Forcibly Denying Food to Civilians in Gaza as Part of Ethnic Genocide
In the troubled region of Gaza, starvation deaths are skyrocketing, causing grave concern for the international community. However, Israel and its apologists have been pushing a narrative that Gaza is starving due to reasons other than their intentional actions, such as the UN not allowing aid in, Hamas stealing aid, and Hamas attacking aid seekers.
Yet, substantial evidence from credible international organizations and human rights groups indicates that Israel’s blockade and control over humanitarian aid in Gaza have caused widespread starvation, malnutrition, and deaths. The United Nations and affiliated agencies report that two out of three famine criteria—plummeting food consumption and acute malnutrition—have been met in Gaza, with increasing hunger-related deaths, especially among children.
Amnesty International documents that Israel has used starvation deliberately, through restrictions on life-saving aid combined with violent enforcement of aid distribution and mass displacement, describing this as part of ongoing genocide efforts. Human Rights Watch and other organizations report that Israeli forces have fired on civilians seeking aid at militarized distribution points, resulting in hundreds of deaths, which they classify as war crimes and possible acts of genocide.
Experts note that Israel’s full blockade, started in early 2025, and the replacement of the UN aid system with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation—a militarized, less accessible aid distribution system—have worsened starvation and increased civilian casualties.
While Israel justifies these measures by citing security concerns and aims to pressure Hamas, human rights organizations have characterized the impact and intent of these restrictions as deliberate and constitutive of serious international crimes, including possible genocide and crimes against humanity.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear that implementing Donald Trump's plan for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza was a precondition for peace in the enclave. Israeli Minister Amichai Eliyahu has stated that the government's goal is to wipe out Gaza and make it Jewish. An Israeli think tank had drawn up a strategy for the "relocation and final settlement of the entire Gaza population."
Despite the outcry, Israel and the United States may respond to the crisis by suggesting that Palestinians need to be evacuated out of Gaza as quickly as possible to rescue them from the deliberately manufactured humanitarian crisis. However, even with a massive influx of aid and a complete reversal of Israeli policies, it will be very difficult to undo the effects of the famine in Gaza.
The article suggests that Israel's actions in Gaza are evil and that anyone who justifies them is also lying. Many of those still alive in Gaza have already suffered permanent damage. Independent investigations and UN assessments substantiate that Israel’s actions have caused severe starvation and humanitarian collapse in Gaza, with several authoritative organizations accusing these policies of being intentional and amounting to war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide.
Sources: - https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/07/26/theyre-starving-civilians-to-steal-a-palestinian-territory-and-theyre-lying-about-it/ - [1] UN World Food Programme - [2] Amnesty International - [3] Human Rights Watch - [4] Various independent sources such as Drop Site News, Reuters, and Israeli soldiers telling the Israeli press.
- The substantial evidence from international organizations, such as the UN World Food Programme, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch, along with various independent sources, indicates that the policies and actions of Israel in Gaza have intentionally caused severe starvation and humanitarian collapse, potentially constituting war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide.
- The deliberate strategies employed by Israel, as suggested by Amnesty International and other credible sources, including restrictions on life-saving aid, violent enforcement of aid distribution, and mass displacement, are considered part of ongoing genocide efforts in the context of war-and-conflicts, politics, general-news, and crime-and-justice.
