The world was horrified by the images of emaciated children and families searching for sustenance during the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. This tragedy dominated the humanitarian scene and became a global topic of discussion.
Following the ceasefire agreement, a systematic Zionist policy, dubbed by observers as “the cycle of starvation,” has been revealed. Instead of allowing a sufficient and continuous flow of aid, commercial goods, and food supplies, the occupation is perpetuating the crisis by providing limited amounts of food, water, and medicine, keeping the population on the brink of survival without enabling them to live with dignity.
According to international human rights organizations, this policy is based on a complex pressure strategy aimed at collectively subjugating Gazan society under the pretext of “security considerations.” Analysts view it as a form of indirect warfare that uses starvation as a political and economic weapon.
The term “cycle famine” refers to a deliberate policy of keeping the population in a state of chronic hunger without allowing a complete collapse, by regulating the entry of humanitarian aid in limited and intermittent quantities, and excluding many essential food items such as red and white meat, eggs, dairy products, and cheese.
Between official statements about “allowing aid to enter” and the reality on the ground, which is marked by frequent supply disruptions and strict restrictions on access points and crossings, more than two million people live within a coastal strip that has been under siege for over 18 years, trapped in a recurring cycle of deprivation and slow death, according to documented UN reports.
