Israeli attacks, forced starvation have killed 62,000 Palestinians in Gaza
Israel is intensifying its strikes on Gaza City, the territory’s largest urban centre, as it plans to seize it.
Israel is intensifying its strikes on Gaza City, the territory’s largest urban centre, as it plans to seize it.
Five more Palestinians have died of malnutrition and starvation in the past 24 hours, says health ministry
New report accuses Israel of 'systematically destroying the health, well-being and social fabric of Palestinian life'
UN warns of man-made famine in Gaza as starvation deaths rise, Israel steps up plan to ethnically cleanse northern Gaza.
The letter says Israel can still 'preserve its democratic character' if it changes course
Images of starving in Gaza have sparked global concern, and controversy. Some photos have been accused of being staged.
Across continents and centuries, Western domination has always been achieved by feeding the few and starving the many.
Without medical care to prevent refeeding syndrome, aid could trigger a deadly new crisis.
Aid groups warn of deepening starvation as trucks have been unable to deliver vital supplies.
Israeli attacks and forced starvation kill more Palestinians in Gaza as protests continue over slain journalists.
Palestinians have held funerals for the five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza, as toll from hunger rises.
Malnutrition from Israeli-induced starvation, strikes kill dozens of Palestinians as journalists deliberately targeted.
Starvation of civilian population in Gaza amounts to ‘nothing short of a war crime’, open letter states
Israel's Prime Minister also claimed Israeli hostages held in Gaza were "the only ones being deliberately starved".
A global roundup of some of last week’s events.
Images of starving children and Israel’s planned expansion of settlements spurred Britain, France and Germany to a tougher stance. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undeterred.
Gaza Ministry of Health says at least 39 people killed in 24 hours, including 21 seeking aid and 11 from starvation.
Aid agencies say people are dying of malnutrition in Gaza, Sudan and Nigeria. But treatments can have hidden dangers.
Activist groups tell members of parliament to suspend weapons transfers to Israel as outrage grows over starvation in Gaza and mounting death toll
The International Rescue Committee’s Bob Kitchen unpacks how Israel’s war and aid restrictions, not food shortage, are driving Gaza’s hunger crisis.
Two children died of starvation on Thursday, as WHO warns 12,000 children aged under five suffering acute malnutrition.
August 7, 2025 A photo of an emaciated child in Gaza has gone viral, with many in Israel claiming it depicts false information. Our producer in Gaza meets the child and his family, we hear about how he is doing now and about the food insecurity many in Gaza are facing.
The civil war shows no signs of ending
Amid 'systematic chaos', number of malnutrition-related deaths caused by Israel's ongoing blockade approaches 200
Dr Ahmed Sabra says his father, sister and nieces are starving as they remain in war-torn Gaza.
The Israeli government said it had allowed some private businesses to resume importing goods into Gaza, which has been gripped by severe hunger.
What does starvation do to the body? And is famine inevitable in Gaza?
Six weeks after Benjamin Netanyahu scored a victory over Iran, the Israeli leader is now pushing for an “all or nothing” deal with Hamas. But he has not made the compromises needed to make it happen.
Israel vehemently denies there is a starvation crisis in Gaza
Western nations discuss Palestinian statehood, but Israel’s policy to starve the Palestinians in Gaza remains intact.
August 2, 2025 Dozens of Palestinians were killed, many while waiting for food aid, amid a deepening starvation crisis and despite Israeli assurances of a humanitarian pause in some areas of the territory.
Atef Abu Khater’s weight dropped to just 25kg (55lbs) before he died of malnutrition, his family says.
To reach what little aid is let through, Palestinians have to walk through a war zone, avoid armed looters and hope the IDF doesn’t shoot them
This will not be the first time that a world community inured and desensitised to the horrors of war has suddenly taken notice. And once more, it is images of starving children that is changing the tide.
Prominent writer says it breaks his heart to see mass starvation and bombing from his country
With disputed aid distribution, hunger and perilous routes define daily life for Palestinians in war-torn Gaza.
A photographer accompanied a Jordanian aircrew as it dropped aid to Gaza, where starvation is rising.
MSF official says Palestinians have no choice but to risk their lives in ‘desperate search for food’.
The former rabbi of Washington, D.C.'s largest synagogue denounces starvation in Gaza, joining more than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish leaders from across the world petitioning Israel.
Trip comes after global outcry over Israeli offensive and starvation in the strip
Shocking realisation that thousands of children are starving as food languishes nearby has gripped America
Prime Minister Robert Golob denounces the starvation of civilians in Gaza and Israel's 'serious violations of international humanitarian law'
In the face of global outrage over starvation in Gaza, how is Israeli society responding?
Unwilling to impose a ceasefire on Israel, Trump is stuck working with the scandal-plagued GHF as starvation spreads, experts tell MEE
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York joined other staunch supporters of Israel who have recently condemned its role in creating the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The UN has warned aid entering the Strip remains far below what is required.
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.
Former Green Beret said he was told by mercenary firm not to oppose Israeli army's decision to shoot children at Gaza aid site
TEHRAN- The continuing humanitarian disaster in Gaza has sparked a considerable political response from European Union (EU) legislators; however, the overall EU and Western response is still disjointed, late, and terribly weak.
What does hope mean when your city is flattened and everyone you know is slowly starving?
The former US Green Beret told the BBC: “In my entire career, I have never witnessed the level of brutality against an unarmed, starving civilian pop. until I was in Gaza."
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The president has in recent days acknowledged there is “starvation” in Gaza, a break with Israeli officials who have faced deep criticism over the humanitarian crisis there.
The prime minister’s threat will do nothing to end starvation in Gaza while at the same time alienating Israel and boosting Hamas
The BBC's diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams explains how the people of Gaza have reached a point of starvation.
“It seems incredibly hypocritical to suddenly be shocked by these images when every humanitarian agency has said no one can replace UNRWA.”
Millions of people in the world today face starvation in Gaza and in other parts of the world, from Sudan to Yemen. What happens to the body when food is lacking?
Right-wing congresswoman condemns the ‘starvation happening in Gaza’ as she criticises pro-Israel colleague Randy Fine.
Tuesday bombing kills dozens of women and children as starvation crisis worsens
Mounting evidence shows widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease driving rise in hunger-related deaths, says organisation
July 28, 2025 An aid worker in northern Gaza tells NPR that people are starving, water is scarce and basic supplies are out of reach. He warns thousands could die in the coming days if nothing changes.
The Lionesses' triumphant European Championship win and Gaza aid dominate Tuesday's papers.
Also, Thailand and Cambodia agreed to stop fighting.
Starving Palestinians faced gunfire as they rushed to collect aid airdropped into Gaza’s Deir el-Balah.
As starvation stalks Gaza, western allies must press for an end to Israeli offensive
Local officials denounce ‘farcical play’ of alleged entry of sufficient aid by Israel and say 40,000 infants are at risk of imminent death
Saying that journalists in the territory, like many Gazans, are facing starvation, the groups urged Israel to allow more food in.
Israel's concession to aid come as it faces growing international pressure to alleviate mass starvation in Gaza.
As aid is allowed to reach the starving Gazan people, Sir Keir Starmer and President Trump will try to forge a peace
Protesters on Syros said it was unacceptable to welcome Israeli tourists while Palestinians in Gaza were starving.
Israel has airdropped a few aid cartons and allowed some trucks to enter Gaza, following international pressure.
July 27, 2025 Hidaya Al-Motawaq's son Mohammad is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors and aid workers warn of permanent damage to the health of children in Gaza due to chronic malnutrition.
Committee to Protect Journalists says reporters are losing consciousness from hunger and at risk of Israeli attacks
While children starve, tour groups at a viewing point in Sderot pay to view the smoke-filled ruins of the enclave
As starvation rises in Gaza, prompting global outrage, Israel’s military said it would restart airborne aid delivery there and make land deliveries less dangerous.
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.
Netanyahu’s government denies it has deliberately starved civilians in the blockaded territory
IDF says it wants to improve humanitarian response in Gaza after days of pressure and growing reports of starvation.
TEHRAN – In a diplomatic move on Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held urgent calls with counterparts from Pakistan, Egypt, Qatar, Iraq, and Tunisia, demanding immediate collective action to break the Israeli regime’s "genocidal siege" of Gaza, where starvation now kills as swiftly as bombs.
At least five Palestinians, including two children, have died from starvation in the past day
Journalist evacuated with her children fears for relatives as harrowing video calls show their desperate fight for survival with little food or aid
A 21-year-old writer living in Gaza documents her daily life under the U.S.-Israeli program of mass starvation.
At night, we sit together to see who among us journalists is still able to write, and who might collapse tomorrow from sheer exhaustion.
Unrwa's director of communications says claims distract from the real issue, which is the mass starvation of Palestinians in Gaza
Gaza hospitals report nine more deaths from starvation as Israel’s blockade plunges enclave into worsening crisis.
Israel blames Hamas for looting, but aid agencies say Israeli checks eat distribution time and lorries are mobbed by desperate, hungry crowds
Reports of starvation in Gaza raise the questions: Why the hesitation in labeling it a famine? And who are the authorities with the power to make that call?
All week across the BBC we've been hearing from people in Gaza about their lives as food supplies are restricted leading to malnourishment and starvation.
British PM Starmer, President Macron and Chancellor Merz will spoke on Friday about deepening crisis in Gaza, with aid groups saying that 'mass starvation' is spreading after more than 21 months of conflict.
While the U.S. backs Israel, Gaza’s civilian population faces mass starvation and death. Journalist and author Chris Hedges traces the roots of this unfolding atrocity.
Some of Israel’s closest allies have stepped up criticism of its restrictions on aid to Gaza, where doctors and aid organizations say people are dying of starvation.
Many aid agencies have warned of mass starvation across Gaza. Warning: This report contains distressing images.
Photographer Ahmed al-Arini told BBC Newshour he had to catch his breath between each photograph.
US Special envoy Steve Witkoff accused Hamas of 'not acting in good faith,' joining Israel in removing mediators from the discussions despite mounting pressure to end Gaza's mass starvation and grave humanitarian crisis.
“What we’re doing has actually been unbelievably effective,” said the chair of the Israeli-backed and U.S.-run aid group.
July 23, 2025 As the situation in Gaza becomes more and more dire, with reports of people dying from starvation, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Israel's Permanent Representative to the U.N. Danny Danon.
Palestinians describe dizzy spells, collapsed elderly and daily hunger as Israeli siege pushes malnutrition to deadly levels
Bombings, starvation and repeated displacement have pushed Gaza’s society to the brink, analysts say.
Its generals think the war against Hamas has become pointless, but a ceasefire remains elusive
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.
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A joint statement warns that their colleagues and the people they serve in Gaza are "wasting away" and urges governments to take action.
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has issued a forceful condemnation of the Israeli war in Gaza, denouncing the regime’s “genocidal brutality” and systematic starvation of civilians.
Mediapart has since May been publishing a series of reports regularly sent to it from inside the Gaza Strip by two young Palestinians. Nour Elassy, a 22-year-old journalist, who is also a poet and writer, and Ibrahim Badra, a 23-year-old journalist and human rights activist, chronicle the grim reality of life and death in Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to wage a genocidal war against the population of about 2.1 million. In this episode, Elassy recounts the pain and sorrow of her evacuation from Gaza earlier this month, after being offered a place at France’s prestigious social sciences school, the EHESS, while Badra, who remains in Gaza, recounts more of the dire plight of the population facing starvation.
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.
'The precision, the minute control that Israel has over this is something without precedent in modern times,' says Alex de Waal
'The Government of Israel’s restrictions, delays, and fragmentation under its total siege have created chaos, starvation, and death.'
Aid groups are urging immediate measures as they say "mass starvation" is spreading in Gaza. DW has more.
Those who have survived relentless attacks so far now face famine
AFP journalists suffer malnutrition and exhaustion as human rights groups warn mass starvation spreading across enclave
Following stark warnings by French news agency, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot called on Israel to allow foreign press into Gaza
UN agency warns war is pushing health system towards collapse as local officials report raft of deaths from starvation
The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Gaza’s health ministry says 18 people have starved to death in the last 72-hours, including four children.
Widespread hunger reaches critical levels as Israel expands attacks to central Gaza
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-backed criminal gangs in Gaza are looting aid trucks carrying food meant for hungry civilians.
An American doctor has told Al Jazeera that Israeli troops confiscated formula for starving babies.
More than 50 killed waiting for aid as Gaza Humanitarian Foundation fights charges staff shot at starving Palestinians.
Doctors in Gaza are warning of a ‘silent catastrophe’ that threatens the lives of thousands of babies and infants.
Hundreds killed seeking aid in Gaza as famine deepens and limited food access leaves hundreds of thousands starving.
Guterres claimed that UN-led humanitarian efforts are being “strangled” and aid workers themselves are starving.
Al Jazeera’s Maram Humaid writes a letter from Gaza, the place the world chose to forget.
The man who killed four University of Idaho students has been sentenced to life in prison. According to health officials in Gaza, at least 46 civilians have starved to death so far this month.
A convoy of trucks brought food parcels into the territory, where civilians are at risk of starvation and have been suffering worsening conditions, with such aid shipments rare in recent weeks.
Israel has been accused of using starvation as a weapon of war, but for people in Gaza, going to the aid distribution sites is a greater danger than famine
The vote in the 193-member General Assembly was 149-12 with 19 abstentions. The resolution, drafted by Spain, 'strongly condemns any use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.' Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon denied that Israel was using starvation as a weapon of war, calling the accusation 'blood libel.'
“I’m doing what my country, what my government is supposed to do. But Germany chooses to starve children.”
Observers accuse Israel of 'war crimes' as they gun down starving Palestinians at distribution centres
Aid agencies say Gaza faces the threat of widespread starvation in the wake of the 80-day Israeli blockade on food deliveries that ended in mid-May. Two young Gazans, Salem Madhat Alaydi and Aya Ehab Zaid, describe what it is like to fight hunger.
Starving Palestinians in Gaza are flocking to controversial aid distribution centres in search of food.
The vessel with 12 people on board is carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza facing starvation due to Israeli blockade.
Gaza's Government Media Office describes Israel's actions as 'continuing the policy of starvation and systematic targeting of civilians for 93 days'
Israeli forces continue to pound Gaza as outrage grows over the killings of starving Palestinians seeking food aid.
"Starving people will not let a food truck pass. They need to feed their families", the World Food Programme said.
UN says Gaza’s population is being subjected to one of the ‘most obstructed aid operations’ in recent history.
Gaza’s entire population faces starvation, UN warns, with aid deliveries branded a ‘drip-feed’ amid dire crisis.
Heavy casualties and the risk of widespread starvation have led to new pressure on Israel to halt its offensive. But US influence will be decisive
Latest warning on starving population comes as Hamas considers ceasefire proposal
Tom Fletcher, the under-secretary general of humanitarian affairs, says "we're seeing food set on the borders and not being allowed in".
The UN's Tom Fletcher tells the BBC the people of Gaza have been subjected to forced starvation by Israel.
At least three people were killed and dozens injured when Israeli forces opened fire on starving Palestinians.
Slayings of starving Palestinians come a day after troops shot at a crowd rushing an aid point in Rafah, killing three.
Starvation looming, desperate Palestinians surged toward an aid center that Israel says was designed to circumvent Hamas.
Thousands try to reach site of a food distribution by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in southern Gaza.
Chaos adds to concerns about ability of little-known Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to distribute aid to starving population
The UN has said the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's plan would make "starvation a bargaining chip".
Israeli forces bomb a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City, causing a fire and killing dozens of Palestinians.
I thought we all believed in a collective responsibility towards children. This terrible conflict has made me question that, says Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Widowed mother of nine Mervat Hijazi (38), living in a Gaza City tent, says she feels ‘ashamed’ for not being able to feed her children
Gaza aid is mere ‘teaspoon’ of what is needed, says Guterres, amid widening starvation and destruction across enclave.
Israel starving Palestinians, two killings at a Jewish museum: both are atrocities. But vanishingly few can see it
Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Gaza says displaced Palestinians are being forced into ‘death trap’ zones by Israel.
Majed Abu Ramadan says 29 Palestinian children, elderly people killed as hunger grips bombarded enclave.
Air strikes and tank fire kill at least 34 people across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday
Airstrikes continue despite growing pressure on Netanyahu, whose government has starved Palestinians of food and medicine since March
Israeli officials said 93 trucks entered Gaza on Tuesday, but the UN said no aid has been distributed so far.
An estimated 14,000 babies in Gaza are at risk of dying from starvation in the next 48 hours, the UN warns.
By withholding aid and now allowing only ‘minimal’ food supplies, Israel’s government is losing what’s left of its moral authority
Israei cabinet told not lifting blockade on humanitarian supplies, which started on March 2nd, could jeopardise new military offensive
More than 370 Palestinians have been killed by Israel this week, as the UN continues to warn of imminent mass starvation
The Council warned that Israel's actions risk fueling future conflict, while the UN rights chief condemned the escalating offensive and blockade as tantamount to ethnic cleansing.
Humanitarian support has collapsed in the enclave, which has been under total Israeli blockade for more than two months. Aid groups warn that the territory is on the brink of famine.
Intense Israeli airstrikes continue to hit Gaza as US president completes final day of Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi
77 years after the Nakba, one in five people in Gaza faces starvation as Israel blocks all aid.
As Israeli strikes hit southern Gaza, people across the Strip tell the BBC of their struggle to eat.
Israel publicly dismissed warnings of extreme food shortages after it blocked aid deliveries, but an internal analysis concluded that a crisis is looming.
Two months after all humanitarian aid was blocked, Philippe Lazzarini tells international editor Jeremy Bowen “starvation is spreading” inside Gaza.
The BBC's Fergal Keane reports on the rise of malnutrition in Gaza's children.
The IPC says a full 100% of Gaza now experiences acute food insecurity while half-a-million people face starvation.
Report warns that half a million people are starving with conditions to worsen if Israel does not ease blockade
Early-morning Israeli strikes were scattered across Gaza, hitting Jabalia, Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah.
The UN also expresses alarm after Israel approves a new plan that may include seizing all of Gaza indefinitely and controlling aid.
Law professor Neve Gordon on Gaza’s starvation under blockade, and why Israel is calling up 60,000 more reservists.
UNICEF says children face ‘growing risk of starvation, illness and death’ as Israel bars food and other aid deliveries.
Since March 2, no commercial or humanitarian trucks have entered the Palestinian enclave. The United Nations estimates that the situation has reached its worst level since the beginning of the war.
Ibtisam Ghalia and her four children are just one of the families and thousands living on the brink of starvation after blockade on Gaza
The blockade on Gaza has left two million at risk of starvation, Palestinian representatives said at the International Court of Justice
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will again be on the agenda of the ICJ this week. Forty countries are expected in The Hague to defend their positions on humanitarian access to Gaza, where Israel has imposed a blockade since March 2, starving the population.
International Court of Justice hearings begin as fears of famine grow in Gaza with Israel’s blockade nearing 60th day.
Holocaust survivors gathering on Holocaust Memorial Day speak out against Palestinian starvation and suffering
Israel has not let anything into Gaza for eight weeks, UN group says, marking longest border closure in Strip’s history.