The deliberate starvation of Gaza is part of a long history of Israel weaponising food and water to control, subjugate, and, ultimately, displace Palestinians.
Israel has always used food as a weapon against Palestinians
Tags: ecocide
Only 1.5% of cropland, 3% of animal wealth left in Gaza
Israel has continued to target farmland in the once-abundant Gaza Strip, and wiped out most livestock and working animals – the last means of transport for many amid severe food shortages and limited public mobility
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
Former IDF soldier and world’s foremost expert on genocide believes there is evidence that the Israeli military has committed genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Gaza
Israel attacks make over 90 percent of Gaza’s agricultural land ‘unusable’
The once-fertile farm lands of Gaza, especially along the eastern border, have been reduced to barren wastelands by Israeli military operations. Fields & greenhouses, once teeming with life, have been destroyed, pushing Gaza’s agricultural sector to the brink of collapse
How Israel’s war on Gaza has cut Palestinian life expectancy
Israeli attacks have caused life expectancy in Gaza to drop by decades; secondary deaths from malnutrition and disease among others, as well as affecting vulnerable groups, including pregnant women.
War Dust and Collateral Inhalation: Israel Breathes in Gaza’s Dust
A forensIc study: Gaza is suffering the most intense bombing, per capita, of anywhere on earth, ever. The unlimited bombing of Gaza has created an unparalleled ecological and biomedical feedback loop. Israel exhales death in Gaza and inhales the Gaza it has vaporized.
Asbestos dust threat looms over much of Gaza
As rubble removal continues across Gaza, concerns are mounting over airborne dust that may carry asbestos fibers, posing health risks, including asbestosis, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases, health officials in Gaza say.
Israel’s War Decimated Gaza’s Farmlands and Killed Most of its Livestock
The bombing of Gaza has destroyed agricultural land and poisoned the soil, while Israel’s sweeping blockade has made water scarce for farmers who once provided a third of Gaza’s food needs.
Israel’s bombing of Gaza caused untold environmental damage − can it recover?
Israel’s unfolding genocide in Gaza also has dire consequences for ecosystems and violates the right of people to live in a healthy environment.
Israel destroyed Gaza and the world remained silent
Official reports about Gaza becoming uninhabitable have been issued for years… One wonders if the world had paid even the slightest attention to Gaza and the cries of people trapped behind walls, barbed wire, and electric fences, whether the current war and genocide could have been avoided.