"The famine declared today in Gaza Governorate by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is the direct result of actions taken by the Israeli Government. It has unlawfully restricted the entry and distribution of humanitarian assistance and other goods necessary for the survival of the civilian population in the Gaza strip." ... United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk in Geneva... "They [Israel] must ensure immediate entry of humanitarian assistance in sufficient amounts, and full access to UN and other humanitarian organisations."

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Famine declared by IPC in #Gaza Governorate is a direct result of actions by #Israel's Government that has unlawfully restricted entry & distribution of humanitarian aid. It is a war crime to use starvation as a method of warfare, and the resulting deaths may also amount to a war crime -

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Türk says Gaza Governorate famine is direct result of Israeli Government actions

22 August 2025

United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk in Geneva 

The famine declared today in Gaza Governorate by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is the direct result of actions taken by the Israeli Government. It has unlawfully restricted the entry and distribution of humanitarian assistance and other goods necessary for the survival of the civilian population in the Gaza strip.

We have already seen deaths from starvation and malnutrition across the strip.  The Israeli military has destroyed critical civilian infrastructure and almost all agricultural land, banned fishing, and forcibly displaced the population – all drivers of this famine.

It is a war crime to use starvation as a method of warfare, and the resulting deaths may also amount to the war crime of willful killing. Israeli authorities must take immediate steps to end the famine in the Gaza Governorate and prevent further loss of life across the Gaza strip. They [Israel] must ensure immediate entry of humanitarian assistance in sufficient amounts, and full access to UN and other humanitarian organisations.

Israel has dismantled the proven and internationally backed ‘civilian model’ of aid distribution, furthering its military and objectives in Gaza and furthering starvation, according to a newly published joint report by Forensic Architecture (FA) and the World Peace Foundation (WPF).

Palestinians, including children, who are struggling to access food due to Israel’s blockade and ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip, wait in line to receive hot meals. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/aug/22/famine-benjamin-netanyahu-palestine-gaza-israel-war-latest-updates

Israel has furthered starvation with 'military model' of aid distribution, according to new joint-report

Israel has dismantled the proven and internationally backed ‘civilian model’ of aid distribution, furthering its military and objectives in Gaza and furthering starvation, according to a newly published joint report by Forensic Architecture (FA) and the World Peace Foundation (WPF).

The report by the research agency and charity respectively– published today at the same time as the UN-backed body, IPC confirmed Famine in Gaza – examines two models for aid distribution in Gaza, revealing how since 18 March 2025, Israel has dismantled the proven and internationally backed ‘civilian model’ of aid distribution, replacing it with a ‘military model’ which furthers Israel’s military and political objectives in Gaza while starving the region’s civilian population.

FA verified at least 64 incidents occurring between 18 March and 1 August of civilians being attacked by the Israeli military while seeking aid, including 25 incidents at and around Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. ration stations.

It concludes that Israel has used aid to break down existing social and civil structures in Gaza, grounded in relations between family networks, political groups, and international aid organisations, to generate dependency and, as a result, to establish political control over the Palestinian population.

Eyal Weizman, director of Forensic Architecture said

Aid can be lethal when used in a manipulative way. We have unpacked the architecture of starvation imposed by Israel in Gaza.

It is composed of acts of construction and destruction: the destruction of Palestinian agriculture and food sovereignty, the destruction of Palestinian civil society, and the construction of death traps.’

Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation (WPF) added:

‘The dehumanisation of Palestinians, the stripping of basic dignity, and the tearing apart of the fabric of the community are not accidental byproducts of the mass starvation inflicted on the people of Gaza.

There is every reason to believe that these are what Israel intends through its militarised ration system.’ ....READ MORE

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