Children Choosing Paradise Over Bread; Gaza Besieged by Hunger and Gunfire
webangah News Agency, International â˘Desk – In â¤Gaza, the hope of being fed has dwindled⣠into â˘a âchildish dream they⢠call paradise.Imagine thousands lining âup for food aid; displaced families desperately scavenging scraps from the⤠ground; mothers too weak from hunger to nurse thier children; soaring prices for scarce â¤food staples that far exceed global rates. âThis only â¤scratches theâ surface of Gaza’sâ catastrophe. Yet it âŁis indeedâ not enough: Israeliâ soldiers brutally open fire amid these hungry â¤crowds. Walkingâ kilometers just to⣠reach these lines in search âŁof a piece of bread⣠has turnedâ into aâ deadly nightmare.
A Dark History: Hunger as aâ Weapon
The âŁuse of starvationâ as leverage âagainst â¤civilians has deep⤠roots in⤠wartime history. Nazi Germany besieged cities⤠like Leningrad during World âWar II, subjecting millions to death and famine. What⤠is happening now in Gaza repeats this⤠tragedy-yet it is remarkable thatâ Israel-theâ stateâ that spentâ decades highlighting Naziâ atrocities-is deploying this vrey tactic against the people of Gaza.
The⤠Gaza Crisis: Halting âFood â¤Aid and Its Human Impact
For years,Gaza faced ârestrictions on â˘food imports.â But starting⣠march 2, â¤2025, Israel fully⢠banned all international humanitarian aid shipments â˘into Gaza â¤amid renewed heavy bombardment.This move plunged an already dire humanitarian situation into unprecedented crisis and intensified global âcondemnation.
in early May, the united Nations âreported that 20⣠percent â of Gaza’s residents-one in every five people-suffered fromâ malnutrition. â˘Evenâ international staff and âmedical personnel⣠are not spared hunger daily.Each morning brings one âgrim question across Gaza: “Will we⢠eat today?” Multiple reports-including admissions by Israeli soldiers-confirm deliberate targeting of⤠unarmed civilians waiting in long queues for food distribution by Israel Defense forces â(IDF). By July 25, UN figures confirmed over 1,000 deaths related directly to these attacks (875 âalong queue lines and paths; others at distribution points).
tens of thousands have been injured â˘as well. Additionally, orders were issued forcing nearly⣠2 million Palestinians to relocate voluntarily or forcibly âto less than 12% of Gaza’s⣠land area-all toward the south.
amnesty International revealed thousands of â˘tons of food supplies including water, fuel, medical âequipment, and shelter materialsâ remain untouched inside storage facilities within⤠Gaza⤠but cannot⣠be delivered due to imposed obstacles.
These systematic blockades âcombined with intentional delays have engineered chaos causing widespread starvation and death.
One relief worker âdescribed children’s fatalistic view: “They tell their parents they want to go â’to heaven,’ because at least there you can find food.”
The⤠Objectives Behind Engineered starvation
- 1. Political or Military Surrender: Psychological and physical âpressure on civilians aims to collapse political or military â˘resistance.
- 2. Demographic Change/Social Engineering: â Forcing displacement or clearing specific âareas shifts âpopulation compositions favoring occupiers.
- 3.Collective Punishment: Complete âdeprivation punishes entire communities âsupporting opposition forces.
- 4.â Bargaining tool: Using hunger as leverage for gains â¤or imposing âŁpolitical/military conditions during⢠negotiations.
- 5. Undermining Support for Hamas/Resistance Groups:an âŁeffort â˘to foment public dissatisfaction aimed at eroding popularâ support and⤠legitimacy⤠within resistance movements.
- .⤠Forced Relocation Southward:</strngongDirecting populations from northern areas toward southern âzones⢠through â˘controlled aid distribution facilitates military operations seizing northern lands.
Aâ criticalâ element âhere is that Israel channelsâ limited food âŁaid exclusively through just four⢠large centers known as GHF sitesâ while shutting down⤠around 400 previous locations-all situated⢠near military positions concentrated in southern âgaza.
This consolidation paired with militarized controlled routes forces northern â˘residents onto deadly kilometer-long treks where they face live rounds while attempting access-as returning ânorth⣠safely becomes nearly impossible.
The “Four GHF â˘Aid Distribution Sites” scheme effectively manages population movement facilitatingâ control over northern territories-a strategicâ step⢠toward âoccupation accompanied⢠by right-wing officials openly advocating settlements expansion within⤠Gaza alongside proposalsâ like relocating Gazan populations abroad advocated by former President Donald Trump appearing previouslyâ in media reports.
<StrongConclusion
the Israeli regime’s policies restricting aidâ flow âinto gaza through centralized southern distribution points âcombined with shooting starving civilians deliberately escalate famine as part of a â¤calculated strategy aiming at seizing geographical control over the Strip.
This approach alongside forced âdisplacement â˘efforts amounts not⣠merely collateral war damage âbut deliberate wartime tactics âutilizing hunger weapons.
Western countries must cease backing â˘Israel’s actions while human rights organizations together withâ journalists bear responsibility to openly expose document-and condemn such systematic crimes before â˘facing painful recurrences worldwide.”
