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Deliberate Starvation and Aid Obstruction in Gaza and the Occupied Territories
by Tracy Turner
In the besieged killing field territories of Gaza, survival has become a nightmare. The siege blockade, far from being mere policy, has morphed into an insidious engine of deliberate starvation-its mechanism fine-tuned to crush the will of an entire population. What we are witnessing is not simply the aftermath of war, but the premeditated application of human starvation, where every food convoy turned away, every medical shipment blocked, and every infrastructure target hit compounds a slow-motion, open-air Auschwitz catastrophe (WHO, 2025).
The humanitarian genocidal crisis is not a byproduct of conflict; it is the conflict itself, distilled into a methodical war on survival. This is not a tragedy by accident, but by design. The denial of food, water, and medicine to Gaza’s inhabitants has become a weapon in the hands of those who seek not just to defeat, but to erase a people’s will to live (B’Tselem, 2024). The starving people, the disease, the medical mistakes, the thirst, life-ending hunger and withheld cooking fuel are silenced my Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Youtube – “content moderation” and “community decency.” The erasure of truth in all forms of media (Non-Information Super-Traffic-Jam-By-Design) brought to you by the Billionaire Oligarchs.
The machinery of war may be what we see on the ground-the collapsing buildings, the falling bombs-but what’s truly devastating is the invisible, systematic suffocation of life itself and the contrived silence. And it is here, in the fatal precision of deprivation sine cameras, that the true face of modern power is revealed: one that does not need to pull a trigger to wield lethal force that simply needs to withhold nutrition and water and cooking fuel with the cameras of the Global elite pointed elsewhere. We live in a panopticon that is cut off from the infections and starvation deaths. (Vox, 2024). This is the Polpot Regime in Palestine.
The Weaponization of Food and Medical Supplies
In Gaza, food is not simply sustenance-food is an ongoing torture and assassination. Israel’s blockade is a carefully constructed death cult regime that not only restricts goods from entering Gaza but specifically targets the most vital of these: food, medicine, and fuel. What’s happening is a deliberate strategy of attrition, with the aim of breaking down the will to live of the people of Gaza through the most basic and essential needs of life, deprived. The perpetual closure of Gaza's border crossings, including those that control access to essential food and medical supplies, has placed millions at risk of starvation and disease (The Intel Drop, 2023). There is a very uncanny absence of photos, videos and text coming out of Gaza. It is toe-to-toe with the World War II Concentration Camps, sans open-air and surrounded by troops, walls and barbed-wire concertina structures.
The tactics used are not just about denying resources-they are about creating a cycle of desperation that undermines any sense of hope for the population. Aid convoys have been halted, medical supplies confiscated, and food shipments blocked or delayed indefinitely, as part of an engineered siege that leaves the people of Gaza with no means of self-sufficiency (B’Tselem, 2024).
According to independent analysts, these actions have led to an environment where hunger itself has been weaponized-used not just as a tool for war, but as a psychological weapon, meant to break the will of the population (ThePeoplesVoice.org, 2023). The ground troops occupying Gaza “are only following orders (Benjamin Netanyahu’s unlawful orders).
This is compounded by the near-total collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system. Hospitals are operating with outdated equipment and insufficient staff, while medicines for treatable diseases-especially for chronic conditions like diabetes-are in critically short supply. Even the most basic treatments are unavailable, and a growing number of health professionals are fleeing the region, further depleting Gaza’s ability to cope with the crisis. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has criticized the ongoing obstruction of medical aid, noting that “the systematic targeting of healthcare infrastructure has led to unprecedented levels of suffering” (Refugees International, 2024).
There is no whole blood, no antibiotics, no painkillers or anesthesia, no sterile place to operate but the wounded keep arriving. We are all on the periphery of torture and geocide giftwrapped as “symmetrical warfare” said to be “following international law.”
It is clear that this is not just an unfortunate consequence of conflict-it is a carefully orchestrated process of deprivation designed to force the people of Gaza to submit, to surrender, to give up hope. Food and medicine are not just needs-they are now the very means by which Gaza’s fate is decided. The deliberate denial of these resources ensures that even as bombs cease to fall, the war continues. The weaponization of basic human needs has become the foundation of Israel’s policy in Gaza, and its consequences are felt every day in the hunger-stricken faces of the children, the elderly, and the sick (Vox, 2024).
Political Complicity and Global Inaction
While Israel’s actions in Gaza may be the most visible manifestation of the blockade, they are far from the only force at play. The international community’s complicity in this ongoing disaster cannot be overstated. Countries that claim to champion human rights have repeatedly turned a blind eye to the systematic destruction of Gaza’s population. The silence of international institutions and the calculated inaction of global powers have given Israel the green light to continue its blockade unabated. Our “leaders” have put us all in the unenviable position of “being the family having roast next-door to Dachau.”
The United States, as Israel’s primary ally, holds significant responsibility for perpetuating the siege. For decades, U.S. foreign policy has provided unwavering support to Israel, regardless of the scale of human rights abuses or violations of international law. This complicity is most evident in the continued provision of military aid, which has allowed Israel to maintain the blockade while simultaneously attacking Gaza’s infrastructure. The U.S. veto of U.N. resolutions calling for an end to the blockade further solidifies its role in maintaining the status quo (ThePeoplesVoice.org, 2023).
The “City on the Shining Hill” espoused by Ronald Reagan is now a tin-guard shack in front of Buchenwald.
But the U.S. is not alone. The European Union, while sometimes critical of specific actions, has failed to impose meaningful sanctions or conditions in Israel. Instead, it continues to trade with Israel, bolstering its economy and indirectly supporting its military campaign in Gaza. In fact, EU imports from Israel surged during the peak of the 2023 blockade, even as Gaza's civilian population starved (The Guardian, 2024). This economic partnership, unbroken by any substantial policy shift, demonstrates a form of tacit approval for Israel’s actions, as European states continue to prioritize strategic alliances over humanitarian concerns.
Every cup of Starbucks you drink, every carton of Sabra Humus supports Apartheid, Genocide and Human Torture. Every sip, every bite-each one a silent endorsement of ethnic cleansing, digital erasure, and the machinery of settler colonial rule. The foundation of the settlements is human blood.
The United Nations, in theory, is one of the most powerful forces for humanitarian intervention. Yet its repeated calls for ceasefires and humanitarian access have been ignored. Despite the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) highlighting the impact of the blockade on Palestinian civilians, its reports have failed to lead to any decisive action. U.N. bodies continue to issue statements of concern, but the political will to enforce real change is absent. The U.N.’s ineffectiveness underscores the limitations of international institutions when it comes to challenging the political and military might of powerful states like Israel (Refugees International, 2024). The U.N.’s mute pathology makes it a title with absolutely no gonads.
This inaction is not merely a failure of diplomacy; it is a choice. Every moment of silence, every instance of failure to act, compounds the suffering of Gaza’s people. It is the quiet endorsement of violence by omission, a calculated acquiescence that allows the siege to continue without consequence. The political and economic mechanisms that enable the blockade-whether through arms deals, trade agreements, or diplomatic cover-are the very ones that perpetuate the violence against Gaza’s civilian population. The global community, in its negligence, has allowed Gaza to become a testing ground for the weaponization of hunger and medical deprivation.
Perhaps the most Orwellian thing of all is Israel and the USA, the perpetrators of mass genocide, mass torture and mass starvation, hold themselves up draped in flag-bunting as “glorious democracies. 67% of Americans despise Israel and despise the genocide and the numbers are still going further South. We are the Devil’s Apple of Democracy, Thorn Apples of human hate. Breaking the ongoing law of Omerta is “hate-speech.”
The Unseen Costs of Silence
The human toll of the Gaza blockade is immeasurable, and the consequences of international inaction are now fully evident. The overwhelming majority of the deaths in Gaza are civilians-people who have been caught in the crossfire of a political game that has long since crossed the threshold into cruelty. According to independent reports, over 90% of fatalities in the ongoing conflict are civilians, a tragic testament to the asymmetry of the violence and the deliberate nature of the blockade (B’Tselem, 2024). These are not combatants, but men, women, children, the elderly, and the sick-each of them victims of a war not of their making.
In terms of kinetic deaths, estimates vary, but conservative counts from independent sources suggest that at least 62,000 Palestinians have died since the blockade’s intensification in 2023 (ThePeoplesVoice.org, 2025). These figures do not include the thousands more who have been maimed or displaced, further compounding the suffering. The casualty count also fails to fully encompass the toll on Gaza’s already fragile infrastructure, including the health system, which has been obliterated by airstrikes and the deliberate denial of medical supplies. Independent health experts estimate that hundreds of thousands of civilians have been affected by the destruction of hospitals, medical centers, and access to clean water, leading to both direct and indirect fatalities (Doctors Without Borders, 2024).
The blockade has also fueled an unprecedented starvation crisis, with food being deliberately withheld to force the population into submission. According to reports from independent food security agencies, as many as 2 million Palestinians are now facing food insecurity, with 1.4 million experiencing levels of severe acute malnutrition. Nearly 50% of children under five are estimated to be chronically malnourished, a stark figure illustrating the extent of deprivation (The Intel Drop, 2023). Starvation has become a deliberate policy, aimed not just at incapacitating the population, but at erasing their will to resist.
The consequences of this siege are not confined to visible deaths alone. Infection-related deaths have skyrocketed due to the lack of medical supplies and sanitation, with diseases like cholera and dysentery now claiming hundreds of lives each month (Vox, 2024). These preventable diseases have flourished in a population weakened by malnutrition and living in unsanitary conditions, a direct result of the ongoing siege.
International bodies, while offering rhetorical condemnations, have failed to intervene decisively. The United Nations, for all its lofty pronouncements, remains paralyzed by political compromises and the veto power of nations complicit in maintaining the status quo. Similarly, the European Union and the United States have continued to prioritize strategic interests over the basic human rights of Gaza’s population. The weaponization of starvation and medical deprivation in Gaza remains unchecked, and the world’s silence becomes complicit in the unfolding genocide.
Ultimately, Gaza’s fate is a direct consequence of global indifference-a case study in how modern warfare, through its strategic denial of resources, can reshape a population into a mere statistic in a geopolitical game. The true cost of this silence is measured not just in the thousands of lives lost, but in the generations of Palestinians left to struggle under the weight of a siege that shows no signs of ending. Israel has set this horror up so that the only people we have to hang are “where’s Daddy” and “Talpiot Program Lavender.”
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Deliberate Starvation and Aid Obstruction in Gaza and the Occupied Territories by Tracy Turner
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