Everything is missing in the Gaza Zone. “Israel uses hunger as a weapon”
For 11 weeks, Israel blocked all humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip. Recently admitted trucks with support are definitely not enough – explains Buszra Chaledi from the Oxfam humanitarian organization.
Chaledi finds no words to describe The desperate situation of people in the Palestinian enclave, damaged by war. Everything is missing: clean drinking water, safe shelters, medical care, and above all food. “Parents even cook grass for their children,” says Chaledi in an interview with “Die Welt”. This is not a crisis, but a collapse of all supply systems.
The 37-year-old lives with his family in the west shore, her husband comes from the city of Gaza and remains in close contact with relatives living there. Alarming reports come from the enclave people dying of hunger and because of the effects of malnutrition. According to UN data, only this year due to acute malnutrition and nutritional deficiencies required over 9,000 treatment. kids.
The Israeli government claims that Hamas steals some of the supplies, supplying its fighters and sells them to civilians at inflated prices. Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu justified the re -permission to provide humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip “with practical and diplomatic considerations”. “Israel's closest friends in the world”, including American politicians, cannot “endure images of mass hunger,” he said in a video.
In turn, the far -right coalition partners criticize the provision of humanitarian aid. According to media reports, the Israeli military command announced further on the weekend offensive intensification and the continuation of work on the system of providing support in such a way that Hamas does not have access to it.
Hunger as a weapon
In an interview with journalists “Die Welt” Omar Abd Rabu, a resident of Gaza and a journalist, says that in recent weeks The supply situation has deteriorated significantly. Food products are inaccessible. Prices have increased many times compared to the level before the war. Omar relationships coincide with other sources.
For example, a kilo of sugar or flour today costs $ 30. (PLN 112), and before the start of the war it cost only $ 1. (PLN 3.7). A kilo of rice, for which you had to pay $ 1 earlier, today costs $ 20. (PLN 74). Half of the fish on the coast are only allowed to a very limited extent. A fish dish, which formerly cost $ 10. (PLN 37), today it costs $ 100 (PLN 374) – to which hardly anyone can afford in a few restaurants that still work. Abd Rabou says he is feeding on one meal a day.
Even hundreds of trucks with food and fuel per day are not able to alleviate the dramatic situation in the Gaza Strip. And yet enough goods are available if only it has been separated. According to UN data, before the abolition of the Israeli blockade in the humanitarian corridors, over 116 thousand were waiting. T food assistance – sufficient to feed 1 million people for four months. Humanitarian organizations accuse Israel to use hunger as a weapon.
“Saveing human life must have priority over a military and political age. Inhabitants of the Gaza Zone can no longer wait” – wrote Philippe Lazzarini from the United Nations Agency for help from Palestinian refugees in the Middle East Unrwa on the X. Even the representative of the German Federal Government for anti -Semitism Felix Klein spoke extremely sharply. existence, “said in an interview with” Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung “.
Controversial initiative
According to the New York Times, Israeli officials from Cogat, the body responsible for the supply of humanitarian aid, have long known about Gaza Gaza Hunger for a long time. Therefore, they informed the government and the army, excluding public opinion.
According to “Times of Israel”, the permission to supply humanitarian aid, which occurred under international pressure, is only a “temporary means” until the new humanitarian distribution mechanism is introduced. Newly created Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) In the future, it is to provide parcels with help to private American companies, which will then separate them among the population only in specific places, without the mediation of local intermediaries.
Destruction in the Gaza Strip, May 25, 2025.
This is supposed to prevent the capture of Hamas' supplies or selling them at inflated prices. Aid organizations, such as Oxfam, question the scale of the takeover of deliveries and indicate that they can track transport by electronic assistance to ensure that they will go to the right recipients.
By the end of May, the new foundation is to start helping for 1.2 million with over 2 million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip. However, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, whose activities are to be secured by the Israeli armed forces, is already with criticism. According to the UN, the new system will hinder access to the supply of humanitarian aid.
Critics are also afraid that establishing support points will make Israel use the assembly of the population in specific places, and ultimately force residents to leave the enclave and go to third countries. Netanyahu does not hide that he wants to fulfill the proposal of US President Donald Trump regarding the “resettlement” of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
“You are always exposed to an indirect death threat”
After almost 20 months of war, the population of Gaza is exhausted. Mohammed Saleh, director of the Al-AWDA hospital in the northern part of the enclave, warns that constant stress makes people vulnerable. His hospital has already been shelled 18 times and the employees were killed or arrested.
During a press conference organized online by several humanitarian organizations, Medyk announced that the care of patients is becoming more and more difficult due to lack of materials and medicines. Israel is constantly repeating that Hamas is looking for shelter in hospitals.
Although the situation in the field of supply is dramatic, at least according to Omar, they remain the greatest threat direct warfare. “You are always exposed to an indirect death threat,” he says. “You are never completely sure if there is a Hamas fighter nearby or a tunnel below you.” If they are tracked by an Israeli army, you are threatened with death with them.
Currently, ABD Rabu is in the Nusajrat camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip. He believes that during the offensive it is likely to issue an order of evacuation. He says that when the order comes, he will go to the security zone in Rafah. – Then I want to leave the Gaza Zone. Go somewhere where there is more security, more future – adds Omar. – Somewhere where you can act for peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
