Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP) is committed to securing a just and viable future for Palestinian children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. (https://www.dci-palestine.org/)
“Starving a Generation: Israel’s Famine Campaign Targeting Palestinian Children in Gaza” documents 33 cases of child starvation collected by DCIP’s field researchers in the Gaza Strip between October 7, 2023, and May 21, 2025.
Malek Ali Ibrahim al-Hattab, 16. Photo courtesy of the al-Hattab family.
Walid Khalid Abdullah Ahmad, 17, died in Megiddo prison on March 22 from starvation, dehydration, and infections caused by prolonged malnutrition and medical neglect. (Photo: Courtesy of the Ahmad family)
17-year-old Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad died in Megiddo prison. (Photo: Courtesy of the Ahmad family)
Muin Ghassan Fahed Salahat. Photo courtesy of the Salahat family.
Saddam Hussein Iyad Mohammad Rajab, 10, was shot by an Israeli soldier during an incursion into Tulkarem on January 28 and is now in critical condition at a hospital in Nablus. (Photo: Courtesy of the Rajab family)
Laila Mohammad Ayman Khatib, two, was shot and killed by Israeli forces while she ate dinner with her family near Jenin on January 25. (Photo: Courtesy of the Khatib family)
Ramallah, November 26, 2024—Israeli armed forces have forced Palestinian children to act as human shields during the siege on Jabalia refugee camp in north Gaza, placing them directly in harm’s way amid live fire and tank shelling.
14-year-old Ziad traveled from Gaza to Egypt alone after sustaining serious injuries when an Israeli quadcopter targeted him with live ammunition. (Photo: DCIP)
11-year-old Abdullah Jamal Nidal Hawash was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Nablus on October 22, 2024. (Photo: Courtesy of the Hawash family)
