Starvation In Gaza Goes On

Gaza’s Palestinians face a harrowing dilemma—death by Israeli bombardment or starvation—as 56 were killed waiting for aid on Sunday August 3 2025, while six others perished from hunger in 24 hours.
Desperate civilians scavenge for scraps under gunfire near the Netzarim corridor, with one resident lamenting, "We collect pasta from the ground to feed our children."
Aid distribution has become a lethal gamble, as crowds in Rafah and beyond brave Israeli fire, only to face what many call "humiliation, not help."
Attacks persist unabated, with displaced families sheltering in a Khan Younis UN school and a Red Crescent facility shelled by Israeli forces.
Over 60,000 dead have left survivors clinging to life, as one man explains: "We risk death just to ease our hunger."
Israel’s sporadic "humanitarian pauses" fail to alter the daily reality of a population systematically crushed by war and starvation.

Al Jazeera's Ama Boateng reports.

Many parents in Gaza are risking their lives, in a desperate search to find food.
One Palestinian mother has shared her story of having to say goodbye to her children each time she leaves, not knowing if she will return.

A warning that some of the images in this report may be disturbing.

Months of an Israeli blockade in Gaza has affected children with pre-existing health conditions and those injured in Israeli strikes the most.

Al Jazeera’s Um-e-Kulsoom Shariff reports.

In Gaza, the desperate search for food has become a perilous gamble with life itself. As Palestinians risk death to find sustenance, many families face an agonizing wait for loved ones who never returned from aid distribution sites.
This report explores the heart-wrenching stories of two families in central Gaza, where a father searches for his missing son and a wife waits for her husband who disappeared while seeking flour.
Human rights monitors have documented harrowing accounts of individuals who went missing only to be found killed by Israeli forces, highlighting the thin line between survival and disappearance in the besieged enclave.

Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Deir Al Balah, in central Gaza.