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Qatar Tribune
03-05-2025
- Health
- Qatar Tribune
Israel's blockade starved 57 to death in Gaza: Govt Media Office
Agencies Gaza Gaza's Government Media Office said at least 57 Palestinians have starved to death in the enclave due to the Israeli blockade, urging the international community to take action to secure the reopening of the borders. A baby girl identified as Janan Saleh al-Sakafi was the latest to die of malnutrition and dehydration in the Rantisi Hospital, west of Gaza City, more than two months after the start of Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip, according to Al Jazeera. The statement by the Government Media Office on Telegram said the number is expected to increase as the crossings into Gaza remain closed and the entry of aid, baby formula and nutritional supplements has been prevented by Israel. It added that the vast majority of victims were children, as well as sick and elderly people. It said: 'We condemn in the strongest terms the continued use of food by the Israeli occupation as a weapon of war and its imposition of a stifling blockade against more than 2.4 million people in the Gaza Strip by completely closing the crossings for the 63rd consecutive day.' The office called on 'the international community, humanitarian organisations and human rights organisations to take immediate and effective action and exert pressure by all means to open the Rafah border crossing and all other crossings'. Amid Israel's total blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza, Palestinians have become reliant on community kitchens where supplies are running out. 'Finding a single meal has become an impossible quest,' Ahmad al-Najjar, a displaced Palestinian in Gaza City, told Al Jazeera. 'People here have witnessed one charity after another declaring they're out of supplies, that they're shutting down their operations because they're in no position to … offer the population the needed relief.' Diminishing stocks have caused prices of basic foodstuffs to skyrocket at market stalls. 'If you have money, you can find something proper,' al-Najjar said, adding that across the cash-strapped Strip, most could not afford to buy. It's frustrating and infuriating to have trucks piling up on the other side of the fence be denied entrance while the people, even children, are in dire conditions.'
Al Jazeera
05-04-2025
- General
- Al Jazeera
Will Israel's starvation policy work in Gaza?
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is getting worse by the day. The United Nations World Food Programme has warned it only has food stocks to last a few days. With limited supplies and no fuel, all bakeries have already closed across the Strip. That's left Palestinians with no food, no home, and no sense of security. Israel has been blocking humanitarian aid from entering the Strip for more than a month. So, is famine now inevitable? Presenter: Adrian Finighan Guests: Ahmad al-Najjar – Resident in Gaza who's been reporting on the war Sam Rose – Acting director of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in Gaza Martin Griffiths – Director of Mediation Group International Firas El Echi – Journalist, host of the Here's Why podcast
Roya News
27-03-2025
- Roya News
Father mourns beheaded child after 'Israeli' airstrike in Gaza
A heartbreaking video has surfaced showing a Palestinian father holding the severed head of his young son, Ahmad al-Najjar, after an 'Israeli' airstrike struck their home in Jabalia al-Balad, North Gaza, at midnight. In the footage, the grieving father is seen weeping as he gently fixes his son's hair, crying, 'My heart aches for you, you were your grandmother's favorite.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by أسامة عبد الوهاب أبوربيع (@os_rabee) This is not the first time a child has been beheaded by an 'Israeli' bombardment in Gaza. In the past two weeks alone, at least one other similar case has been documented, while many other children have been left in unrecognizable fragments, their bodies torn apart by relentless airstrikes. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Translating Palestine فلسطين (@translating_falasteen) In 2024, a widely circulated video showed a man holding the headless body of a child after an 'Israeli' attack on a shelter. In a different footage, another man was seen holding what appeared to be an intact child's body—except the brain was missing from the back of the skull. The ongoing 'Israeli' aggression in Gaza has resulted in thousands of civilian casualties, with children suffering some of the most horrific fates.
