Gazans die of starvation as Israel pushes for military control of aid

Leaders across the globe must now decide whether to act to end the “escalating atrocities in Gaza” or “bear witness to the annihilation of the Palestinian population,” UN experts have said.1

The 39 independent human rights experts, appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, said that while states “debate terminology—is it or is it not genocide?” Israel has continued to destroy life in Gaza, “displacing and massacring the surviving population with impunity.”

They continued, “No one is spared—not the children, people with disabilities, nursing mothers, journalists, health professionals, aid workers, or hostages. Since breaking the ceasefire, Israel has killed hundreds of Palestinians—peaking on 18 March 2025 with 600 casualties in 24 hours, 400 of whom were children. This is one of the most ostentatious and merciless manifestations of the desecration of human life and dignity.”

More than 52 000 people …