Food is one of the oldest weapons of warfare. From WWI to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, starvation has been used to devastate civilian populations by undermining their access to essential sustenance. As Alex de Waal writes in his book ‘Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine’, blockades, the destruction of food production facilities, and the disruption of markets are not just byproducts of war but are deliberate strategies that target civilian populations to exert pressure and cause suffering. Perhaps nowhere do we see this more clearly than in Gaza, where the Israeli-imposed siege a…