starvation as a military tactic isn't new;

The Israeli regime has destroyed vast stockpiles of essential supplies meant for Gaza, including food and medicine, as the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) warns that mass starvation in the strip is “deliberate.”

The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) reported that the Israeli military has destroyed tens of thousands of relief packages, including significant amounts of food and medicine, meant for the starving people of Gaza.

Citing Israeli military sources, the broadcaster said that over 1,000 truckloads of humanitarian aid were deliberately destroyed.

“There are thousands of parcels left under the sun, and if they are not transported to Gaza, we will be forced to destroy them,” the sources said, as the occupying regime has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza since March.

Amid worldwide condemnation of the weaponization of food in Gaza, the Israeli regime claimed the destruction was due to alleged failures in the “aid distribution mechanism” within the strip.

Meanwhile, Israel has bypassed a UN-led aid system and backed the US-led Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), slammed by the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) as a “flawed distribution system”............more........