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cliffside

(1,282 posts) Thu Jul 24, 2025, 02:25 PM Jul 24

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...."

Read more: https://wapo.st/3GXPS9A

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Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise (Original Post) cliffside Jul 24 OP

See this article Bayard Jul 24 #1

Agree and relatives of hostages expressed their concerns when the IDF moved into an area where hostages ... cliffside Jul 24 #2

Genocide maliaSmith Jul 24 #3

If you think Israel is "just as bad", then you don't know how bad Nazi Germany was. maxsolomon Jul 25 #8

CNN covering this now. nt cliffside Jul 24 #4

The spin and gaslighting is so repulsive. AloeVera Jul 25 #5

Horrible!!! Owl Jul 25 #6

It's a *shunda! electric_blue68 Jul 25 #7

Yesterday 8 out of 16 UN requests for aid delivery were denied. AloeVera Jul 25 #9

Me too and .. Israel trying to deflect blame for widespread starvation in Gaza cliffside Jul 25 #10

Nothing is ever Israel's fault. EVER. AloeVera Jul 25 #13

I wouldn't say... myohmy2 Jul 25 #11

It is ... unproductive and inhumane :( nt cliffside Jul 25 #12

it's sad... myohmy2 Jul 25 #14

Bayard

(26,574 posts)

1. See this article

Reply to cliffside (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2025, 03:37 PM

Jul 24

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

(1,282 posts)

2. Agree and relatives of hostages expressed their concerns when the IDF moved into an area where hostages ...

Reply to Bayard (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 24, 2025, 09:14 PM

Jul 24

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

(92 posts)

3. Genocide

Reply to cliffside (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2025, 09:57 PM

Jul 24

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

(37,152 posts)

8. If you think Israel is "just as bad", then you don't know how bad Nazi Germany was.

Reply to maliaSmith (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 03:16 PM

Jul 25

Maybe look into it.

"Welcome to DU".

cliffside

(1,282 posts)

4. CNN covering this now. nt

Reply to cliffside (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2025, 10:03 PM

Jul 24

AloeVera

(3,622 posts)

5. The spin and gaslighting is so repulsive.

Reply to cliffside (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 08:04 AM

Jul 25

"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.

Owl

(3,741 posts)

6. Horrible!!!

Reply to cliffside (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 08:07 AM

Jul 25

electric_blue68

(23,369 posts)

7. It's a *shunda!

Reply to cliffside (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 11:55 AM

Jul 25

*Yiddish for shame.
I grew up in a Jewish neighborhood.

AloeVera

(3,622 posts)

9. Yesterday 8 out of 16 UN requests for aid delivery were denied.

Reply to cliffside (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 03:33 PM

Jul 25

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

(1,282 posts)

10. Me too and .. Israel trying to deflect blame for widespread starvation in Gaza

Reply to AloeVera (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 07:33 PM

Jul 25

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

(3,622 posts)

13. Nothing is ever Israel's fault. EVER.

Reply to cliffside (Reply #10)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:09 PM

Jul 25

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?