Gaza’s Growing Hunger Crisis: Families Struggle As Aid Remains Scarce

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is deepening rapidly as food shortages push families to the edge of survival. Hospitals are reporting a surge in starvation-related illnesses, while displaced Palestinians endure long waits at community kitchens, relying on aid shipments that are frequently delayed or blocked at crossings like Kerem Shalom. Outside Gaza, protests in cities such as Tel Aviv and Beirut reflect growing frustration over the slow and insufficient flow of humanitarian assistance. With the conflict showing no signs of easing, starvation threatens to become as devastating as the violence itself for Gaza’s civilians.

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Updated on: 25 July 2025 4:21 pm

Yazan Abu Ful, a 2-year-old malnourished child Photo: AP/Jehad Alshrafi

Yazan Abu Ful, a 2-year-old malnourished child, sits at his family home in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.

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Mideast Wars Dying of Hunger Photo: AP/Jehad Alshrafi

Palestinians hold onto an aid truck returning to Gaza City from the northern Gaza Strip.

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Mideast Wars Dying of Hunger Photo; AP/Jehad Alshrafi)

Yazan Abu Ful, a 2-year-old malnourished child, poses for a photo at his family home in the Shati refugee camp, in Gaza City.

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Mideast Wars Dying of Hunger Photo: AP/Ohad Zwigenberg

Piles of humanitarian aid packages wait to be picked up on the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing in the Gaza Strip.

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Mideast Wars Dying of Hunger Photo: AP/Jehad Alshrafi

Naima Abu Ful holds her malnourished 2-year-old child, Yazan, at their home in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.

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Mideast Wars Dying of Hunger Photo: AP/Ohad Zwigenberg

An Israeli soldier stands beside humanitarian aid packages awaiting pickup on the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing in the Gaza Strip.

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Mideast Wars Dying of Hunger Photo: AP/Jehad Alshrafi

Naima Abu Ful cooks for her family in their home in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.

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Mideast Wars Dying of Hunger Photo: AP/Jehad Alshrafi

Palestinian women care for their malnourished babies at the Friends of the Patient Hospital in Gaza City.

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Mideast Wars Dying of Hunger Photo: AP/Maya Alleruzzo

An Israeli activist bangs a pot with a wooden spoon to protest the starvation of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, outside of the U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Mideast Wars Dying of Hunger Photo: AP/Hussein Malla

A woman holds a piece of bread, as she protests outside the Egyptian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, during a demonstration against the Israeli war and what they say starvation of civilians in the Gaza Strip.

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