The Israeli war on Gaza has manifested in a variety of brutal forms and the most insidious and devastating one of them has been the weaponisation of starvation. On October 9, 2023, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced that “there will be no electricity, no food, no fuel” allowed into Gaza. The justification was that Israel “is fighting human animals”.
Two weeks later, Member of Knesset Tally Gotliv declared: “Without hunger and thirst among the Gaza population… we won’t be able to bribe people with food, drink, medicine to obtain intelligence.” ….more
