Can’t open the links
Can you summarise how many confirm deaths from hunger do we have thus far ?
roughly 400-450 based on this -
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/gaza-death-toll-nears-65-000-as-hunger-deaths-climb-to-428/3689090also summaries per request:
(i understand al jazeera is blocked but had not realized the UK and France were also blocked).
1st link: (al jazeera)
In “Gaza will be in the shadow of famine as long as we cannot plant our land,” Said Alsaloul describes how Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s farmland—98.5% of which has been damaged or made inaccessible—has left Palestinians unable to feed themselves. He recounts the loss of his family’s olive grove in Al-Maghazi refugee camp, which had sustained them for generations since their displacement during the 1948 Nakba. Israeli tanks and bulldozers recently leveled the area, uprooting hundreds of trees, including his family’s 55 olive trees, 10 palms, and 5 fig trees. This obliteration of agriculture, combined with restricted aid and the influx of expensive Israeli goods, has deepened Gaza’s famine and economic dependence. Alsaloul argues that true recovery cannot come from aid alone. Palestinians must regain access to and replant their land to restore self-sufficiency and preserve their bond with it. He warns that Israel’s actions repeat the dispossession of 1948 and urges resistance against efforts to erase Palestinian agricultural and cultural roots.
2nd link: (france24)
Israel’s foreign ministry falsely claimed that UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini admitted there was no famine in Gaza, citing a quote that “there is enough food for three months.” In reality, Lazzarini was referring to aid supplies stuck outside Gaza, not food available within the enclave. UNRWA clarified that the statement was misrepresented — the agency has enough food and medical aid stored outside Gaza to feed the population for three months, but Israeli authorities have blocked all UNRWA aid from entering since March 2025. Lazzarini’s remarks were an appeal to lift this ban amid a confirmed famine, as reported by the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) in August. Israel has consistently denied the existence of famine in Gaza and disputed the UN’s findings, even as aid deliveries remain far below the level needed to meet humanitarian demands.
3rd link: (the guardian)
A Lancet study led by UNRWA estimates that nearly 55,000 children under six in Gaza are acutely malnourished, including about 12,800 suffering from severe acute malnutrition, largely due to Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid. The research, which tracked 220,000 children from January 2024 to August 2025, found that child malnutrition rose sharply whenever Israel tightened aid access and briefly declined during ceasefires that allowed more food in. After severe aid blockades in early 2025, wasting rates nearly doubled, peaking at 16%—a clear sign of famine conditions confirmed by UN experts. The study directly links the rise in malnutrition to Israel’s control over food and aid supplies, despite Israeli claims that sufficient aid is allowed in and that Hamas is responsible for shortages. Health experts described the findings as the strongest evidence yet of “preventable, grievous harm” to Gaza’s children, warning that the long-term impacts—such as chronic disease and stunted development—will last for generations. Aid agencies say Israeli restrictions and violence against civilians seeking food have made relief operations nearly impossible, with over 1,400 Palestinians killed while trying to obtain humanitarian aid.
This post was edited by ferdia on Oct 15 2025 03:30am