Israeli study finds starvation in Gaza was result of deliberate policy

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An Israeli study by Shmuel Lederman concludes that starvation in Gaza resulted from a deliberate policy of restricting aid and infrastructure, despite official denials. The research, published by the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, argues that Israel manipulated public debate around truck numbers to manage international pressure during the conflict that began in October 2023.

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Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Wed, 06/03/2026 - 13:31 Scholar Shmuel Lederman says policies point to a systematic 'architecture of starvation’ amid public and political denial Displaced Palestinian children receive food from a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 13 April 2026 (Eyad Baba/AFP) Off A recent Israeli study has concluded that starvation in Gaza resulted from a premeditated policy, despite sustained public denial by the Israeli government and much

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