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Created: 2025-07-18 23:09:26 UTC
Both Sudan and Israel have been accused by international bodies and human rights organizations of using famine or starvation as a weapon against besieged civilian populations.
In Sudan, both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are reported by the United Nations and humanitarian experts to have deliberately blocked humanitarian aid, disrupted harvests, and used starvation as a method of warfare in various regions including Darfur, creating one of the world's largest current hunger crises.
In Gaza, multiple reports—including those from Human Rights Watch, the UN, and international jurists—have accused Israel of weaponizing hunger by destroying food infrastructure, blocking food aid, and carrying out attacks on civilians seeking food, leading to famine conditions and widespread starvation among Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Both cases are cited as examples of famine being intentionally used as a military tactic, which is considered a war crime under international law.
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