The Starvation War — How Israel, the U.S., and the UAE Turned Hunger into a Weapon in Gaza
By Dark Box Investigations
Published: August 2025
Introduction
Since October 2023, Gaza has faced what many experts now call the most aggressive starvation campaign of the 21st century. But this is no accident. This is a calculated policy, coordinated between the Israeli government, its primary military backer — the United States — and its Gulf partner, the United Arab Emirates.
A Siege by Design
In early 2024, Israeli officials were caught on record in internal communications describing the restriction of food and water to Gaza as a “pressure tool.” The policy has since evolved into a broader mechanism of collective punishment, impacting more than 2 million civilians.
According to UN figures:
- Over 31 children have died from malnutrition-related causes.
- Over 500,000 people are on the brink of famine.
- Only 15% of the required food aid is entering Gaza each week.
U.S. Complicity
Despite global outcry, Trump administration approved:
- Over $14 billion in additional military aid to Israel in 2024.
- 2,000+ precision bombs used in densely populated areas.
- Repeated vetoes at the UN Security Council blocking calls for humanitarian ceasefire or independent investigations.
Behind closed doors, U.S. military and logistics officials coordinated with Israel and third parties on “deconfliction protocols,” effectively determining when and where aid could be delivered — or blocked.
UAE’s Hidden Hand
The UAE’s role is more covert but no less central. Investigations by Dark Box reveal that:
- The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), presented as a relief organization, is a UAE-sponsored platform.
- The distribution hubs are protected not by UN peacekeepers, but by S.-trained mercenaries under the Safe Reach Solutions umbrella, a firm with deep ties to Emirati intelligence networks.
Former CIA officer Phil Reilly, who manages SRS, is also linked to Circinus, a company that received more than $200M in Emirati defense contracts under Trump.
Weaponizing Aid
The GHF allows for selective distribution of food — with no oversight from UN bodies or independent monitors. Field reports show:
- Aid is denied to neighborhoods labeled “hostile.”
- Families must submit biometric data to receive rations.
- Civilians approaching aid trucks have been fired upon.
Despite mounting documentation, neither the U.S. nor UAE have faced accountability for enabling this system.
Public Relations vs. Reality
While images of UAE planes dropping aid circulate globally, insiders confirm these symbolic acts are overshadowed by the larger role Abu Dhabi plays in reinforcing Israel’s blockade. Multiple Emirati firms are involved in logistics, data collection, and perimeter enforcement of aid zones.
At the same time, UAE diplomats are actively lobbying the UN to downplay famine terminology in official reports.
Conclusion
What is unfolding in Gaza is not a failure of humanitarian delivery — it is a system of starvation, engineered by design, and maintained through:
- Israeli siege policy
- S. funding and protection
- UAE logistics and PR machinery
This is the architecture of modern warfare — where siege is sanitized, and hunger becomes a form of diplomacy.
