The Hindu editorial 25/08/2025 is a call to the world to act decisively to stop Israel from destroying Gaza through forced starvation. It notes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjimin Netanyahu has dismissed numerous warnings of famine as lies. However, a recent IPC report confirms that one in five households in Gaza faces extreme food shortages, one-third of children are acutely malnourished, and at least two in every 10,000 people die daily from starvation. The editorial explains the methods Israel adopted to push the Palestinians to such a miserable life. They tightened the blockade that had existed since 2007, after the Hamas attack in 2023, imposed a total blockade for three months in 2025, and brought the food distribution system under direct control, replacing the UN-led system with the US and Israel-supported Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The Israeli troops and GHF volunteers killed more than 1300 people at the food centres in the name of crowd control. The editorial argues that despite international pressure and Hamas's acceptance of ceasefire proposals, Israel's actions go far beyond its stated goals, with evidence pointing to an intent to destroy Palestinian society, compelling the world to intervene
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