Starvation is not only killing Palestinians in Gaza one by one, but also destroying Palestinian society and inflicting permanent damage on bodies and minds, experts say. As hopes for a ceasefire rise, the threat from extreme hunger is particularly acute because Israel has continued to deploy food controls as a weapon against civilians during previous pauses in conventional fighting, and could do so again. Starvation forces the body to consume its own muscle and organs for energy, which can cause permanent injury, harms children’s futures by stunting the growth of their bodies and minds, and may even damage the heath...