The mounting starvation in Gaza is a direct result of Israel’s dismantling of the ‘UN model’ of aid distribution and its replacement with the lethal GHF system: Israel is pushing the United Nations system towards a planned collapse... and intentionally starving Palestinians

Forensic Architecture

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The mounting starvation in Gaza is a direct result of Israel’s dismantling of the ‘UN model’ of aid distribution and its replacement with the lethal GHF system. 

 

Israel is deliberately undermining systems of aid distribution by the UN and other international agencies: restricting the flow of aid, permitting looting in military zones, and attacking distribution centres.

 

Just as civilians have been killed at GHF ration stations, those waiting along aid truck routes are also being targeted by the Israeli military—making every route to aid in Gaza deadly. 

 

 Read the full analysis: https://frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/aid/the-un-model-a-dismantled-civilian-aid-system

The UN model: a dismantled civilian aid system

Under the UN model, international aid agencies like the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN’s Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) distribute aid through a UN-coordinated delivery mechanism featuring around 400 locations across Gaza.

This system functions when a sufficient supply of aid is permitted into Gaza, and routes are well guarded by local police. By restricting aid flows, permitting looting in military zones, and attacking police and distribution centres, Israel is pushing this system towards a planned collapse.

From October 2023 to October 2024, FA documented over 322 Israeli attacks on food warehouses and distribution infrastructure, aid personnel, and civilians seeking aid, as well as 22 attacks on convoys of trucks transporting aid. By 27 June 2025, UNRWA recorded 876 incidents affecting 311 UNRWA installations across Gaza, including warehouses, aid distribution points, and guesthouses.