Statistical Analysis: 42% of Global Starvation Incidents Recorded in Gaza Alone

A statistical analysis has revealed that more than 42% of attacks on global food supply chains have occurred in the Gaza Strip alone over the past eight years.

According to the Palestinian news agency Safa, the statistical organization Security Insight documented the increasing use of hunger as a weapon of war, recording more than 20,000 incidents of “food-related violence” since 2018.

The analysis examined the period following the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2417, which unanimously condemned the deliberate starvation of civilians in 2018. It concluded that starvation is increasingly being used as a weapon, with food supplies routinely targeted in Gaza, Lebanon, and Haiti, among other countries.

The Gaza Ministry of Health confirmed in July that more than 900 Palestinians, including 71 children, had died from starvation and malnutrition, in addition to 6,000 injured individuals searching for food. Since the start of Israel’s war of annihilation on the Gaza Strip, researchers at the organization have documented 1,909 military strikes on agricultural land and 563 strikes on vital water infrastructure, impacting food security in more than 42 countries and territories.

The occupied Palestinian territory has recorded the highest number of attacks, with 9,013.

The analysis describes a “marked increase” in attacks on markets, agricultural land, and food distribution systems.

“Famine in Gaza has dominated global headlines for the past two years, but most conflict-related hunger cases do not receive the same level of attention,” said Julia Conto, Advocacy Director for Conflict and Hunger at Action Against Hunger. It worsens daily, with relentless attacks on the systems upon which communities depend for survival: bombing markets and preventing aid convoys from reaching them.

Researchers also found that civilians were frequently targeted while trying to obtain food. In October and at the end of 2025, more than 10,300 people were killed or wounded while attempting to access aid.