Gazawood Propagandist Selectively Exploits Gaza Videos To Dismiss Forced Starvation

As Israel’s ongoing war and blockade tighten their grip on Gaza, officials warn that people are dying every day due to a lack of humanitarian aid. While humanitarian organizations raise alarms about an impending starvation, Israeli propaganda accounts continue to deny the crisis by selectively sharing videos from Gaza and mocking them.

Israeli Hasbara Page Uses Selective Videos To Deny Famine

Gazawood, a widely followed Israeli propaganda account, continues to circulate videos that allegedly deny the forced starvation devastating Gaza.

Recently, Gazawood targeted 16-year-old Gazan content creator Nana Abu Hashem, who is known during the war for sharing light-hearted cooking videos despite severe food shortages.

On July 23, the Israeli account posted a video that begins with Nana flipping an empty pot—a symbolic gesture highlighting the lack of ingredients in Gaza.

Gazawood then merged this clip with other shots of Nana cooking for her followers, sharing the video with the caption, “No food. No water. No shame either.” The account suggests that Gazans are not starving but staging scenes for the camera—an insinuation common across Gazawood’s posts.

Misbar’s team reviewed Nana Abu Hashem’s Instagram content and confirmed that all the scenes used in Gazawood’s video were outdated.

The most recent video Nana shared, after the one of her flipping an empty Maqluba pot—a Palestinian dish—was posted on June 28, showing her modestly celebrating her 16th birthday.

Nana's last cooking video, uploaded on June 27, featured a simple recipe for Palestinian falafel.

Despite the recipe's simplicity, falafel has become unaffordable for many in Gaza today, with the cost of a single sandwich now exceeding $6, according to a journalist from Gaza.

On July 21, Gazawood also selectively shared a promotional video from “Mahmoud Market,” a small supermarket in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.

The 21-second clip shows limited shelves stocked with secondary items such as chips and chocolates—products commonly found in small shops around the world.

Gazawood used the footage to mock the starvation crisis in Gaza, captioning it, “They're open, they're in Deir al-Balah, and they deliver all across Gaza (just in case you saw a ‘journalist’ mixing salt in water and clearly in need of something sweet).”

The video appeared as part of a thread on X showing a few clips of the same shop making gifts for customers.

Misbar’s investigative team conducted a thorough reverse image search and found the footage to be older than claimed.

The shop’s Instagram account, “ma7moud_market,” originally posted the video on March 11, during a temporary ceasefire between Gaza and Israel—seven days before Israel breached the agreement on March 18.

The video was filmed during a brief period after Israel resumed its closure of crossings and reinforced the blockade on goods and food on March 2.

On July 21, the shop announced on Instagram that it was temporarily closing due to the ongoing border shutdown, severe shortages of goods, and the skyrocketing prices of what little remains.

Experts Warn Gaza Has Been at Risk of Famine for Months

U.N. officials, humanitarian organizations, and food security experts have warned that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are on the edge of famine.

Aid agencies report that only a minimal amount of humanitarian assistance is entering Gaza. Twenty-one months into the Israeli war on Gaza, Palestinians continue to endure catastrophic levels of hunger.

Witnesses, health officials, and the U.N. Human Rights Office report that the Israeli military has killed hundreds of Palestinians attempting to reach aid distribution points or convoys.

The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) describes the hunger crisis in Gaza as having reached “new and astonishing levels of desperation.”

According to WFP Emergency Director Ross Smith, nearly 100,000 women and children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, and one-third of the population is now going days without food.

In the past 24 hours, forced starvation claimed the lives of at least 10 Palestinians, raising the total death toll from hunger to 111, including more than 80 children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

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