Starvation as a Weapon: Gaza Tragedy

TEHRAN- Since Israel launched war on the Gaza Strip nearly five months ago, it has perpetrated massacre after massacre and used starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the besieged Palestinian territory.

International law has stipulated that intentionally starving civilians by “depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including willfully impeding relief supplies” is a war crime.

Israel has been systematically denying Palestinians of these indispensable objects which include food, water and shelter. 

“Intentionally depriving people of food is clearly a…

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