Geopolitical Briefing: Palestine
14 August 2025
- In the last 24 hours, Israeli bombardments killed 123 Palestinians, including multiple aid-seekers; concurrently, four more individuals—three of them children—died of starvation, with northern Gaza turned into “lifeless wastelands.” ([Reuters today])(turn0news4), Al Jazeera today (Al Jazeera)
- UN experts warn of systematic destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system (“medicide”), amid continued forced starvation and mounting protests following the killing of journalists. ([Al Jazeera today])(turn0news25
- French President Macron proposed deploying a UN-mandated international coalition to stabilize Gaza and counter Israeli plans for full occupation, denouncing reoccupation as an unprecedented disaster. ([The Times still authoritative](turn0news27
Israeli bombardments intensified over the past day, resulting in 123 civilian deaths—some occurring near aid points—while starvation claimed four more lives, including children. Northern Gaza has been described as a “lifeless wasteland,” starkly illustrating the lethal fusion of siege and bombardment as tools of coercive control. This deepens the humanitarian crisis and reinforces patterns of displacement and deprivation framed as necessary security operations under occupation logic.
Experts from the UN warn of Gaza’s escalating "medicide"—the deliberate targeting and degradation of healthcare infrastructure—amid enforced starvation. Protests flared in response to the killing of journalists, emphasizing the morgue-like collapse of health and information systems under an occupying power's strategy. This systemic suppression of life and truth intensifies coercive governance and erodes societal resilience.
In a rare diplomatic escalation, French President Emmanuel Macron called for a UN-administered stabilization mission in Gaza instead of Israel’s intended reoccupation. Labeling such a reoccupation a “disaster of unprecedented gravity,” he urged the Security Council to act, signaling growing international rejection of unilateral military governance. This marks a convergence of strategic pushback and increased scrutiny of Israel’s tactics, though its impact remains to be seen.
These developments mark a grim acceleration in the starvation and Genocide of Gaza—combining perpetual bombardment with starvation—and the systemic dismantling of essential services, even as international diplomatic efforts seek alternative governance mechanisms for the territory.
