Israel ‘deliberately starving' Palestinians in Gaza, Amnesty says amid famine warning
Israel of enacting a 'deliberate policy' of starvation in Gaza, as the
United Nations and aid groups warn of famine in the
Palestinian territory
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Israel, while heavily restricting aid allowed into the Gaza Strip, has repeatedly rejected claims of deliberate starvation in the
22-month-old war
In a report citing testimonies of displaced Palestinians and medical staff who treated malnourished children, Amnesty said that 'Israel is carrying out a deliberate campaign of starvation in the occupied Gaza Strip'.
The group accused Israel of 'systematically destroying the health, well-being and social fabric of Palestinian life'.
'It is the intended outcome of plans and policies that Israel has designed and implemented, over the past 22 months, to deliberately inflict on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction – which is part and parcel of Israel's ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,' Amnesty said.
A child looks at a banner showing images of starving children during a rally in solidarity with the Palestinian people at Sana'a University in Yemen on July 30. Photo: EPA
The report is based on interviews conducted in recent weeks with 19 displaced Gazans sheltering in three makeshift camps, as well as two medical staff in two hospitals in Gaza City.
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