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cliffside

(1,129 posts)
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 02:25 PM Thursday

Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise

Source: Washington Post

Full article at link.

https://wapo.st/3GXPS9A

"After four months of a near-total Israeli siege, Gaza’s few remaining hospitals now have wards for the growing number of malnourished children whose tiny bodies are just the width of their bones...

... For months, aid agencies had warned of the coming crisis, as Israel halted the flow of aid to the Gaza Strip before attempting to replace U.N. relief efforts with distribution points inside military zones. It was a move Israeli officials said was aimed at pressuring Hamas, whose fighters attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and continue to hold about 50 hostages who were abducted that day, about 20 of whom are still believed to be alive...

... In a briefing with reporters on Wednesday, an Israeli military official said there was a “lack of food security inside Gaza,” but blamed a failure to distribute aid on the U.N...

...The U.N. says Israeli authorities are the “sole decision-makers” on who, and how much, aid enters Gaza, as well as the type of supplies that are allowed in...."



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Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise (Original Post) cliffside Thursday OP
See this article Bayard Thursday #1
Agree and relatives of hostages expressed their concerns when the IDF moved into an area where hostages ... cliffside Thursday #2
Genocide maliaSmith Thursday #3
If you think Israel is "just as bad", then you don't know how bad Nazi Germany was. maxsolomon Friday #8
CNN covering this now. nt cliffside Thursday #4
The spin and gaslighting is so repulsive. AloeVera Friday #5
Horrible!!! Owl Friday #6
It's a *shunda! electric_blue68 Friday #7
Yesterday 8 out of 16 UN requests for aid delivery were denied. AloeVera Friday #9
Me too and .. Israel trying to deflect blame for widespread starvation in Gaza cliffside Friday #10
Nothing is ever Israel's fault. EVER. AloeVera Friday #13
I wouldn't say... myohmy2 Friday #11
It is ... unproductive and inhumane :( nt cliffside Friday #12
it's sad... myohmy2 Friday #14

Bayard

(26,166 posts)
1. See this article
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 03:37 PM
Thursday
https://democraticunderground.com/1134144382

I don't see how the possibility of a few hostages still alive, (not that I would condone hostage taking,) justifies letting thousands of people starve to death.

cliffside

(1,129 posts)
2. Agree and relatives of hostages expressed their concerns when the IDF moved into an area where hostages ...
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 09:14 PM
Thursday

might be held.

Israeli tanks advance into Gaza's Deir al-Balah city for first time

Maps at link ...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d060xy331o

"...The UN said the evacuation order in Deir al-Balah affected tens of thousands of Palestinians and dealt "another devastating blow" to humanitarian efforts.

The neighbourhoods contain dozens of camps for displaced families as well as aid warehouses, health clinics, and critical water infrastructure..."

maliaSmith

(90 posts)
3. Genocide
Thu Jul 24, 2025, 09:57 PM
Thursday

Israel, in my opinion, is, is just as bad as Germany was. Deliberately starving people living in Gaza and killing them when they try to get food is horrible. With Trump continuing to support Israel with money and weapons, he is no better than Hitler, nor is Bibi. They've killed over 50,000 people. Shame on Trump and our government for supporting this genocide.

maxsolomon

(36,978 posts)
8. If you think Israel is "just as bad", then you don't know how bad Nazi Germany was.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 03:16 PM
Friday

Maybe look into it.

"Welcome to DU".

AloeVera

(3,450 posts)
5. The spin and gaslighting is so repulsive.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 08:04 AM
Friday

"No limit" (banning aid trucks and the UN for nearly 5 months = "no limit" on aid)

"Analyzing the calories per capita" (WTF)

"Bring trucks" (from the active war zone of the HUMANITARIAN HUB of Deir al-Balah currently being bombed in some weird coincidence of timing )

WTF!!!!

Repulsive.

AloeVera

(3,450 posts)
9. Yesterday 8 out of 16 UN requests for aid delivery were denied.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 03:33 PM
Friday

Two others faced absurd administrative and bureaucratic, logistical hurdles.

I hope the 8 make it through. It's very bad now. Trucks are given routes close to military zones and "buffer zones". Crowds of the starving are stopping aid trucks. On Sunday, I believe, dozens were killed by the IDF as they approached the trucks. It's just diabolical.

Yet in spite of the mounting, hard evidence of Israel's deliberate obstruction, and the cruelty of its GHF, some asshole spokesman for the Israeli government named David Mencer, said this week. "There is no famine in Gaza - there is a famine of the truth".

I have seen these lies, and the lies about the UN, pushed here on DU and it makes me sick.

cliffside

(1,129 posts)
10. Me too and .. Israel trying to deflect blame for widespread starvation in Gaza
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 07:33 PM
Friday
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/25/israel-deflect-blame-starvation-gaza-hunger

"Officials and ministers either deny that Palestinians are being affected by hunger or say it is not Israel’s fault.."

AloeVera

(3,450 posts)
13. Nothing is ever Israel's fault. EVER.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:09 PM
Friday

Every violation of law and morals is because they were made to do it, you see? By the bad guys. Or they didn't do it, someone else did it. The bad guys. Because Israel is the good guy, see?

But the ones responsible for this cruel starvation know they are guilty. I wonder if it will ever bother them, what they did?

myohmy2

(3,604 posts)
11. I wouldn't say...
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 08:00 PM
Friday

...this is a very good use of our tax dollars...

...it could be unproductive and inhumane...

...trump and yahu, what a combo...



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myohmy2

(3,604 posts)
14. it's sad...
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:54 PM
Friday

...that many don't see us as doing wrong here...

...the cancerous tumor of fascism has grown rather large on our body politic...

...

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