“I Starve Myself So My Children Can Eat” The Gendered Impacts of Food Insecurity and Famine in Gaza

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“I Starve Myself So My Children Can Eat”: The Gendered Impacts of Food Insecurity and Famine in Gaza

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Description: This report documents how, as of August 2025, Israel has imposed forced starvation on the residents of Gaza. It includes testimonies from women describing repeated forced displacement, loss of homes and livelihoods, and severe challenges in accessing food and aid. Women recount long waits at distribution points, returning empty-handed, and facing risks of harassment or injury in overcrowded conditions. Female-headed households, widows, women with disabilities, pregnant women, and mothers caring for orphaned children are among the most affected. Accounts also describe giving birth without medical care, selling personal belongings to buy flour, and reducing their own food intake so children can eat. One mother stated, “Food is not just scarce; it is death itself. The so-called distribution points have become graveyards.”

These testimonies provide crucial insight into daily life under imposed starvation during genocide. The report may be most helpful to those working on gender issues or focused on the protection of women and children in Gaza.

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