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At Death’s Door: Gazans’ Struggle to Survive Famine Deployed As a Weapon of War, By Diaa Ostaz – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Diaa Ostaz, CNEWA, Gaza, Vatican News, Aug. 12, 2025

This article was originally published by Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA). All rights reserved. Unauthorized republication by third parties is not permitted.

As famine steals lives in war-torn Gaza, parents face agonizing choices to secure food for their children, who increasingly go hungry amid rampant inflation and a dire lack of food and assistance.

The streets of Gaza are quieter than they used to be — not because peace has returned. The deep silence of hunger has replaced the noise of daily life. Every corner bears the marks of a deepening humanitarian catastrophe: gaunt faces of children, long lines at makeshift aid points and parents who have nothing left to give but words of comfort and prayer.

The humanitarian collapse in Gaza did not happen overnight. On 2 March 2025, the Israeli Defense Forces sealed all crossings into the enclave — 16 days before the collapse of the temporary cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. With borders sealed, the already limited flow of food, medicine and fuel stopped entirely. Within weeks, hunger and malnutrition spread at an unprecedented pace. Preventable diseases began to take hold. By early August, the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza reported 201 people had died from famine and malnutrition since the start of the war, including 98 children. Those numbers rise daily. …

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