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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Of course reality begs to differ, with the starvation campaign having started back in the 90s:

https://imeu.org/article/fact-sheet-legal-status-of-israels-siege-blockade-of-gaza

"Starting in the early 1990s, Israel made it increasingly difficult for Palestinians and commercial goods to enter or leave Gaza, which along with the West Bank and East Jerusalem has been under Israeli military occupation since 1967."

From 2018:

https://www.oxfam.org/en/timeline-humanitarian-impact-gaza-blockade

"Today, one million Palestinians in Gaza don't have enough food to feed their families, despite receiving food assistance or other forms of support."

2023:

https://euromedmonitor.org/en/gaza

"Under international law, Israel is an occupying power although it already ‘disengaged’ from the Gaza Strip in 2005; it still continues to control entry and exit from Gaza by land, sea and air. Likewise, it controls Gaza’s population registry, telecommunication networks and many other aspects of daily life and infrastructure. Rather than undertaking its duty of protecting the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, Israel has been placing Palestinians under a suffocating blockade, which constitutes an unprecedented form of collective punishment in a stark violation of international humanitarian law."