News Center- Israel’s intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in famine across all of Gaza, a group of UN experts said in a statement on Tuesday.

The experts cited the recent deaths of three Palestinian children: 6-month-old , 13-year-old  and 9-year-old.

“All three children died from malnutrition and lack of access to adequate health care,”, the statement said. “With the death of these children from starvation despite medical treatment in central Gaza, there is no doubt that famine has spread from northern Gaza into central and southern Gaza.”

 

“When the first child dies from malnutrition and dehydration, it becomes irrefutable that famine has taken hold,” the experts said, calling upon the international community to prioritize the delivery of humanitarian aid by land by any means necessary, end Israel’s siege, and establish a ceasefire.

 

At least 34 children have already died of malnutrition in Gaza, the government media office in Gaza reported on June 22.

 

“Half the population of Gaza, almost one million people, is expected to face death and starvation by the middle of July,” UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths said in a statement on June 12, 2024.