Rights Group: Famine in Gaza ‘No Longer A Risk, But A Reality’

Date: 20 April 2025 - 21:58

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BRUSSELS (Dispatches) – The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has condemned the Zionist regime’s complete blockade on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, warning that famine is no longer a risk but a reality.
The Geneva-based rights group said on Saturday that the imminent threat of famine in the Gaza Strip is deeply alarming, particularly considering the ongoing illegal and comprehensive blockade imposed by the Zionist regime for the past 45 days.
“After 45 days of total Israeli blockade, famine is no longer a risk, it’s becoming a reality,” it said.
“This marks the longest uninterrupted restriction on humanitarian aid and essential goods since the beginning of Israel’s genocide in the Strip over 18 months ago.”
Euro-Med noted that its field team in the Gaza Strip had observed alarming indicators pointing to a severe food crisis that may soon reach the level of famine.
“The ongoing Israeli blockade has caused a severe and persistent shortage of essential food data-x-items necessary for survival, including grains, proteins, and fats,” it said.
According to the Euro-Med, much of Gaza’s remaining agricultural and food infrastructure has either been bombed or otherwise destroyed, and/or is currently under Israeli military control.
“As a result, people have been forced to sell their most basic belongings just to secure food, signaling the onset of a breakdown in their ability to endure the hunger,” it warned.
The rights group went on to highlight that families in the Gaza Strip have been forced to cut the number of their daily meals, resulting in noticeable weight loss among residents.
Zionist troops have deliberately targeted over 37 aid distribution centers and 28 food banks, as part of a systematic policy to starve civilians and exacerbate their suffering, it noted.
“The starvation imposed by Israel on civilians in the Gaza Strip represents one of the most severe and inhumane forms of genocide, as well as a grave violation of human dignity.
“It extends beyond the mere denial of food, as it also seeks to dismantle the population’s ability to survive by destroying livelihoods, obstructing humanitarian aid, targeting sources of food production, and deliberately disrupting essential supply chains,” it said.
The statement stressed that the most devastating impacts of such policy fall on women and, tragically, on children who make up over two-thirds of the Gaza Strip’s population.