Hamas: Gaza faces catastrophic famine as genocide reaches its deadliest phase

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Movement said the Zionist regime’s occupation has turned food into a weapon of slow death and humanitarian aid into a tool of chaos and looting, under the direct supervision of its army and aircraft.

Hamas added that the majority of aid trucks entering Gaza are looted and attacked as part of a deliberate policy by the occupation aimed at “engineering chaos and starvation,” depriving civilians of even the little aid available and obstructing its safe and organized distribution.

The Movement noted that while Gaza needs over 600 trucks of aid and fuel daily to meet its minimum needs, what is allowed in represents only a tiny fraction of that.

It highlighted the dire situation where mothers are forced to feed their infants water instead of milk, noting that 154 Palestinians, including 89 children, have died from hunger so far, with hundreds suffering daily from severe malnutrition amid the near-total collapse of the healthcare system.

Hamas also criticized the staged “aid drops” promoted by the Israeli occupation, saying most of these fall in dangerous, evacuated areas, rendering them useless and even life-threatening for civilians.

The Movement accused the occupation of deliberately targeting aid security teams and opening looting corridors under its protection as part of a systematic plan to perpetuate famine as a weapon of war.

Hamas called on international institutions to expose and legally and morally denounce the occupation’s policy of “engineered starvation,” describing it as a deliberate and compounded war crime no less severe than direct bombing and destruction.

It stressed that breaking the siege and reopening the crossings immediately and unconditionally is the only solution to end Gaza’s catastrophe, warning that any delay will push the situation into an even deadlier stage of genocide, especially against the most vulnerable groups: children, the sick, and the elderly.

Finally, Hamas urged free peoples and humanitarian and rights organizations worldwide to escalate their efforts and push for an independent and secure UN-led mechanism for the entry and distribution of aid, away from the control of the occupation and its criminal policies.