Hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded the deaths of three citizens in the past 24 hours due to famine and malnutrition, raising the total death toll to 303 since the beginning of the crisis. Among them were 117 children who were unable to withstand the prolonged blockade.
The famine ravaging Gaza is not the result of a passing circumstance but a direct consequence of a deliberate policy. Since 2 March 2025, the occupation has continued to close all border crossings with the Strip, preventing the entry of food and medicine. This has turned the lives of more than two million people into a daily struggle against hunger and disease.
Depriving civilians of food and medicine constitutes a grave crime under international law. In Gaza’s case, however, it goes beyond this, becoming a tool of genocide. When children are left to die of hunger and hospitals are stripped of the most basic supplies, the targeting is deliberate, aimed at the very survival of human life itself.
Data indicates that malnutrition among children under five has doubled in recent months, with one in every five children now suffering from acute wasting. At the same time, families are increasingly unable to secure even a piece of bread or a dose of medicine, which is stark evidence that hunger is being used as a weapon of war.
What is unfolding in Gaza is a glaring image of the world’s failure to protect the most fundamental of human rights: the right to life. The international community issues nothing more than warnings and statements, while an entire city is besieged to death. In the absence of any serious intervention, the occupation continues to suffocate the Strip in scenes reminiscent of the worst crimes in human history.
It is worth noting that since 7 October 2023, the Israeli occupation, backed by the United States, has been committing genocide in Gaza. This has left 62,744 Palestinians dead, 158,259 injured, the majority of whom are women and children, over 9,000 missing, and hundreds of thousands displaced.
