Hamas: Starvation is devastating Gaza’s children and the world must act to stop this crime

In a statement on Saturday, Hamas affirmed that more than 66 children have martyred since the beginning of March due to complications from malnutrition and famine, a result of the tightened blockade on the Strip and the systematic starvation policies imposed by the occupation forces in Gaza.

The Movement accused the Zionist regime’s government of Benjamin Netanyahu of committing “brutal crimes” against civilians by targeting children through starvation and bombardment, describing this as “a flagrant violation of international law and all human and moral norms.”

Hamas added that the occupation forces “are acting without fear of accountability, under the political and diplomatic cover provided by the US administration, which emboldens them to continue committing massacres and war crimes against Gaza’s residents.”

It stressed that what is happening in Gaza is “not only a humanitarian catastrophe, but a systematic genocide,” urging the international community—and Arab and Islamic nations in particular—to “assume their moral and political responsibilities, act effectively to end the war, break the siege, and ensure the entry of aid and basic necessities for life.”

According to the latest official statistics, more than 240 deaths due to hunger and lack of medical treatment in the Gaza Strip have been recorded since the beginning of the year, most of them among children and the elderly, amid an unprecedented rise in severe malnutrition cases.