The limited humanitarian aid reaching Gaza under Israel’s relentless attacks and a tightening blockade is being largely looted amid deliberate “chaos,” placing some 40,000 infants at risk of death, Palestinian group Hamas said Wednesday.
“This weaponization of starvation against Gaza’s population is a clear war crime and systematic genocide,” Hamas declared, highlighting the dire scale of suffering in the enclave.
More than five months of a strict Israeli blockade have plunged Gaza into an unprecedented humanitarian disaster, with border crossings sealed and critical supplies including infant formula, food, and medicine blocked for over two million residents.
The blockade has left 40,000 babies and 60,000 pregnant women vulnerable.
Aid trucks that do manage to reach Gaza are frequently attacked or looted, turning humanitarian relief into “chaos and plunder,” the statement said, accusing Israel of using starvation as a slow-acting weapon while undermining safe distribution of essential goods.
