GMO: Gaza famine deepens and child deaths surge as Zionist regime’s siege enters day 133

In a statement issued Saturday, Gaza’s Government Media Office (GMO) said the Zionist regime’s occupation forces continues to seal off all border crossings, blocking the entry of food, medicine, and fuel. The Office described the situation as “one of the most severe crimes of collective punishment in modern times.”

The statement confirmed that famine is worsening by the day, with dozens of deaths recorded over the past 72 hours due to starvation and lack of basic medical care. The total collapse of essential services has left civilians without even the bare minimum to survive.

So far, 67 children have died of malnutrition. The GMO warned that more than 650,000 children under the age of five are at immediate risk of severe malnutrition in the coming weeks. Gaza is home to approximately 1.1 million children.

Currently, around 1.25 million Palestinians are living under “catastrophic hunger,” while 96% of the population suffers from severe food insecurity—including more than one million children.

The statement accused Israel of committing a “systematic crime of starving the population, especially children,” by blocking the entry of flour, baby formula, nutritional supplements, and medical supplies—an approach it said forms part of a broader policy of genocide.

The GMO held Zionist regime fully responsible for these crimes and also placed legal and moral responsibility on its key international supporters, including the United States, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. It also condemned the complicity of governments and institutions that remain silent in the face of the atrocities.

The statement called on the international community, including Arab and Islamic nations, humanitarian organizations, and people of conscience worldwide, to take immediate and decisive action to end the siege, open the crossings, and deliver food, medicine, and life-saving aid to the population.

“Hunger is killing those whom the war and extermination machine has failed to kill,” the statement concluded. “It is time to save Gaza before it is too late.”