‘This is not life’: Starvation breaks Gaza’s spirit as world argues over Palestinian statehood
Starving Palestinians describe search for aid as ‘death journey’
- Starvation persists in Gaza despite increased aid deliveries, with Palestinians describing the search for food as a perilous “death journey”.
- The UN's humanitarian office reports that over 1,373 Palestinians have been killed while attempting to reach aid since May, predominantly near aid distribution sites and often by the Israeli military.
- The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) denies responsibility for the fatalities, attributing them to Hamas's alleged disinformation and aid theft, though this claim is questioned by some Israeli and US analyses.
- US officials, including an ambassador and a special envoy, have commended the GHF's work, and President Donald Trump has proposed a new US humanitarian aid plan for Gaza involving new food centres.
- Gazans say that diplomatic efforts and current aid initiatives, including air drops, are largely symbolic and insufficient, failing to alleviate the severe hunger crisis on the ground.