Israeli commanders continue deliberately to starve the civilian population, continuing in some form a blockade on staples they began on March 2, when they began violating the ceasefire arranged by President Trump, according to Amnesty International.
By Juan Cole, Informed Comment
The fascist government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to wage war on Gaza civilians, in the longest and most intense violation of the Geneva Conventions, the Rome Statute and other elements of International Humanitarian Law in this century.
The United Nations Human Rights office in the Occupied Palestinian territories recently revealed that the Israeli military continues to subject the al-Mawasi region in western Khan Younis to military strikes, which for the most part “appear to target directly makeshift tents” and so manage to wipe out entire families. The UN says, “Between 18 March and 16 June 2025, OHCHR recorded 112 attacks on Al Mawasi, killing 380 people, including at least 158 women and children.”

At the same time, sadistic commanders are ordering Palestinian civilians from other parts of Gaza to go to “known shelters” in that very Al Mawasi area where such shelters are being bombarded.
Since last March when Israel violated the ceasefire negotiated by the Trump administration, its minions have forced over 300,000 people into Al Mawasi, an area of about 3.5 square miles. There are now 425,000 people huddling there, mostly in so-called “tents” — really just odd bits of plastic and cloth. And they are sometimes being shot at like fish in a barrel, even as Israel’s military attacks in Rafah and Khan Younis have become more intense.
At the same time, Israeli commanders continue deliberately to starve the civilian population, continuing in some form a blockade on staples they began on March 2, when they began violating the ceasefire arranged by President Trump, according to Amnesty International. The blockade on food and other aid has been only slightly adjusted in recent weeks, leaving many people hungry — including children.
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