WHO Warns of Gaza Famine 'Despite Ceasefire,' Not Because of Siege
The WHO chief acknowledges Gaza's 'catastrophic' hunger, while 41 aid groups accuse Israel of 'arbitrarily' rejecting aid. What goes unsaid across much of the Western press is that this isn't an 'accident' of war, but a policy. Netanyahu himself stated in 2023, “We are fighting Hamas, not the Palestinian population, but we are preventing goods from entering Gaza.” (A position he later walked back
under tremendous pressure, while the blockade continued). These aren't 'arbitrary' rejections; they're calculated throttlings of humanitarian access, a documented tactic of siege warfare designed to render territories uninhabitable. It raises the question, how long can official sources lament a 'hunger crisis' before acknowledging the hands deliberately tightening the belt? The military doctrine
of 'creating hunger' is well-documented, yet when it unfolds before our eyes, it's framed as an inexplicable tragedy. Perhaps the 'ceasefire' mentioned is the one where aid organizations finally stopped pretending aid gets through without state-level obstruction.