As Gaza endures its darkest hour, the World Health Organization has issued a chilling warning: famine is no longer a looming threat—it has already begun. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO, declared that two months of unrelenting Israeli siege have plunged nearly two million people into hunger, with over 116,000 tons of food deliberately withheld at sealed border crossings.

While families in Gaza endure the gnawing pain of starvation, the international community watches as aid convoys are systematically blocked. The siege has crippled the Strip’s healthcare system, which Tedros described as nearing total collapse under the pressure of mounting casualties, evacuation orders, and restricted relief operations.

The situation is beyond urgent. Gaza’s population of 2.4 million now relies on dwindling scraps of nutrition, as fuel and food are choked off by an unyielding blockade. According to the Palestinian Government Media Office, no meaningful aid has entered the Strip for nearly three months. Even the symbolic entry of a few trucks loaded with child supplements is described as “a drop in the ocean of urgent needs.”

Gaza needs 500 aid trucks and 50 fuel trucks every single day—yet what’s entering amounts to just 0.02% of that. This staggering figure underscores what Palestinian officials call a “systematic starvation policy,” accusing the Israeli occupation and the silent complicity of the international community of orchestrating a humanitarian crime.

Time is running out. The siege is not just about borders—it’s about survival. Every unopened crossing, every denied shipment, pushes Gaza closer to an irreversible humanitarian abyss. And still, the world hesitates.