As Gaza Starves, Israel Attacked UNRWA Food Distribution Center
Israel is targeting Palestinians’ slim means of accessing food, bombing two makeshift kitchens and UNRWA’s distribution center in Jabalia in the past few days
Author: Abbes
Mathematician, Director of research in Paris, Secretary of AURDIP
Al Mezan Issues New Fact Sheet on the Impact of Israeli Starvation Policies on Palestinian Children, Pregnant Women, and Nursing Mothers
Gaza, 12 May 2025 – Al Mezan has published a new fact sheet exposing the catastrophic and deliberate starvation of Gaza’s population, with a specific focus on children, pregnant women, and nursing mothers. The fact sheet, titled “The Effects of Israel’s Genocidal Siege and Starvation on Gaza’s Children, Pregnant Women, and Nursing Mothers,” documents the calculated use of hunger as a weapon of war and underscores the genocidal nature of Israel’s policies since the full siege imposed on 2 March 2025.
Food security experts warn Gaza at ‘critical risk of famine’ amid Israeli blockade
Report by UN-backed consortium of specialists tells of ‘major deterioration’ since its last assessment in October
Nidal, You’re Dying in an Israeli Prison and I Don’t Know How to Save Your Life
You are dying of hunger and colitis in Megiddo Prison, where you’re held without charges or a trial. May your captor-starvers be damned
Children so malnourished they’re losing their sight: Inside Israel’s aid blockade on Gaza
The blockade has led to famine-like conditions for the two million people living on the Strip, and at least 9,000 children have been admitted for treatment of acute malnutrition since the start of the year
Palestinians awoke to bulldozers. Their village was destroyed by noon
Within hours, Israeli forces demolished homes, wells, and even caves in the West Bank hamlet of Khilet al-Dabe’, leaving families with nowhere to shelter.
Israel claims to care about Palestinian students — so it shuts down their schools
The Education Ministry ordered UNRWA-run schools in East Jerusalem to close, citing ‘student welfare.’ 800 may lose their classrooms this month.
Knesset Debate Reveals Not Everyone Thinks Starving Gazan Children Is a Bad Thing
A seemingly trivial remark from an Israeli doctor was met with a barrage of fervor from MKs. ‘I’m not sure you’re speaking for us when you say we want to treat every child and every woman,’ said one
‘We’ve killed so many children — it’s hard to argue with that’
Since March, hundreds of Israelis have joined silent vigils for slain Gazan children, holding up their photos to try to break through the wall of apathy.
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat
Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world war