Prior calorie diet - In 2008 israeli authorities drafted the Red Lines document, calculating the minimum number of calories that palestinians could eat before they starved. (1.890-2.100) ''the idea is to put the palestinians on a diet.'' - Dov Weisblass, advisor to Pime Minister Ehud Olmert. (Epstein client) The quantity of fruit and vegetables Gaza could produce for itself was expected to decline from 1,000 tons a day to 500 within a few months due to the Israeli ban on bringing in seeds, as well as the ban on exporting produce.
Gaza Famine
Intent
Giora Eiland/Smotrich - Formor National security advisor to Aeial Shiron and Ehud Olmert, Giora Eiland. He wrote an opinion piece known as the Generals Plan, calling for inducing epidemics of disease and making the Gaza strip uninhabitable: ''The international community warns us of a humanitarian disaster in Gaza and of severe epidemics. We must not shy away from this, with all the difficulty involved. After all, severe plagues in the sout he Gaza Strip will bring victory closer and reduce casualties among the IDF soldiers. No, this is not cruelty for its own sake, since we do not support the suffering of the other side as a goal but as a means.''
Smotrich, shared the article on X, expressing his agreement.
Ehud Olmert - Former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert wrote In Haaretz: ''the position of senior government figures is public and clear. Yes, we've been denying Gazin's food, medicine, and basic living needs as part of an explicit policy. Netanyahu typically is trying to blur the type of orders he's been giving in order to evade legal and criminal responsibility in due course. But some of his lackeyis are saying so outright in public, even with pride. Yes, we will starve out Gaza because all Gazins are Hamas. There's no moral or operational limitation on exterminating them all. Over 2 million people.''
Eli Cohen - The Israeli energy minister, the one who oversees the supply of energy into Gaza, stated on October 16th: ''I strongly oppose the opening of the blockade and the introduction of goods into Gaza on humanitarian grounds.''
The outcome
Even though there are dozens of awful pictures of Gazan chidlren starving to death, Zionists honed in on one, pointing out that they had cerebral palsy, as if it explained a one off picture creating the illusion of a famine.
Zakariya al-Matou having cerebral palsy had nothing to do with him being emeciated, and wearing a trash bag as a daiper, as a result of an engineered famine caused by Israel's blockade. Besides, any attempt at denial is redundent given how many other pictures there are of Gazans, younger, and in worse health or dead.
After Oct. 7, Israel imposed a total blockade, which has made it hard to determine how many Gazans have stared to death due to the ensuing famine, the whole of Gaza, 2.2M people, were subjected to food insecurity at an emergency level, the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded on the IPC scale, making it the most intense man-made famine since the Second World War.
Airstrikes destroyed food infrastructure, such as factories, bakeries, mills food stores, water stations, and tanks throughout the entire enclave.
They cut off electricity to Gaza and as a result, their power plant shut down. Write Betelum. The only facility that had been reconnected to the Israeli power grid since October 2023 was the central water desalination plant in Gaza City. But in March 2025, Israel announced that power supply to that facility was also cut off. The Israeli military destroyed 84% of Gaza's water facilities, including those intended for drinking water and others for hygiene, sewage treatment, irrigation, and similar needs.
Israel rejected over 100 aid requests since Gaza ceasefire, UN says. The United Nations said on Thursday that Israeli authorities have rejected more than 100 requests to bring relief materials into Gaza since the ceasefire began nearly a month ago.
Comprising a sample of 1,200 people in Gaza, Euromed Monitor concluded that more than 71% of participants reported that they suffer from extreme hunger. 98% say they eat insufficient amounts of food, and 64% admitted they had eaten grass, immature, and expired food. Euromed Monitor gives us further understanding of the sheer desperation of the situation in a recent report on starvation. Comprising a sample of 1,200 people in Gaza, Euromed Monitor concluded that more than 71% of participants reported that they suffer from extreme hunger. 98% say they eat insufficient amounts of food, and 64% admitted they had eaten grass, immature, and expired food.
Israel's heightened blockade of Gaza has caused death by starvation, including 10 children daily.
Destroying water supply
After Oct. 7, Israel imposed a total blockade, cutting off electricity to Gaza and as a result, their power plant shut down. The only facility that had been reconnected to the Israeli power grid since October 2023 was the central water desalination plant in Gaza City. But in March 2025, Israel announced that power supply to that facility was also cut off. The Israeli military destroyed 84% of Gaza's water facilities, including those intended for drinking water and others for hygiene, sewage treatment, irrigation, and similar needs.
After these facilities were hit in air strikes, the Israeli military prevented efforts to repair them. Israel also systematically blocked the entry of assistance related to water systems and water provision for residents, including filtration systems, tanks, and materials required for water infrastructure repairs. This policy together with the widespread destruction of Gaza's sewage system led to the use of contaminated water and the spread of diseases resulting according to expert assessments in thousands of deaths.
Between October 7, 2023, and mid-2025, Israeli military actions damaged or destroyed approximately 70% to 90% of Gaza's water and sanitation infrastructure, including resivoirs and desalination plants.
Decades-long Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip prevented access to clean water and vital farming materials, through careful and assiduous tending.
Israelis preventing food aid
Smotrich - US Aid was particularly troubled with a stockpile of flour, enough to feed 1.5 million people for 5 months that was being blocked personally by finance minister Bezel Smotrich. Indeed, responsibility for the genocide is not limited to military leaders but also civilian ones. The decision-making was not limited to the war cabinet.
Israeli soldiers in Gaza burning food, vandalizing a shop and ransacking private homes.
Meir Ben-Shitrit, one of the soldiers who sodomized a prisoner at Sde Teiman, filmed himself looting humanitarian aid meant for Gaza and mocking the suffering of Palestinians trapped by Israel’s war on the enclave.
Israeli protesters blocking food aid: ''No, they don't deserve it. What I care? Kill them. What I care?''
Israeli protesters blocking food aid: ''...and as the bible says this place is for us, it's promise for us... so they can starve to death.''
Member of the Knesset, Moshe Arbel, dancing in a ring, blocking aid trucks from Joran into Gaza:
Footage 8:
Israeli protested cheering after the succeed in forcing an aid truck to turn around:
Israeli female protesters blocking food aid and chanting ''Palestine's name will be wiped out'':
Evidence suggests that Israel intentionally perpetrates these crimes, including direct military attacks on humanitarian aid and civilians, as part of a deliberate and overarching policy. This is evident from the systematic pattern and regular, almost daily recurrence of Israel's commission of these crimes, as well as the high number of victims affected by them. They provide an exhaustive timeline. These are among the most noteworthy examples provided in the report, which I'll include here.
Al Rashid street - On January 11th, 2024, the Israeli army killed approximately 50 Palestinians and wounded dozens of others when quadcopter aircraft opened fire on Palestinian crowds who had gathered to receive quantities of flour loaded by UN trucks on al-Rashid Street in west of Gaza City.
Salah al-Din Road - On January 22nd, the Israeli army fired artillery shells at... hundreds of hungry civilians who had gathered on Salah al-Din Road in southeast of Gaza City.
Al Rashid street - On February 25th, 10 Palestinians were killed and 20 others injured after being targeted by Israeli army forces while waiting for aid trucks near the Nabusi roundabout on al-Rashid Street in the southwest of Gaza City.
Al Rashid street - On February 29th, 118 people were killed and 760 others injured on al-Rashid Street south of Gaza City while waiting for aid supplies. The Euromed Monitor field team documented the brutal Israeli massacre of Palestinians, confirming that Israeli tanks opened fire and shells at around 4.30 a.m. directly into a crowd of thousands of hungry civilians. The civilians had been waiting hours for aid trucks to arrive near the Nabulsi roundabout on al-Rashid Street.
al-Rashid Street - On March 2nd, one Palestinian was killed and more than 20 others injured. After after being targeted while waiting for aid supplies at al-Rashid Street in Gaza City.
Kuwait roundabout - On March 3rd, several people were killed and injured after being shot while waiting for aid supplies at the Kuwait roundabout in Gaza City.
Kuwait and Nablusi roundabouts - On March 9th, at least two Palestinians were killed and 18 others injured when Israeli army forces targeted crowds of people waiting for aid at the Kuwait and Nablusi roundabouts in Gaza City.
Kuwait roundabout - On March 11th, nine Palestinians were killed and others injured after Israeli army forces opened fire at those waiting for aid trucks at the Kuwait roundabout southeast of Gaza City.
Kuwait roundabout - On March 13th, six Palestinians were killed and others injured while waiting for aid supplies to arrive at the Kuwait roundabout on the outskirts of Gaza City.
Kuwait roundabout - On March 14th, Israeli army forces opened heavy fire on thousands of civilians who had gathered near the Kuwait roundabout at the Salah al-Din road in southern Gaza city using tanks, helicopters, and drones. The shooting left more than 80 dead and 200 injured, with a number of them left in critical condition. The next morning, Israeli army forces opened fire on residents who returned to the scene in an attempt to retrieve the bodies of the victims.
(Targeting humanitarian aid distribution centers)
February 7th - on February 7th,13 Palestinians were killed and several others injured when a water distribution truck was bombed in Gaza City as people gathered to fill their water barrels.
March 13th - On March 13th, Israeli aircraft bombed the UNWRA-run humanitarian aid distribution headquarters in the administrative district of Rafah while employees were distributing flour to the residents. The bombing killed six civilians, including a child and an UNWRA employee, and injured several others, including 22 UNWRA employees.
Nusrat refugee camp - On March 14th, Israeli aircraft bombed an aid distribution center run by the Ministry of Social Development in the Nusrat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. killing eight people and wounding several others.
East of Jebelia - On March 18th, Israeli aircraft bombed an aid storage and distribution center east of Jebelia refugee camp in North Gaza government, killing two people working in aid distribution.
(Targeting humanitarian aid convoys)
Deir al-Balah - On February 5th, Israeli forces bombed an UNWRA aid convoy heading toward northern Gaza in Deir el-Bala in the middle of the strip, despite pre-coordinating with parties to the conflict.
- On February 5th, again, an aid convoy came under heavy Israeli fire while heading to northern Gaza.
Deir al-Balah - On March 3rd, two Israeli missiles bombed an aid truck in Dar al-Bala, killing nine civilians and wounding others, including civilians gathered around it.
Karem Abu Salem - On December 21st, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Karem Abu Salem border crossing area in southern Gaza, killing the director responsible for coordinating humanitarian aid entry.
January 21st - On January 21st, an Israeli warplane bombed a car carrying government employees responsible for coordinating aid entry, killing three people, including Ahmed Jamal Abu Mansour, head of the Emergency Committee of the Ministry of Social Development.
Al Shabura - On February 20th, an Israeli drone bombed a civilian car west of the Shabura refugee camp in Rafah.
Khirbat al-Adas - On March 13th, an Israeli drone bombed a civilian car in the Khirbat al-Adas neighborhood in Rafah.
On March - On March 18th, two aid distribution workers were killed when Israeli aircraft targeting an aid storage center east of Jebelia camp in northern Gaza.
Kuwait roundabout - On March 19th, the Israeli army killed the director of the emergency committee in western Gaza at the Kuwait roundabout in Gaza City while he was supervising aid entry and distribution. regarding targeting those responsible for securing and protecting humanitarian aid.
Nusrat police station - On March 18, 2024, the director of the Nusrat police station, Mahmoud al-Bayoumi, was killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted a car in front of the UNRWA headquarters in Nusrat in the central Gaza Strip. Three civilians were killed in the attack, including two young sisters.
Kuwait roundabout - On the evening of the same day, the Israeli army killed 30 members of the police and civilian committees charged with protecting aid trucks in an Israeli bombing near the Kuwait roundabout in southern Gaza City.
January 9th - On January 9th, the Israeli army opened handguns heavy gunfire at a group of police officers as they attempted to secure the entry of humanitarian supplies into Gaza City. Many of them were killed and injured during the incident.
Karabakh al-Azhar - On February 6, six Palestinian police officers were killed when a police vehicle guarding an aid truck was bombed in the Karabakh al-Azhar area.
Fayek al-Mabou - On March 18, the Israeli army killed Fayek al-Mabou, director of central police operations.
Raed al-Banna - The Israeli army also killed Lieutenant Colonel Raed al-Banna. along with his wife and children, after bombing his house on March 18. al-Banna was responsible for securing the entry of aid trucks into northern Gaza.
Nebulsi roundabout - The most well-known and deadliest flower massacre was at the Nebulsi roundabout in the southwest of Gaza City. On February 29th, Euromed Human Rights Monitor confirmed full Israeli involvement in the crime. Many victims of the massacre suffered injuries from 5.56 NATO bullets. This is a type of bullet fired from Israeli army weapons. A sample of 200 dead and injured victims revealed that they were indeed hit by this type of bullet, which was discovered and examined at the massacre site.
The Flour Massacre (2/29) - On video, the IDF opened fire on thousands of civilians waiting for food aid southwest of Gaza City, causing trucks to speed off running over more. At least 112 Palestinians were killed and more than 750 were wounded.
6/1/25 - On the first day of GHF distributions in southwestern Rafah, Israeli forces fired tanks and quadcopters into the crowd, killing 31 Palestinians. The IDF stated it fired "warning shots".
6/3 - Israeli tanks and helicopters fired near the al-Alam roundabout in western Rafah, killing at least 27 people waiting for aid. Doctors treated dozens of victims with severe 5.56mm and 7.62mm bullet wounds.
6/11/25 - Separate military strikes and gunshots targeted civilians waiting near the Netzarim Corridor (central Gaza) and Rafah (southern Gaza), killing 44 to 60 Palestinians in a single night.
6/17 - Israeli tanks and drones shelled a massive crowd waiting for flour trucks near a stuck vehicle in Khan Younis. Local health authorities confirmed 51 to 59 people were killed and over 200 were injured.
6/20 - Israeli forces opened fire at a GHF distribution hub near Nuseirat, killing 23 Palestinians and wounding 100. UN children's agency UNICEF publicly warned that the highly restricted, militarized GHF centers were turning food acquisition into a "death trap".
7/11–12 - Israeli forces fired upon an aid queue in Rafah, killing 10 people. By this date, the UN officially verified that 798 aid-related deaths had occurred since the GHF's inception.
7/14 - Israeli artillery shelled the GHF distribution site in the As Shakoush area of northwestern Rafah, killing two and injuring nine.
7/19–20 - Gunfire at a northern Gaza distribution point killed 93 Palestinians waiting for UN aid lorries. Simultaneously, live ammunition fire at a southern location killed over 30 others.
7/30 - On July 30, Israeli forces opened fire near the Netzarim and Murag corridors, killing 49 Palestinians in a single day as they attempted to reach newly permitted aid trucks
Tagetting fishermen
Fatalities: At least 232 fishermen have been killed by Israeli forces since Oct. 7. 95% of Gaza's fishing vessels have been entirely ruined, burned, or sunk by Israeli fighter jets, naval gunboats, and bulldozers. This has left over 4,200 fishermen without a livelihood and exacerbated severe food insecurity across the enclave.
According to reports from the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture and the UN (OHCHR), the Israeli military completely destroyed the primary Gaza City Seaport and three other coastal landing sites early in the conflict. Israeli helicopters and drones targeted the Rafah landing site, destroying more than 150 small fishing boats and severely damaging the Mawasi Association for Fishers facility. Out of approximately 300 active fishermen's stations, 270 were leveled or heavily damaged by airstrikes ground forces.
Beachfront Executions (June 2024) - UN-partnered documentation recorded an incident where two fishermen attempting to fish were fired upon by arriving Israeli tanks. Both were killed on the beach, leaving one with his fishing net still wrapped around his foot.
Gaza City Beach Drone Strike (August 2024) - An Israeli military drone fired a missile directly into a group of fishermen gathered on the Gaza City beach, killing at least seven fishermen and injuring several others attempting to secure food.
As of March 2025, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, some 80% of total crop land area is damaged and some 77% is in the IDF designated no-go areas. As a result, just 4.6% of crop land area in the Gaza Strip is available for cultivation. More than 95% of crop land in Gaza is either damaged or is restricted.
Since 2014, Palestinian farmers along Gaza’s perimeter have seen their crops sprayed by airborne herbicides and regularly bulldozed, and have themselves faced sniper fire by the Israeli occupation forces. Israel declared that any vegetation higher than 1 metre in the vicinity of their military ‘no-go’ area is a security threat, and must be flattened, formally admitting to this policy in 2015.
A satellite analysis of agricultural damage by He Yin of Kent State University found that since Oct. 7, Israeli operations destroyed roughly 50% of tree crops and 42% of greenhouses within Gaza since October 7th.
Since October 2023, Israel’s ground invasion has uprooted most of these orchards and systematically targeted agricultural farmlands and infrastructure throughout the besieged Strip. Prior to 2023, Gaza contained 170 square kilometres of agricultural land, accounting for about 47 percent of its total area. This comparison reveals that as of March 2024, of the agricultural areas targeted, approximately 40 percent of the land in Gaza previously used for food production has been destroyed. Satellite imagery from January 2024 shows that the farm was destroyed by the Israeli ground invasion. Earth berms have been raised by bulldozers to create military bases, and a new road has been carved through the landscape.
No comments:
Post a Comment