Israel accused of using starvation as a weapon of war

The Palestinian militant group Hamas issued a warning on its Telegram channel today that the Gaza Strip is in a situation of "total famine" due to difficult access to humanitarian aid.

Israel accused of using starvation as a weapon of war

The Government Press Office in Gaza, based on documented evidence and facts, denounced the army’s attacks on relief facilities, warehouses, bakeries and charities. The agency criticized the use of starvation as a weapon of war, which it considered a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, in particular Article 54 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions and Article 28 of the Rome Statute. Such acts not only constitute gra…

Hunger kills and more when it is used as a weapon of war against the population, as Israel is doing in Palestine. While here we are alarmed at not being able to eat a hot day because of a blackout that leaves us without electricity, the inhabitants of Gaza spend days and nights rationing what little they have until a morning arrives that they no longer have anything to eat and they die of hunger. In the dark, in that black tunnel in which they a…

Hamas official Abdel Rahman Shadid said Gaza has entered a phase of total famine and acute malnutrition. Hamas official Abdel Rahman Shadid said Gaza...

Hamas maintains that Palestinian resistance remains active and disturbs Israel's plans. Israel's attacks continue both in Gaza, as well as in Cisiordania and occupied Jerusalem. Hamas is willing to negotiate a prison exchange, subject to a total ceasefire. Abdul Rahman Shadid, official Hamas, said that Gaza has entered a phase of “total hunger” and “acute malnutrition”, accusing Israel of using hunger as a “dedicated war weapon” to subjugate the…

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