Gaza hunger crisis demands more than words

THIRTY-THREE more lives have been lost to hunger in Gaza in just two days, taking the toll to 101 by Tuesday. Among the dead is a six-week-old infant — a tragic symbol of a war that now kills not just through bombs but also by the withholding of bread. Gaza is dying from deliberate deprivation. The reports are gut-wrenching. UN staff are fainting from hunger and exhaustion. Aid workers are detained. More than 100 humanitarian organisations have sounded alarms over “mass starvation.” The World Food Programme confirms that many families go days without eating. The WHO warns that famine is no longer a risk; it is already here, and worsening by the hour. Yet, the blockade continues, choking the already devastated enclave of nearly two million Palestinians.