Hundreds of thousands are starving in Gaza as famine arrives at ‘incredible speed,’ UN aid chief says | CNN
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Israel’s war in Gaza has brought famine with “such incredible speed,” the United Nations’ emergency relief chief told CNN on Monday, as he warned that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are starving in the besieged enclave.
  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    68·
    10 months ago

    Your claims are completely false. America is doing absolutely nothing except give israel more weapons.

    https://www.btselem.org/gaza_strip/20240108_israel_is_starving_gaza

    For example, almost all goods enter through Rafah Crossing, a passenger crossing that is not equipped for massive commercial transports, limiting the number of truckloads getting through and creating a bottleneck.Although Israel recently allowed trucks in through Kerem Shalom Crossing, too, which is designed for commercial transports, this was merely a token addition that has failed to alleviate the hardship. Additionally, Israel forces aid organizations to purchase food from Egypt and prevents them from buying it in Israel, which would allow for a more efficient and rapid transfer of goods. Israel also prohibits the private sector in Gaza from purchasing food, which could significantly increase supply.

    Aid organizations are struggling to operate under current conditions, and most of the limited aid allowed in remains in Rafah instead of reaching residents throughout the Strip. Martin Griffiths, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, listed several reasons why aid cannot be efficiently distributed. Among other things, he noted that trucks are inspected several times before Israel allows them into Gaza, and even then, long lines form due to the conditions at Rafah Crossing. The little food that does get in is very difficult to distribute due to the constant bombings, destroyed roads, frequent communication blackouts, and shelters overflowing with of hundreds of thousands of IDPs crowding into smaller and smaller areas.

    Israel can, if it so chooses, change this reality. The images of children begging for food, people waiting in long lines for paltry handouts and hungry residents charging at aid trucks are already inconceivable.

    Biden doesn’t even acknowledge Palestinians exist

    • RanvierEnglish
      43·
      10 months ago

      You didn’t read my comment did you? Because nothing you posted disproves what was in my comment or argues against it in anyway. My comment was about the United States’ actions and all you’ve posted about is what Israel is doing, which I’m not in disagreement with you on. I just disagree with your bizarre assertion that the Biden amdin is somehow responsible for Israel’s blockades in aid, when in actuality they’ve been publically urging Israel to allow additional aid through for months. And prior to the war even beginning, the Biden admin restored Palestinian aid that had previously been stripped by Trump. And everything I wrote in my comment is clearly sourced and proveable regardless. But yeah not commenting again, since you couldn’t be bothered to even read the comment, or did but jusy decided to talk past it. Plenty to criticize America or Biden over without making up lies too.

        • RanvierEnglish
          32·
          10 months ago

          Oh look it’s an article about how the Biden admin imposed a blockade on Palestine! Wait, it’s not, because that never happened, if anything it’s quite the opposite, and you lied or misspoke and just won’t own up to it. So you are changing the subject to something else, again. I’m done.