Palestinians who fear being killed during the desperate rushes to obtain aid are being forced to pay exorbitant fees to take out money to buy food.
Palestinians in Gaza City say they won’t leave their homes despite Israel approving a plan for its military takeover.
The move followed weeks of debate over reports of hunger in Gaza, but it was precipitated by Israel’s decision to expand military operations there.
The International Rescue Committee’s Bob Kitchen unpacks how Israel’s war and aid restrictions, not food shortage, are driving Gaza’s hunger crisis.
A medical intern reflects on the hardship, hunger and resilience of women who bring children into the world amid war.
August 5, 2025 Images showing baby Mohammad Al-Motawaq captured world attention last month. In Israel, they were used to support claims that mass hunger in Gaza does not exist.
The territory will remain at the mercy of outsiders for years to come
At least 20 killed after a truck carrying humanitarian aid overturned in central Gaza, according to authorities.
After facing international criticism for its hand in Gaza’s food shortage, Israel has allowed nations to parachute in aid. However, international aid officials say it’s still not enough.
Among the Palestinians killed are scores of aid seekers and eight who lost their lives due to hunger and malnutrition.
Outlets like the New York Times have downplayed the famine by pointing to underlying medical conditions. But these ailments only make the suffering worse.
It’s impossible to concentrate when your stomach is empty.
The apparent shift in tone comes as cease-fire negotiations have hit a wall and pressure is mounting on Israel over the hunger crisis in Gaza. But Israel and Hamas remain far apart on the terms of any deal.
With disputed aid distribution, hunger and perilous routes define daily life for Palestinians in war-torn Gaza.
Palestinians Fadi and Abeer Sobh fight daily battles for food and water, as their six children face hunger and hardship.
Steve Witkoff is set to visit the enclave on Friday amid growing pressure on Israel to ease the hunger crisis. Hamas said the trip would be a “propaganda show.”
MSF says deadly incidents ‘daily reality’ for people trying to get food; three more, including two babies, die of hunger
“There is some hunger in Gaza, and it exists only in places Hamas is pursuing it, not in other areas,” said Professor Eytan Gilboa.
Two children die from malnutrition amid Israeli starvation policy, bringing total of hunger-related deaths to 159
The ministry says two more people have died of malnutrition, bringing the number of hunger related deaths since the start of the war to 159.
As Gaza tips into famine and images of starving children trigger new demands for action, President Trump faces a test all too familiar to his predecessors.
Doctors fear that even if aid reaches Gaza’s starving children, it may come too late to save them from irreversible harm
The World Food Programme says two of three famine thresholds have been crossed in Gaza and even children without underlying conditions are emaciated
The IPC assessment says there is evidence that widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths.
World Food Programme says Israel still not enabling movement of enough food to stave off ‘catastrophic human suffering’
July 29, 2025 A UN-backed food security body says famine is unfolding in Gaza, with thousands of children malnourished and hunger-related deaths rising. The group warns that airdrops alone won't prevent a "humanitarian catastrophe"—only immediate, unrestricted aid access can.
Mounting evidence shows widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease driving rise in hunger-related deaths, says organisation
The IPC calls for immediate action to end the siege and allow for unimpeded access to humanitarian aid
More than 60,000 Palestinians now dead in Israel’s war on Gaza as deadly hunger continues to grip the Gaza Strip.
The US president's comments come after Israel's prime minister claims of hunger were a "lie".
At least 14 people died from malnutrition in past 24 hours across Gaza, health authorities say.
Israel announces humanitarian pause as Gazan authorities says death toll from hunger has reached 147
President Trump said that children in Gaza “look very hungry,” indicating disagreement with Israeli officials. He was holding talks with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain.
Israel attacks ‘safe zones’ in Gaza as six more Palestinians, including two children, die from malnutrition.
Israel’s move comes amid growing international pressure over the dire conditions and hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip.
Amid ever-increasing international condemnation, Israel has said it will establish corridors to allow aid into Gaza.
Committee to Protect Journalists says reporters are losing consciousness from hunger and at risk of Israeli attacks
Pressure has mounted on Israel after dire warnings of mass starvation in Gaza in the face of a growing hunger crisis
July 26, 2025 Israel's military said the airdrops would begin Saturday night in Gaza, after mounting accounts of starvation-related deaths. Israeli officials also said humanitarian corridors will be established.
The IDF says seven packages with flour, sugar, and canned food were delivered to Gaza, amid a growing hunger crisis there.
Many US Democrats call for aid to urgently enter Gaza, but few condemn Israel for its deadly blockade on the territory.
A 21-year-old writer living in Gaza documents her daily life under the U.S.-Israeli program of mass starvation.
By September, the United Nations says about half a million people will face "catastrophic hunger."
Gaza hospitals report nine more deaths from starvation as Israel’s blockade plunges enclave into worsening crisis.
July 25, 2025 Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in Gaza, and aid organizations are warning that children are at greatest risk of starvation. A U.N. worker has described people as "walking corpses."
Far-right minister becomes latest official to deny starvation in besieged enclave despite widespread documentation and scores of deaths
Gaza's displaced are struggling with hunger and limited aid as the humanitarian crisis deepens.
Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition is using hunger as a weapon to pressure Palestinians to abandon their land. Its objective is to concentrate them in a so-called 'humanitarian city' in the south of the enclave, as a precursor to their possible transfer to foreign countries.
Separated from their families by war and closed borders, Gazan workers describe life in limbo — haunted by hunger, loss and the voices of children they can no longer protect
Palestinians describe dizzy spells, collapsed elderly and daily hunger as Israeli siege pushes malnutrition to deadly levels
Palestinians scramble for food at a soup kitchen in Gaza City, as the hunger crisis in the enclave worsened.
After 21 months of war, Gaza’s most vulnerable civilians — the young, the old and the sick — are facing what aid groups say is impending famine.
Aid groups warn of ‘mass starvation’ in Gaza amid blockade, while Israeli attacks kill dozens of others across enclave.
Steve Witkoff will reportedly meet Israeli minister of strategic affairs and senior Qatari envoy
In a joint statement released on Wednesday, more than 100 aid agencies and rights groups said Gaza was facing “widespread starvation” and called on Israel to lift restrictions on humanitarian aid.
Health ministry says dozens have died this month as aid agencies warn that even their workers are suffering from malnutrition
As Israel presses on with its military operation in Gaza, civilians are facing more displacement, starvation and death.
Israel’s blockade has plunged Gaza into an increasingly dire malnutrition crisis.
July 22, 2025 French news agency Agence France-Presse called on the Israeli government to allow its freelance journalists to leave the Gaza Strip because of worsening hunger.
At least 80 children are known to have died of hunger during the conflict, according to Palestinian officials
Israeli soldiers shot Palestinians near an aid site and a U.N. convoy. Both episodes pointed to Israel’s refusal to allow new governance structures in Gaza.
Widespread hunger reaches critical levels as Israel expands attacks to central Gaza
At least 19 people have died from hunger in Gaza since Saturday, say health ministry
The UN says Israel must allow aid into Gaza, as a hospital director says 900,000 children in Gaza are suffering from hunger.
Killings come as UN warns that the hunger crisis in Gaza has reached ‘a new level of desperation’.
UN says starvation in Gaza is man-made as families in the besieged territory endure ‘catastrophic hunger’.
UN, MSF warn of rising infant deaths and catastrophic hunger in besieged Gaza
Israeli military says it will expand operations in Gaza
Nixon claimed that her son, Seph Mozes, was enacting the strike in Chicago along with several of his friends from the controversial organization Jewish Voices for Peace.
As thousands gathered on Sunday, seeking aid to feed their families, Israeli forces opened fire, killing more than 30.
The World Food Programme reiterates its call for the urgent need to scale up aid to Gaza.
In today’s newsletter: The GHF supply system faltered as civilians were forced to flee gunfire at its first distribution site, deepening the hunger crisis
Looting incident follows disruption at food distribution site as Israel continues to limit supplies despite 79-day siege
At least 47 Palestinians were injured, mostly by gunfire, after a crowd overwhelmed an aid distribution centre in Rafah, Gaza. Video: Reuters
With widespread hunger a daily reality, desperate Palestinians surged toward a new and contentious aid distribution center.
Israeli soldiers have fired warning shots to disperse the thousands who thronged the aid centre seeking food.
UN and doctors warn that volume of aid supplies for Gaza residents is insufficient following 11-week blockade.
Humanitarian organisations warn of acute levels of hunger among the 2.1 million population in Gaza after Israel eases its 11-week aid blockade.
The United Nations said about 90 truckloads of aid had entered Gaza by Thursday, the first major delivery of food that Israel has allowed in after a two-month blockade that caused widespread hunger and deepened the humanitarian crisis.
Majed Abu Ramadan says 29 Palestinian children, elderly people killed as hunger grips bombarded enclave.
Calling the hunger crisis in the war-torn territory “heart-rending,” the pope used his first general audience to highlight the issue.
Israel’s PM says he will act to alleviate hunger in Gaza only to preserve ‘operational freedom’, as aid still lacking.
Israel gave the update shortly after announcing a new ground offensive in Gaza.
James Elder, UNICEF spokesperson, warns of deadly risks Palestinians face seeking aid in Gaza and calls for urgent safe
Prime minister’s office says Israel will allow some food into Gaza to prevent a ‘hunger crisis’
Israeli messaging on hunger in Gaza.
Hamas says it will no longer engage in truce talks amid a catastrophic hunger crisis created by Israel’s blockade.
‘No sense’ in considering new truce proposals, says group, hours after Israel agrees plan for ‘conquest’ of territory