Palestine Report<\/a>, Moulana Ebrahim Moosa, painted a dire picture of the unfolding famine.<\/p>\n\u201cPeople are totally dependent on the crossings for aid. There\u2019s nothing available locally, there\u2019s no agricultural capacity in the Gaza Strip,\u201d he explained. \u201cSo the way the Israelis have engineered it\u2026 means that it is total dependency on items coming from the outside.\u201d<\/p>\n
This engineered dependency is now proving deadly. The Gaza Health Ministry issued an urgent bulletin over the weekend, warning of \u201cunprecedented numbers of starving people of all ages\u201d arriving at hospitals in \u201ca state of extreme exhaustion and fatigue.\u201d Many are at imminent risk of death.<\/p>\n
According to UNICEF, Gaza\u2019s population of over two million is facing \u201ccatastrophic levels\u201d of food insecurity. More than half of Gaza\u2019s residents are now at risk of famine, with severe shortages of clean water, electricity, and medical supplies compounding the crisis.<\/p>\n
Moulana Moosa emphasised that unlike previous crises, where malnutrition contributed indirectly to infant and elderly deaths, people are now \u201cdying from direct hunger.\u201d He said, \u201cThis is not alarmism. This is coming from credible accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite well-meaning appeals for donations, Moulana Moosa warned that monetary aid alone is no longer effective.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a crisis that cannot be resolved with donations\u2026 $100 000 doesn\u2019t buy a single kilogramme of meat in Gaza,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Without open borders and meaningful political intervention, the crisis will deepen.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was diagnosed over the weekend with intestinal inflammation due to eating spoiled food. While his office claimed he was recovering at home, the incident led to the postponement of Netanyahu\u2019s testimony in his criminal trial until at least September.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople can make their own conclusions,\u201d Moulana Moosa commented, suggesting scepticism over the timing of the illness and its political ramifications.<\/p>\n
As global outrage grows, activists in South Africa are taking to the streets again. On Friday, a protest will be held outside the United Arab Emirates embassy in Pretoria. Organised by the Gaza Action Coalition, the protest is a call to expose the UAE\u2019s complicity in the Israeli onslaught on Gaza.<\/p>\n
While most international criticism has been aimed at the United States and Israel, activists argue that other regional powers\u2014particularly the UAE\u2014have played a key role in sustaining the war through trade and logistics.<\/p>\n
\u201cGaza is the moral litmus test of our generation,\u201d said Moosa. He explained that while several governments are gradually moving towards holding Israel accountable, \u201cthe UAE is standing out\u2014in actual fact, deepening ties with the Israeli regime.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the UAE\u2019s most controversial moves is the use of a land corridor to bypass Red Sea disruptions, allegedly allowing weapons and supplies to reach Israel unimpeded. Furthermore, Israeli arms have been showcased at defence expos in the UAE, and reports have surfaced of Israeli settlers and soldiers being welcomed there.<\/p>\n
The protest aims to challenge the UAE\u2019s policy of prioritising economic interests over political justice\u2014especially in Africa and Palestine. Activists argue this approach is morally bankrupt and historically indefensible.<\/p>\n
\u201cHistory will judge people who make such arguments very harshly,\u201d Moosa warned. \u201cThis is a moment to be able to change course because of the critical nature of the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
South Africa has been among the few countries to take a strong legal stance against Israel\u2019s actions. In January, it brought a case before the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. The court ruled that there was plausible evidence to proceed and ordered Israel to take steps to prevent genocide and allow humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n
Yet as children starve to death in Gaza and the international legal process drags on, pressure is building for more immediate, people-driven responses.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne Palestinian said that as long as all the anger is being vented on social media and not on the streets, they don\u2019t see any hope to this particular situation,\u201d Moulana Moosa reported.<\/p>\n
Listen <\/strong>to the Palestine Report<\/a> on Sabaahul Muslim with Moulana Sulaimaan Ravat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"21 July 2025 | 11:00 CAT 3-minute read Gaza\u2019s starvation crisis deepens; protest targets UAE\u2019s role in genocide The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza has reached a horrifying new phase, with starvation now claiming lives directly, not as a secondary consequence of war, but as the primary cause of death. Over the weekend, images emerging from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":98313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28,4998],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-ummah"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Palestine-Report-2.jpg?fit=372%2C367&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-pOe","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 02:11:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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