famine, Gaza must be overwhelmed by the help they enter on the road and Israel is currently imposing restrictions.

A number of Israeli government officials today rejected the IPC report.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused IPC of publishing a “specially fabricated report to suit the fake Hamas campaign.”

The Israel Army Authority is called COGAT (government activities coordinator in the regions), responsible for the Transit Department to Gaza, which is called the iPC report “a false and biased report, based on partial data arising from the terrorist organization Hamas.”

Among other criticisms, Israel says IPC “changed its global standard”, as it moved in half the threshold of facing famine from 30 % to 15 %, as well as “completely ignoring its second criterion of the death rate.”

IPC rejected the accusations and said it had used firm standards previously used in similar situations.

It seems that the accusation of Israel that IPC has used “Hamas data” indicates that some reports on malnutrition in Gaza come from the Hamas Ministry of Health there.

However, the ministry’s data on deaths and injuries has been considered widely reliable throughout the war.

The responses to the report were strong and international leaders.

UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres said that Israel, as an occupation force, “has unambiguous obligations under international law – including the duty to ensure the food and medical supplies of the population. We cannot allow this situation to continue to escape punishment.”

Tom Fletcher, the United Nations Humanitarian President, said the famine was the direct result of Israel’s “blockage” of the aid entering Gaza.

Meanwhile, UK Foreign Minister David Lami said: “The Israeli government’s refusal to allow sufficient assistance in Gaza causes this humanitarian disaster. This is moral anger.”

On Friday, United Nations Human Rights President Volcker Turk said it was “a war crime to use hunger as a means of war, and the resulting deaths may also be promoted to deliberate murder.”

Israel humiliated this week to summon tens of thousands of elderly forces to conduct its controversial invasion Gaza City occupationThe area where IPC declared famine.

Netanyahu says the acquisition is the best option to defeat Hamas, end the war and return the Israeli hostages from Gaza.

The invasion would replace an estimated one million Palestinians who live in Gaza City and the surrounding areas. Israel has already told paramedics and relief agencies to conduct preparations for the dedication of the region.

A joint statement from a number of United Nations organizations, including UNICEF, the World Food Program and the World Health Organization, expressed his warning about the planned attack, saying: “It was possible that there were more destructive consequences for civilians as there are already conditions of starvation.

“Many people – especially sick and bad children, the elderly and people with disabilities may not be able to evacuate.”