A 40-day-old baby died from malnutrition in Gaza on Tuesday, one of 21 children killed by starvation in just 72 hours as Israel’s blockade plunges 90,000 women and children into acute hunger crises. Doctors at Al-Shifa Hospital report most patients now suffer from dehydration and wasting diseases rather than war injuries, with medical staff "operating without anesthesia or clean water" amid collapsed infrastructure. The UN confirms 101 Palestinians have starved to death since October, including 80 children, while 1.1 million children face "severe food poverty".
Israeli forces killed 35 Palestinians on Tuesday alone, including 8 civilians shot while scrambling for food at distribution points. This brings the documented death toll of aid seekers to 1,054 since May, 766 slaughtered near Israeli-backed "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" (GHF) sites designed to replace UN aid channels. Survivors describe "hunting parties" of snipers and tanks firing on crowds, with one witness recalling soldiers shooting "as if targeting animals in a forest".
The AFP Journalists’ Union warned its Gaza correspondents are "too weak from hunger to work," with one freelancer collapsing after documenting malnutrition. "We risk learning of their deaths at any moment," the union stated, noting Israel’s blockade has made food inaccessible even for salaried professionals. This censorship-through-starvation aims to obscure evidence of genocide as Palestinian journalists account for 95% of Gaza’s frontline media coverage.
An Israeli dawn strike on Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp killed 13 Palestinians, including 4 children sheltering in tents. The attack occurred hours after Israel declared the area a "humanitarian zone," exposing its routine use of evacuation orders as death traps. Over 59,029 Palestinians have been killed since October, 70% women and children with 142,135 wounded and 10,000+ buried under rubble.
Twenty-five nations including UK, France, and Canada demanded Israel end its "inhumane killing of civilians seeking food," condemning the GHF aid model as "dangerous and dignity-depriving". The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for Netanyahu and ex-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (for starvation as a war crime) remain unenforced, while the ICJ genocide case sees 12 nations formally intervening to support South Africa’s suit.