[News] ‘No Hunger in Gaza’ – Israeli Security Minister Denies Palestinians are Starving

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‘No Hunger in Gaza’ – Israeli Security Minister Denies Palestinians are
StarvingJuly 25, 2025
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Far-right Israeli politician Itamar Ben-Gvir. (Design: Palestine Chronicle)

*By Palestine Chronicle Staff
<https://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/palestine-chronicle-staff>*

According to Gaza’s Government Media Office at least 115 Palestinians have
died due to the famine and malnutrition, amid a near-total absence of food,
water, and medicine in the Strip.

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Friday
claimed there is “no real hunger in Gaza,” contradicting the warnings of
international humanitarian organizations about the deepening famine in the
besieged enclave.

“There is no real hunger in Gaza. If they were hungry, they would have
returned the hostages home,” Ben Gvir said in a post on X.

He added, “I support starving Hamas in Gaza.”

According to Gaza’s Government Media Office at least 115 Palestinians have
died due to the famine and malnutrition, amid a near-total absence of food,
water, and medicine in the Strip.
Weaponizing of Food

Ben Gvir, leader of the ultranationalist Jewish Power party, has long
advocated for cutting off all humanitarian aid to Gaza, calling for a
complete reoccupation of the territory, the expulsion of its Palestinian
residents, and the establishment of illegal Israeli settlements, the
Anadolu news agency reported.

His latest remarks come in defense of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu’s policy of preventing the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, a
policy widely condemned as collective punishment, the report noted.

Ben Gvir’s comments sharply diverge from the positions of numerous
governments and humanitarian agencies, including the UN, which have warned
of mass starvation in Gaza and accused Israel of weaponizing food as part
of its genocidal war.
Call from Aid Groups

More than 100 international aid organizations and human rights groups have
sounded the alarm on the catastrophic famine in Gaza where aid workers are
now joining starving civilians in the same food lines, risking being shot
by Israeli forces just to feed their families.

Not only are Palestinians being starved to death in Gaza due to the Israeli
blockade, but over 1,000 “aid seekers” have been shot and killed by Israeli
forces at or near aid distribution points set up by the US-backed Israeli
aid scheme since the end of May.

“Open all land crossings; restore the full flow of food, clean water,
medical supplies, shelter items, and fuel through a principled, UN-led
mechanism; end the siege, and agree to a ceasefire now,” the organizations
demanded.

They said massacres at food distribution sites “are occurring near-daily.”

Since Israel’s reneging on the ceasefire on March 18, it has killed and
wounded thousands of Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip through a
bloody and ongoing aerial bombardment.
Over 59,000 Killed

On October 7, 2023, following a Palestinian Resistance operation in
southern Israel, the Israeli military launched a genocidal war against the
Palestinians, killing over 59,000, wounding more than 142,000, with over
14,000 still missing.

Despite habitual condemnation by many countries around the world of the
Israeli genocide, little has been done to hold Israel accountable.

Israel is currently under investigation for the crime of genocide by the
International Court of Justice, while accused war criminals — including
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — are now officially wanted by the
International Criminal Court.

The Israeli genocide has been largely defended, supported, and financed by
Washington and a few other Western powers.

*(Anadolu, PC)*
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