How Israel's blockade caused starvation in Gaza
Children are starving in Gaza today as a direct result of the Israeli government's decision four months ago to suspend all aid into the enclave.
On March 2, the Israeli government announced it was halting all humanitarian aid and fuel deliveries to Gaza and closing all border crossings.
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- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the decision was made to pressure Hamas to release more hostages after the first phase of a Jan. 15 ceasefire deal expired.
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While Hamas was ready to negotiate the second phase of the January ceasefire brokered by the Biden administration in coordination with Trump, Israel never seriously engaged, Axios' Barak Ravid reported.
- A senior Israeli official privately admitted recently that Israel never intended to extend the ceasefire.
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The total blockade on all aid — food, water, medicine and more — would continue for 2½ months...
Israel unilaterally resumed the war in Gaza on March 18.
- Tens of thousands more Palestinians were displaced as the war resumed, and Israel continued to block all aid.
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- Reports of malnutrition spiked, particularly among children. But the Israeli government rejected international appeals to end the blockade, describing it as leverage over Hamas.
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