section_path: Arrest warrants/Starvation as a weapon of war
section_name: Starvation as a weapon of war
paragraph_text: Starvation as a weapon of war
  
  One of the key allegations was the "use of starvation as a weapon of war". The use of starvation as weapon of war is banned by the United Nations. Since then it was used in both Gaza and Sudan. In mid 2023 German government officials also accused Russia of using hunger as a weapon. Yoav Gallant made a public speech in early October 2023, shortly after the Hamas attacks on Israel that sparked the war, saying, "there will be no more electricity, no more food, no more fuel... We are fighting against human animals and will behave accordingly." A few weeks before that the arrest warrants were issued, there were also reports of looting occurring in areas controlled by the IDF.