Today, the Arab League Council meets at the ministerial level, chaired by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, to discuss lifting the siege on Gaza and a ceasefire. Palestine has called for this meeting, presenting limited demands against the Israeli plan to re-occupy the Gaza Strip amid an announced genocide war, primarily a war of starvation, which has become a programmed Israeli strategy.

Simultaneously, the UN Security Council meets in New York to discuss the Israeli plan to control Gaza, which Netanyahu calls the liberation of Gaza to avoid the term occupation and its international consequences.

The world remains stunned by Israeli statements and plans, which UN Secretary-General Guterres described as a dangerous escalation leading to more forced displacement, killing, and widespread destruction, worsening the harsh suffering of Gazans.

Israel continues its plans, facing no effective deterrent or punishment, able to dismiss all international measures taken against it.

The Israeli plan now pressures Hamas, aiming to intimidate it into concessions at the negotiation table; otherwise, the plan will be executed. Israeli military leaders who met with Netanyahu expressed the severity of losses in heated discussions lasting ten hours.

Netanyahu keeps the door slightly open, waiting for Hamas to say yes, conditioning the occupation of Gaza on developments in negotiations.

He continues a finger-biting game amid internal Israeli siege, escalation, and international pressure that he still ignores, as the US wants this pressure to fail and Israel to remain unaffected, buying more time. The US envoy and officials speak with tones surpassing Israeli rhetoric, as if they were Israeli Foreign Ministry employees.

The leaked Israeli plan is estimated to last six months, starting within two weeks with the gradual evacuation of Gaza City residents to the Al-Mawasi area, the ghetto established by Israel surrounded by fences and guards, where about 800,000 Gazans will be confined. The forced displacement to this site is expected to take 45 days, requiring Israel to call up reserves and deploy multiple military divisions, with the buildup expected to end on October 25, 2025.

The evacuation process will continue for six months unless developments occur. The repeated phrase ‘unless developments occur’ indicates the operation aims primarily to pressure the resistance and also reflects internal Israeli factors that might change Netanyahu’s plan.

Senior Israeli military officials protested Netanyahu’s method due to its internal and external costs and global opposition but not the war itself. Conferences and condemnations have not yet caused any grinding progress; Gaza needs flour before a two-state solution.

Hope must be restored to the starving in Gaza. The parachute drops of aid led by Jordan remain a lifeline despite their scarcity, as King Abdullah said, without replacing the need for land aid and trucks to save Gaza. This requires international and Arab will, placing the ball in Israel’s court, which will happen despite time being critical.

The situation of Gazans is: those who do not die by bullets die by starvation. Death in Gaza is not equal; multiple causes exist, but death is one.

Death by starvation is the greatest torment humanity must not accept, needing no description as cameras broadcast this genocide live.