Israeli Protest In Tel Aviv Over Gaza Food Shortages

Israeli activists gathered at HaBima Square on Tuesday for a protest march towards the Israeli Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, denouncing the ongoing food shortage and forced displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The activists, bearing placards with inscriptions like ‘Starvation is a War Crime; We are all responsible, it is being done in our name,’ marched with sacks of flour towards the Israeli defence ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.

The United Nations in June 2025 condemned what it claimed was Israel’s “weaponisation of food” in Gaza and called it a war crime, as aid agencies urged action and warnings about malnutrition multiplied.

Dozens of Palestinians, mostly children, have died from starvation and malnutrition amid a continued Israeli blockade.

Their protest came amid mounting global concern over reports of famine in Gaza, where United Nations agencies say hundreds of thousands are on the brink of starvation.

Humanitarian organisations have raised the alarm over worsening malnutrition, with aid convoys reportedly blocked at the border.

According to Al Jazeera, children have been dying before aid can reach them, even as enough food to feed Gaza’s population for three months reportedly remains stalled in trucks outside the Strip. On Tuesday, medical sources reported that 21 children died within 72 hours from severe hunger and malnutrition.