<p>The famine in Gaza represents a case of deliberate and technologically enabled starvation resulting from sustained military actions that have destroyed food systems, obstructed aid, and targeted civilians seeking nourishment. Unlike natural disasters, this crisis demonstrates how digital and military technologies can be weaponized to enforce deprivation. Drawing on recent analyses of famine and mass starvation, including frameworks developed by the World Peace Foundation, this commentary conceptualizes Gaza’s famine as an instance of “engineered starvation,” in which artificial intelligence (AI), precision drones, and biometric surveillance are deployed to dismantle food, water, and energy systems. The resulting collapse has precipitated acute malnutrition, disease outbreaks, and long-term developmental harm, particularly among children and pregnant women. Beyond its immediate toll, this case signals a new paradigm in warfare—the algorithmic management of starvation—as a public health weapon. This analysis underscores the urgent need for global accountability mechanisms, protection of humanitarian infrastructure, regulation of military technologies in conflict zones, and the coordinated rebuilding of essential systems to prevent the normalization of famine as an instrument of war.</p>