As world focuses on Iran, Israel ‘engineering starvation policy’ in Gaza
The weaponisation of logistics has caused severe shortage of fuel, food and medicines piling misery on Palestinians.

The weaponisation of logistics has caused severe shortage of fuel, food and medicines piling misery on Palestinians.

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![Mawaheb Ibrahim, a diabetic survivor who lost her mother and sister to shelling in El Fasher, struggles to care for orphaned children without food or medication at the Al-Sarraf camp in Al-Gedaref. [Al-Jazeera/screengrab]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-25-172735-1772029691.png?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


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Women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi was arrested in December while attending a memorial ceremony in Mashhad.
The United States and United Nations have condemned drone attacks targeting civilians and aid convoys.
Food security experts say famine thresholds for acute malnutrition exceeded in Darfur’s Um Baru and Kernoi.

Sudanese military officials say they’ve broken through a siege by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Kadugli.
The attack in Dilling town comes a day after Sudan’s military declared an end to RSF siege there.
Nasr has no steady employment in Sanaa. He, his wife and five daughters often go to bed hungry.

Israel says it will reopen Gaza’s Rafah crossing once the body of the last Israeli captive held in Gaza is recovered.
In Ethiopia, once largest recipient of USAID funds in sub-Saharan Africa, many left with ‘little humanitarian support’.
Palestine Action-linked remand prisoner Umer Khalid calls on the UK to engage with his protest demands.
Aid cuts, conflict and economic collapse push millions of Yemenis towards severe hunger in 2026.