The boy made no sounds, recalls Dr. Ibrahim Alashi. Not a cry. Not even a whimper. Severe starvation had robbed him of even that, he says. "When I first saw him, I was shocked. His body was extremely ...

In late July and August 2025, a series of social media posts spread the claim that 27-year-old Palestinian man named Adel Madi had died of starvation and malnutrition. A report from Turkish state-run ...

The people of Gaza are experiencing a dire hunger crisis — and the consequences could reverberate across generations. Roughly a third of the 2.1 million people in Gaza have gone multiple days in a row ...

As images of emaciated Gazans dominated global news, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a gathering of evangelical Christians that Palestinians weren’t starving. “Israel is presented as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. While many associate famines with starvation and empty plates, ...

There is increasing evidence that “widespread starvation, malnutrition and disease” are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths“ in Gaza, a group of United Nations and aid organizations have ...

I am a father of three young children and a nutritionist from northern Gaza. Where once I advised others on the dangers of malnutrition, I now find myself and my family suffering from starvation and ...

The United Nations’ World Food Program said July 27 that one-third of Palestinians in Gaza are not eating for days-long stretches. The World Health Organization reported 63 malnutrition-related deaths ...

The "worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip," the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert Tuesday, predicting "widespread death" without ...