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Hunger as a weapon of war: while Palestinian children starve to death, world leaders hide behind diplomatic phrases...
In Gaza, hunger is no longer just a threat, but an officially declared reality. The International Food Security Monitoring Panel (IPC), supported by UN agencies, declared on August 22 that Gaza City has entered the fifth phase of the crisis, what is unequivocally called “famine.”
More than half a million people are on the verge of death today, while by the end of September the figure could reach 641 thousand.
According to reports from the Washington Post and the AP, at least 112 children have already died from malnutrition, and according to Reuters, over 138 people have died in August alone due to lack of food and medical treatment. These are not dry numbers, they are evidence that hunger has become a weapon of war.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the situation “a man-made catastrophe.” Amnesty International goes further, describing the Israeli policy of food embargoes and destruction of basic infrastructure as a deliberate strategy to starve the population.
The Guardian recalls that for years Israel has even controlled the calculation of calories entering Gaza, turning bread into an instrument of political control. And yet, despite this documented inhumane scheme, nothing changes. Aid is scarce, humanitarian corridors are blocked, while the great powers are content with declarations.
At a time when billions of euros and weapons are heading to Ukraine in a matter of days, Gaza is waiting for a sack of flour. At a time when Western leaders talk about freedom and human rights, Palestinian children are starving in tent-filled camps. America has turned humanitarian aid into a tool of pressure, Europe has fallen into a shameful silence, while the Arab world, which claims to speak for Palestine, looks the other way. Silence has become complicity.
Israel's denial that hunger exists does not negate the reality. In every overwhelmed hospital in Gaza, in every refugee camp, one sees the small bodies of children who can no longer cope. The reports of the IPC, the Washington Post, the Guardian, Amnesty and Reuters are not propaganda, but the documentation of a crime. When food is deliberately withheld, this is no longer war, but a form of slow genocide.
The world knows, but it does not act. And that is the most terrible part. Because international silence today is more deadly than missiles. Every day lost is one less child, one more funeral, one darker chapter in the history of humanity. Gaza is the mirror where the world sees its own ugly face: a civilization that claims to protect human rights, but allows hunger to be used as a weapon.
If we do not stand up against this injustice today, tomorrow we will no longer have any moral right to talk about humanity, justice or peace. Gaza is dying of hunger. The world is dying of hypocrisy./ Pamphlet
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