DaysofPal- Gaza’s Ministry of Health has reported additional deaths caused by hunger and food shortages in the besieged enclave, with two more people dying of starvation in the past 24 hours.
The new victims brought the total number of deaths from hunger and malnutrition since the outbreak of the war to more than 271, including 112 children.
The ministry warned that the toll is rising daily, describing the situation as a “deliberate famine” caused by Israeli occupation, threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands.
International experts and aid organizations warn that Gaza is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises of the modern era, with more than 2 million Palestinians living under an Israeli blockade that has turned food into a weapon of war.
Children remain the most vulnerable, where harrowing images show emaciated bodies with sunken eyes and frail limbs.
Aid groups say thousands of children suffer from life-threatening acute malnutrition, while desperate mothers are forced to boil water with crumbs of bread or herbs to feed their infants.
Starving residents line up in massive crowds at the few aid distribution points, where dozens collapse daily from hunger and exhaustion and where Israeli forces often open fire, killing and wounding hundreds.
Meanwhile, poor families scavenge through garbage or rubble in search of scraps of food, while skeletal youths with pale faces wander the streets in scenes likened to slow death.
Israeli occupation forces maintain full control over food entry through border crossings, barring grains, medicines, and essential nutritional supplements; even the limited supplies allowed in are insufficient for the population.
At the same time, Israeli strikes have targeted bakeries, poultry farms, wheat silos, and fishing boats, leading to the near-total collapse of local food production and leaving Gaza almost entirely dependent on the trickle of humanitarian aid.
According to UN reports, the entire population of Gaza, 2.2 million people, faces extreme levels of food insecurity, with half already in the stage of full-scale famine.
Human rights groups describe the situation as engineered starvation, a deliberate policy to subdue the population by weaponizing hunger.
Caught between a suffocating blockade and the destruction of infrastructure, Gazans endure a compounded tragedy. Observers warn that if starvation policies persist, the enclave could face a complete societal collapse unless an urgent humanitarian corridor is opened to allow the flow of food and medicine.
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