WHAT IT HORRIBLY MEANS TO STARVE TO DEATH (mostly from a Palestinian physician quoted on Al Jazeera with added [] from me)

Initially, the body relies upon glycogen [stored in liver], before turning to fats and then muscles, causing the body to shrink and the starving person to assume a gaunt, hollow-cheeked look.

The brain is deprived of the energy it requires to function, so the starving person experiences irritability, mood swings and difficulty concentrating.

Basically, the body just slows down, as it pulls energy from other organs to keep the brain and the heart going

The heart’s function will also be affected eventually, with a corresponding drop in blood pressure and pulse.

An adult heart typically weighs about 300g (11oz), but records show that it can shrink to 140g (5oz) in the later stages of starvation.

Eventually, if no infection takes hold in the body [immune system failing for lack of protein and other resources], the heart will fail [the person will die of heart failure].

As the immune system shuts down, most starving people succumb to secondary infections like gastroenteritis [as organisms from the fetid sanitation-deprived environment invade their gut].

Just typing the word “Israel” causes me to want to rinse my hands in strong bleach.