WHO Chief Warns of Severe Gaza Starvation Crisis as Aid Blocked

  • 24/07/2025

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded a grave warning about a growing mass starvation crisis in Gaza, where ongoing conflict and severe supply restrictions have left 2.2 million people struggling to access enough food and medicine.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the situation as entirely man-made, stressing that vital food and medical supplies remain stuck just outside Gaza’s borders due to tight controls that have prevented timely aid deliveries.

Tedros’s remarks follow an urgent appeal from over 100 humanitarian organizations demanding immediate global action to prevent more deaths caused by hunger. The devastating war between Israel and Hamas, which began in October 2023, has destroyed essential infrastructure and disrupted aid pipelines, worsening an already dire humanitarian situation.

While Israel lifted its complete blockade in May after cutting off all supplies in March, international relief agencies say that tough security checks and movement restrictions continue to block large quantities of aid from entering Gaza. Israel maintains that limits are necessary to prevent aid from falling into the hands of militants but insists that enough food is allowed in to meet civilians’ needs.

Despite these assurances, Gaza’s health ministry reported that ten more people died from hunger overnight, bringing the official death toll from starvation to 111, with most deaths occurring in recent weeks. WHO data confirms that at least 21 children have died from malnutrition in 2025 alone, but the agency warns that the true number is likely far higher.

Rik Peeperkorn, WHO’s representative for the occupied Palestinian territories, revealed that just in July, 5,100 children have required treatment for malnutrition, with 800 categorized as severely underweight. Treatment centres are critically short of emergency feeding supplies and capacity.

Tedros highlighted that the UN and its partners were unable to deliver food to Gaza for nearly 80 days between March and May due to access restrictions. Although aid deliveries have resumed in some areas, they remain drastically insufficient to tackle the unfolding mass starvation emergency.

The WHO continues to call for safe, unhindered access for humanitarian workers and urgent measures to restore adequate food and medical aid to Gaza’s people before the crisis deepens further.

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