85 days of starvation: Israel tightens Gaza siege, blocks aid

In a statement issued Saturday, the GMO said that the Zionist regime’s troops continue to seal all crossings, deny fuel and humanitarian supplies, and paralyze critical infrastructure such as hospitals and bakeries.

Despite international appeals, Zionist regime has allowed in only a fraction of the aid needed, with fewer than 100 trucks entering in recent days — less than 1% of what is required to meet basic needs.

The GMO warned that over 46,000 aid and fuel trucks meant to support Gaza’s population remain blocked, while hundreds of thousands of tons of aid are rotting abroad. Israel, it added, manipulates the narrative by claiming to allow aid, while tightly restricting and endangering its delivery.

According to the statement, the Zionist regime’s troops have forced aid convoys to use unsafe, drone-monitored routes, exposing them to armed robbery.

It accused the Zionist regime’s troops of enabling such attacks and deliberately targeting aid workers, citing the recent killing of six humanitarian staff members.

The GMO also said that more than 90% of Gaza’s bakeries remain non-operational due to fuel shortages, and international organizations are being barred from directly distributing food, worsening famine conditions for over two million people, particularly women, children, and the sick.

The Office documented alarming consequences from the siege, including:

58 deaths from malnutrition.

242 deaths from lack of food and medicine, mostly elderly.

26 kidney patients died due to lack of care.

Over 300 miscarriages linked to severe nutrient deficiencies.

The statement held Zionist regime and states complicit in the genocide fully responsible for the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe and called on the international community to act immediately to halt the blockade, ensure unrestricted aid access, and stop the use of starvation as a weapon of war.