08/08/2026
The policy of starvation and siege imposed as part of the genocide in the Gaza Strip has pushed hundreds of thousands of families to the brink of collapse.
Since October 2023, Israel has restricted the amount of food and essential supplies entering the Gaza Strip, while systematically destroying local infrastructure for food production and distribution. As a result, community kitchens and food assistance networks have become the sole source of food for most residents of the Strip.
Israa ‘Aziza, a 30-year-old mother of three from Gaza City, describes a daily struggle for survival. After her family members were severely injured in the explosions and their home was destroyed, Israa was forced to endure extreme food shortages that resulted in the untimely death of her father-in-law. Today, due to exorbitant market prices and the lack of cooking gas, Israa and her children are entirely dependent on community kitchens, where they wait in long lines to receive, at times, a single plate of food a day.
Recently, even this limited relief mechanism has begun to disappear. Following additional restrictions imposed by Israel on international relief organizations, the World Central Kitchen (WCK) has been forced to scale back its operations and shut down many of its kitchens. Of the six kitchens that previously supplied around one million meals a day, only three remain. Together, they can now produce just 200,000 meals a day, an amount that is wholly inadequate for a population of two million people struggling to survive.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, by October 2025, 455 people, including 151 children, had died from starvation and malnutrition. The ongoing siege, the destruction of infrastructure, and the resulting deepening humanitarian crisis are part of a deliberate Israeli policy.
The genocide in Gaza continues.
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