{"id":25585,"date":"2025-05-14T03:23:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T03:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/in-private-some-israeli-officers-admit-that-gaza-is-on-the-brink-of-starvation\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T03:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T03:23:55","slug":"in-private-some-israeli-officers-admit-that-gaza-is-on-the-brink-of-starvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/in-private-some-israeli-officers-admit-that-gaza-is-on-the-brink-of-starvation\/","title":{"rendered":"In Private, Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some Israeli military officials have privately concluded that Palestinians in Gaza face widespread starvation unless aid deliveries are restored within weeks, according to three Israeli defense officials familiar with conditions in the enclave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For months, Israel has maintained that its blockade on food and fuel to Gaza did not pose a major threat to civilian life in the territory, even as the United Nations and other aid agencies have said <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/04\/world\/europe\/israel-gaza-blockade-humanitarian-crisis.html\" title=\"\">a famine was looming<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Israeli military officers who monitor humanitarian conditions in Gaza have warned their commanders in recent days that unless the blockade is lifted quickly, many areas of the enclave will likely run out of enough food to meet minimum daily nutritional needs, according to the defense officials. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to share sensitive details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Because it takes time to scale up humanitarian deliveries, the officers said that immediate steps were needed to ensure that the system to supply aid could be reinstated fast enough to prevent starvation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The growing acknowledgment within part of the Israeli security establishment of a hunger crisis in Gaza comes as Israel has vowed to dramatically expand the war in Gaza to destroy Hamas and bring back the remaining hostages \u2014 twin aims that more than 19 months of war have yet to achieve. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was defiant, and said the military would resume fighting in the coming days \u201cin full force to finish the job\u201d and \u201celiminate Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s statement came on the same day that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/05\/13\/us\/trump-news-saudi-arabia\" title=\"\">President Trump landed in Saudi Arabia<\/a>, as part of his first major foreign trip since his re-election. Mr. Trump, however, is not visiting Israel, underscoring a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/11\/world\/europe\/trump-netanyahu-iran-yemen.html\" title=\"\">growing divide between two leaders<\/a> who increasingly disagree on some of the most critical security issues facing Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The military officials\u2019 analysis has exposed a gulf between Israel\u2019s public stance on the aid blockade and its private deliberations. It reveals that parts of the Israeli security establishment have reached the same conclusions as leading aid groups. They have warned for months of the dangers posed by the blockade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The analysis also highlights the urgency of the humanitarian situation in Gaza: Most bakeries have shut, charity kitchens are closing and the United Nations\u2019 World Food Program, which distributes aid and coordinates shipments, says it has run out of food stocks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Monday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a U.N.-backed initiative that monitors malnutrition, warned that famine was imminent in Gaza. If Israel proceeds with a planned military escalation in Gaza, the initiative <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcinfo.org\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/ipcinfo\/docs\/IPC_Gaza_Strip_Acute_Food_Insecurity_Malnutrition_Apr_Sept2025_Special_Snapshot.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> in a summary report, \u201cThe vast majority of people in the Gaza Strip would not have access to food, water, shelter, and medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli military and the Israeli ministry of defense declined to comment on the Israeli officers\u2019 predictions that Gaza is nearing a food crisis. Oren Marmorstein, a spokesman for Israel\u2019s foreign ministry, said he was unable to share details from internal discussions but that the ministry was in contact with \u201call the relevant agencies on an ongoing daily basis\u201d and closely monitors the situation in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israeli restrictions on aid to Gaza have been one of the most contentious issues of the war. Israel cut off supplies to Gaza in March, shortly before breaking a cease-fire with Hamas, which remains entrenched in Gaza despite losing thousands of fighters and control over much of the territory during the war. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel said the aim of the blockade was to reduce the Palestinian armed group\u2019s ability to access and profit from food and fuel meant for civilians. In the process, a senior Israeli defense official said, Hamas would be more likely to collapse or at least release more of the hostages that the group captured during its attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 that ignited the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The blockade was discussed at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, called by Britain, France and other European nations. Tom Fletcher, the U.N.\u2019s humanitarian chief, told the council that Israel was \u201cdeliberately and unashamedly\u201d imposing inhumane conditions on civilians in Gaza and the West Bank.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhat more evidence do you need now?\u201d Mr. Fletcher asked. \u201cWill you act \u2014 decisively \u2014 to prevent genocide and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law? Or will you say instead that \u2018we did all we could?\u2019\u201d All of the council\u2019s 15 members except the United States, which has staunchly supported Israel throughout the war, called on Israel to immediately let aid into Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli government has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OrenMarmorstein\/status\/1909691514424639694\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">repeatedly<\/a> <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OrenMarmorstein\/status\/1910301583897731417\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> that the blockade had caused \u201cno shortage\u201d of support for civilians, partly because so much aid had entered the territory during the truncated cease-fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But aid groups swiftly warned that civilians would be the main victims, adding that the restrictions were illegal under international law. Those warnings increased as civilians said they were eating as little as one meal a day as food prices spiraled. Palestinians interviewed by The New York Times <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/09\/world\/middleeast\/gaza-aid-us-israel.html\" title=\"\">said<\/a> the cost of flour has risen 60-fold since late February, leading to a rise in looting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAll I ate today was a little bit of fava beans from an expired can,\u201d said Khalil el-Halabi, a 71-year-old retired U.N. official from Gaza City. He said on Monday that he was too dizzy and weak to walk, adding that his weight had dropped to roughly 130 pounds from about 210 pounds before the war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. el-Halabi said his daughter, who recently gave birth, was unable to breastfeed because she has not been eating enough. No baby formula is available, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Specialist officers in COGAT, the Israeli government agency that oversees policy in Gaza and the West Bank, have reached the same conclusion as the aid agencies. The officers continuously assess the humanitarian situation in Gaza by speaking with Palestinians there, scrutinizing updates from aid organizations about their warehouse stockpiles, and analyzing the volume and contents of aid trucks that entered Gaza before the blockade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The officers then privately briefed senior commanders on the worsening situation, warning with increasing urgency that many in the territory were just a few weeks away from starvation. An Israeli general briefed the cabinet on the humanitarian situation in Gaza last week, saying that supplies in the territory would run out within a few weeks, according to an Israeli defense official and a senior government official. The cabinet briefing was first reported by Israel\u2019s Channel 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to three of the defense officials, the military leadership has acknowledged the severity of the situation and is exploring ways to restart aid deliveries while circumventing Hamas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last week, the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/09\/world\/middleeast\/gaza-aid-us-israel.html\" title=\"\">Trump administration said it was working with Israel<\/a> on such a plan. Israeli officials and aid groups said it would involve private organizations distributing food from a handful of sites in Gaza, which would each serve several hundred thousand civilians. The Israeli military would be posted at the sites\u2019 perimeters, while private security firms would patrol inside them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The plan was dismissed by aid agencies, including the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which said it would not join the initiative because it would place civilians at greater risk. The agency said the proposal would force vulnerable people to walk longer distances to get to the few distribution hubs, making it harder to get food to those who need it most. Under the current system, the U.N. said, there are 400 distribution points. The new one, it said, \u201cdrastically reduces this operational reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The U.N. also warned that the plan would force civilians to regularly pass through Israeli military lines, putting them at greater risk of detention and interrogation. It added that the plan would accelerate the displacement of civilians from northern Gaza, since the distribution centers were expected to be located far away in the south of the territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israeli officials confirmed that the plan, if enacted, would help the military to intercept Hamas militants and help to move civilians from northern to southern Gaza. But they said the aim was not to increase civilian hardship but to separate civilians from fighters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Experts on the laws of international conflict say it is illegal for a country to limit aid deliveries if it knows that doing so will cause starvation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEnforcing a military blockade with the knowledge that it will starve the civilian population is a violation of international law,\u201d said Janina Dill, co-director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict at the University of Oxford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Dill said that even if there is some debate over Israel\u2019s obligations toward Gazans, \u201cwhen Israeli decision makers state that the purpose is to extract political and military concessions, it clearly constitutes a war crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Adam Rasgon<!-- --> contributed reporting from Jerusalem and <!-- -->Farnaz Fassihi<!-- --> from New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/13\/world\/middleeast\/gaza-famine-starvation-israel.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Israeli military 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