For months, the U.N. and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, with reports of increasing numbers of people dying from causes related to malnutrition.

The Israeli military has destroyed most of the cropland in Gaza and won’t let Palestinians fish. There isn’t enough food in the Strip, and Israeli authorities are actively preventing the massive food stockpiles on the border from entering.

The United Nations human rights office says more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip.

United Nations June 24, 2025 – At least 410 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to fetch scraps of food from controversial new aid hubs in Gaza – a likely war crime – the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.. The alert comes nearly a month since the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) started operating on 27 May in select ...

The UN said in May that "100 percent of the population" of the besieged territory were "at risk of famine". "Humanitarian assistance must never be used as a bargaining chip in any conflict," he said.

The U.N. Security Council has urged the 193 United Nations member nations to use all possible means to settle disputes peacefully.

Ten Palestinians were reported killed Friday while waiting for rations in Gaza, adding to nearly 800 similar deaths in the last six weeks, according to the UN, with Israel's army saying it issued new instructions to troops following repeated reports of fatalities.Friday's reported violence came as negotiators from Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas were locked in indirect talks in ...