“Don’t be surprised if we, the journalists, stop reporting. I swear to God, I couldn’t even get up today because I’m so hungry. There’s no food. Even if you have money, there’s nothing to buy in the market. We’re all starving. We’re all dying.” - Nahid Hajjaj, Gaza-based photojournalist
The Silent Massacre Repeats Itself
In a world obsessed with narratives of war and politics, death by hunger rarely makes the headlines. Especially when those dying are Palestinian children, children whose existence is so often reduced to collateral damage. But today, even that cruel logic begins to fail. In just three days, 21 children in Gaza have died from hunger and severe malnutrition.
They didn’t die from bullets or airstrikes. They died because their stomachs were empty too long, too often until their little bodies could take no more. And the world, once again, looked away.
A Siege Turned Into a Weapon of Mass Starvation
Since the full-scale assault on Gaza began in October 2023, the region has been turned into the world’s largest open-air prison, its gates locked not with steel, but with starvation.
Israel’s complete blockade has halted nearly all food, clean water, electricity, fuel, and medical supplies. Children already the most vulnerable group are now the first to die. The blockade is no longer a matter of security; it has become a form of calculated cruelty, a methodical way to strangle a population into submission or extinction.
Starving to Death, Not Killed by Bombs
Malnutrition is not just a health issue. It’s a form of slow violence a death without fire, without explosion. A death that creeps quietly. When food disappears, hope disappears next. A child’s skin pales, their body thins, and their breath shortens until silence replaces their cries.
