Israel’s blockade sparks outrage as ‘forced starvation’ grips Gaza

Al Jazeera By Lyndal Rowlands

4 May 2025

^{Palestinian children react as they gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, April 29, 2025 [Hatem Khaled/Reuters]}

• Trucks carrying food, water and medicine are piling up at the borders of Gaza as the Strip’s Government Media Office says at least 57 Palestinians have starved to death under Israel’s total blockade.
• Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn on Saturday have killed 45 Palestinians, including three babies, medical and civil defence sources say.
• International condemnation of Israel’s blockade grows as UN officials and rights advocates demand unimpeded humanitarian access to the coastal territory.
• Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 52,495 Palestinians and wounded 118,366, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The Gaza Government Media Office updated the death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.
• An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.