GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza revealed that the starvation policy imposed by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip has led to 58 deaths due to malnutrition and 242 deaths due to food and medicine shortages, including 26 kidney patients and 300 miscarriages among pregnant women during 80 days of Israeli siege following the occupation’s violation of the ceasefire agreement.
In a report issued on Wednesday, the GMO expressed “grave concern and condemnation of the worsening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip as a result of the occupation’s continued implementation of a systematic starvation policy and preventing the entry of food, medical supplies in addition to fuel for 80 consecutive days, in a clear and complete crime amounting to genocide and heralding a major humanitarian catastrophe that threatens the lives of more than 2.4 million Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.”
Since March 2, 2025, Israel has not allowed any humanitarian aid or fuel trucks to enter the Gaza Strip, despite the urgent need for at least 44,000 trucks during this period to meet the minimum basic needs of the population, the GMO explained.
“This is accompanied by a complete closure of all crossings, in flagrant violation of all international laws and norms, and in full view of the international community,” it added.
It further explained that “the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has really reached catastrophic levels, with this dangerous situation reflected in the number of deaths.”
The GMO called on all countries of the world, the international community, the UN, and humanitarian and human rights organizations to take urgent and immediate action to open all crossings and allow food, medicine, and fuel into the Gaza Strip, and to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians before it is too late, as the Gaza Strip needs 500 aid trucks and 50 fuel trucks daily for vital and medical supplies.
It also called on the International Criminal Court and human rights and legal organizations to “assume their moral and legal responsibilities to prosecute the Israeli leaders as war criminals, bring them to justice before international courts, and stop these massacres and violations that exceed all limits of humanity.”
The Israeli occupation forces resumed their aggression against the Gaza Strip on March 18 with airstrikes across the Strip, killing and injuring more than 12,000 Palestinians, in violation of a ceasefire agreement with Palestinian resistance factions that had lasted for about 60 days.
