AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza renewed its warning about the rapidly and frighteningly worsening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, as Israel continues to impose a suffocating siege, deliberately shuts all crossings, and blocks the entry of food and humanitarian aid for 55 consecutive days.
In a statement issued on Friday, the GMO said that famine is no longer just a threat — it has become a bitter reality. Fifty-two deaths have been recorded due to hunger and malnutrition, including 50 children, in one of the most horrific forms of slow, mass killing, The Palestinian Information Center reported.
It also added that more than 60,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition, while over one million children experience daily hunger, leading to emaciation, poor physical development, and placing them in imminent danger.
Thousands of Palestinian families have been forced to face death by starvation, unable to provide even a single meal for their children.
The Office confirmed that the infrastructure in the Gaza Strip has entered a state of total collapse, with 38 hospitals going out of service due to Israeli bombings, arson, or direct destruction.
According to the statement, more than 90% of water and desalination stations have ceased operations due to a lack of fuel and systematic destruction, part of a deliberate plan led by the Israeli occupation army. All bakeries in Gaza have completely shut down due to the lack of flour and fuel, as Israel continues to deny entry of humanitarian aid shipments for 55 days.
The GMO stressed that what is happening in the Gaza Strip is a documented act of genocide — with sound and image — taking place in front of the entire world, yet the international community remains motionless.
It strongly condemned the systematic starvation being committed by the Israeli occupation, and the international silence surrounding this heinous crime, which international law classifies as a full-fledged crime against humanity.
The statement held Israel fully responsible for this crime, along with the countries providing it with political and military cover — foremost among them the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France — which are complicit through their direct support of Israel and its crimes against humanity.
It called for the immediate and urgent opening of a safe humanitarian corridor without delay to save the lives of more than 2.4 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip before it’s too late.
The Office also called for the formation of independent international committees to investigate the crimes of starvation and slow killing committed by Israel in Gaza.
It emphasized the urgent need for international intervention to stop the systematic starvation policy and to lift the illegal and unjust siege that has been imposed on the Gaza Strip for 18 continuous years.
The GMO appealed to all people of conscience around the world to take immediate action. Children in Gaza are dying of hunger before the world’s eyes, while mothers search the rubble for crumbs to feed their little ones, and patients are dying in hospitals with no medicine, no electricity, no water, and no fuel.
The statement concluded, “We issue this appeal before the major catastrophe occurs. Time is running out, and any delay in response will be considered a clear complicity and a direct participation in the crime — a permanent stain on the forehead of humanity and history.”
