israel cannot hide anymore.

i cannot wait to read what the naysayers will say on that this time.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/...-gaza-city-1.7615393


Famine conditions exist in Gaza City, UN-backed hunger monitor says in report
Israel's foreign minister and military agency in charge of aid deny famine

The world's leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip's largest city is gripped by famine, and that it is likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said famine is occurring in Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, and that it could spread south to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month.

The IPC report comes after months of warnings by aid groups that Israel's restrictions of food and other aid into Gaza, and its military offensive, were causing starvation among Palestinian civilians, particularly children. Yet this is the first official confirmation.

"Read it in sorrow and in anger," United Nations emergency co-ordinator Tom Fletcher told reporters in Geneva, commenting on the release of the report.

Fletcher assailed the "systematic obstruction" of aid by Israel and demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu let supplies in on a massive scale.

"It is a famine that we could have prevented if we had been allowed, yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel," he said.

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Famine conditions exist in Gaza City, UN-backed hunger monitor says in report
Israel's foreign minister and military agency in charge of aid deny famine
The Associated Press · Posted: Aug 22, 2025 3:18 AM MST | Last Updated: 9 hours ago

UN-backed hunger monitor confirms famine in parts of Gaza
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Famine has struck Gaza City and will likely spread over the next month, a global hunger monitor has determined. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system said 514,000 people — nearly a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza — are experiencing famine, and that could rise to 641,000 by the end of September. Israel has dismissed the report as 'false and biased.'
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The world's leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip's largest city is gripped by famine, and that it is likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said famine is occurring in Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, and that it could spread south to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis by the end of next month.

The IPC report comes after months of warnings by aid groups that Israel's restrictions of food and other aid into Gaza, and its military offensive, were causing starvation among Palestinian civilians, particularly children. Yet this is the first official confirmation.

"Read it in sorrow and in anger," United Nations emergency co-ordinator Tom Fletcher told reporters in Geneva, commenting on the release of the report.

Fletcher assailed the "systematic obstruction" of aid by Israel and demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu let supplies in on a massive scale.



"It is a famine that we could have prevented if we had been allowed, yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel," he said.
WATCH | 'Everyone owns this': UN official on famine conditions:

Gaza famine 'a moment of collective shame,' UN aid chief says
11 hours ago
United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher says the famine that has struck part of Gaza was preventable, blaming the 'systematic obstruction' of aid by Israel. The comments on Friday came in response to a UN-backed monitor's report that famine is occurring in Gaza City and likely to spread to other parts of the territory. Israel is rejecting the findings.

More than half a million people in Gaza, about a quarter of the population, face catastrophic levels of hunger and many are at risk of dying from malnutrition-related causes, the IPC report said.

Israel's Foreign Ministry issued a denial in response to the report.

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"Over 100,000 trucks of aid have entered Gaza since the start of the war, and in recent weeks a massive influx of aid has flooded the strip with staple foods and caused a sharp decline in food prices, which have plummeted in the markets," the Israeli ministry said in a statement.

"The IPC report is an outright lie. Israel does not have a policy of starvation. Israel has a policy of preventing starvation," Netanyahu's office posted on X.
Conditions assessed over 6-week period

The Israeli military agency in charge of transferring aid to the territory, known as COGAT, also rejected the report, and said that significant steps had been taken to expand the amount of aid entering the strip in recent weeks.

In March, Israel cut off the entry of all goods, including fuel, food and medicine, to pressure Hamas to free hostages. Israel eased those restrictions in May and says there's currently no limit on how many aid trucks can enter Gaza.

But it also pushed ahead with a new U.S.-backed aid delivery system that requires Palestinians to travel long distances and pass through Israeli military lines to get aid. The traditional, UN-led aid providers say deliveries have been hampered by Israeli military restrictions and incidents of looting, while criminals and hungry crowds overwhelm entering convoys.

"For humanity's sake, let us in," said Fletcher.

Witnesses, health officials and the UN rights office say hundreds of people have been killed by Israeli forces while seeking aid from both providers, while Israel says it has only fired warning shots and that the toll is exaggerated.

Israel calls up tens of thousands more reservists

The data analyzed between July 1 and Aug. 15 showed clear evidence that thresholds for starvation and acute malnutrition have been reached. Gathering data for mortality has been harder, but the IPC said it is reasonable to conclude from the evidence that the necessary threshold has likely been reached.

The IPC says a famine exists in an area when all three of the following conditions are confirmed:

At least 20 per cent of households have an extreme lack of food, or are essentially starving.
At least 30 per cent of children six months to 5 years old suffer from acute malnutrition or wasting, meaning they're too thin for their height.
At least two people, or four children under the age of 5, for every 10,000 persons, are dying daily due to starvation or the interaction of malnutrition and disease.


Israel plots wider scale Gaza operation

Kirsty Blacka, an Australian emergency nurse who worked in Gaza City's Al-Quds hospital through June, said the lack of food has been compounded by contaminated water causing diarrhea and infections, and that diseases are harder to recover from when people are malnourished.

Families in Gaza City say they're watching their loved ones waste away. Yousef Sbeteh's two teenage children were injured by shrapnel during an Israeli airstrike in June and have spent the last two months in the hospital. While there, they've both lost weight because there hasn't been enough food, he said.

Sbeteh's 15-year-old daughter Aya lost nearly 20 kilograms, or about 30 per cent of her body weight, according to her doctors.

"Doctors say she needs protein, meat and fish," Sbeteh said while sitting beside his frail daughter. "But I can't provide that now." Sbeteh's 17-year-old son Ahmad has lost about 15 kilograms, doctors say.

The report comes as Israel's defence minister warned on Friday that Gaza City could be destroyed unless Hamas accepts Israel's terms, as Netanyahu said this week he would authorize the military to mount a major operation to seize Gaza City.

"The gates of hell will soon open on the heads of Hamas's murderers and rapists in Gaza — until they agree to Israel's conditions for ending the war," Defence Minister Israel Katz wrote in a post on the social media platform X.

He restated Israel's ceasefire demands: the release of all hostages and Hamas's complete disarmament.

Hamas has said it would release captives in exchange for ending the war, but rejects disarmament without the creation of a Palestinian state.

The wide-scale operation in Gaza City could start within days.

Gaza City is Hamas's military and governing stronghold, atop of what Israel believes is an extensive tunnel network. It is also sheltering hundreds of thousands of civilians and still houses some of the strip's critical infrastructure and health facilities.

Hamas said earlier this week that it had agreed to a ceasefire proposal from Arab mediators, which — if accepted by Israel — could forestall the offensive.
WATCH | Netanyahu approves wider operation in Gaza:

Netanyahu rejects ceasefire, approves 'takeover' of Gaza City
23 hours ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a ceasefire deal approved by Hamas, and military bombardments have begun in Gaza City, triggering more displacement, destruction and desperation for residents.

Many Israelis fear an assault could doom the roughly 20 hostages still alive after Hamas-led militants launched the Oct. 7, 2023, attack, which killed some 1,200 people, with 250 others taken hostage.

More than 61,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's ensuing military campaign in Gaza, according to local health officials, and much of the enclave has been destroyed.

The logistics of evacuating civilians from Gaza City are expected to be daunting. Many residents say repeated displacement is pointless since nowhere in Gaza is safe, while medical groups warn Israel's calls to move patients south is unworkable, with no facilities to receive them.

Israel has been denying famine for many months and will continue to do so. They fully intend to level Gaza City, regardless of civilian casualties or starvation. Of course, orange jesus could end it tomorrow- he said so and therefore it must be true.

An American president with any backbone could end that conflict tomorrow.

He's just have a little talk with Netanyahu about withdrawing US aid to Israel.

. . . BiBi has pics.

It appears to have gone beyond defense, to conquest and ethnic cleansing.
Show me where I'm misinterpreting the news...

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Originally posted by TomP:
It appears to have gone beyond defense, to conquest and ethnic cleansing.
Show me where I'm misinterpreting the news...

despite the horrible massacre comitted by hamas in october, the conquest and ethnic cleansing against palestinians is happening since the creation of israel and despite UN orders ...

nothing justify what is done to civilian populations. the ones defending that has really not an idea about what is done there.

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Originally posted by RolandtheHeadless:
An American president with any backbone could end that conflict tomorrow.

He's just have a little talk with Netanyahu about withdrawing US aid to Israel.

The New Nazi and their 21st century Holocaust!

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SHAME ON AMERICA!

More than 100 international aid organisations and human rights groups have warned of mass starvation in Gaza.
Israel, which controls the entry of aid supplies into Gaza, has accused the charities of "serving the propaganda of Hamas". But its own government figures show the amount of food it allowed into the territory between March and July was significantly below what the World Food Programme (WFP) says is needed for even basic assistance needs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05ed10zqj8o

The UK is among 27 countries backing a statement calling for Israel to allow immediate independent foreign media access to Gaza.
France, Germany, Australia, and Japan have also signed the text released by the Media Freedom Coalition, external - an intergovernmental group which advocates for the rights and protection of journalists globally.

And, from what I read, the government is letting in more settlers. Absolute BS if you are trying to end the conflict.

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They fully intend to level Gaza City,

That is what I would do.

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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They fully intend to level Gaza City,

That is what I would do.

Would you also starve the people while bombing the place??

Dr. Easter could care less that Israel could form a transition government, prevent Hamas from being involved politically, and with that transition government with US and Saudi observes demilitarize Gaza.

Netanyahu Just wants to annex Gaza.

From the Ri Ed to the Sea but for Israel.

Dr. Easter is just fine with this and wants every Muslim displaced by force and famine.

Both of them are just insuring the US and Israel are less secure.

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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They fully intend to level Gaza City,

That is what I would do.

Hamas started this - They are the "legal" government of Gaza, broke a standing ceasefire, they killed hundreds in a terrorist attack, took hostages, and have reneged on every deal accepted --

the whole thing could END today -- release the hostages, kick out the terrorists --

pretty simple stuff --

oh, as for even remotely comparing the potential invasion of Japan to this?

Sigh -- it's one of those things, where you can have the greatest mind in the county, but without UNDERSTANDING the data, you have imperfect solutions
the launched a sneak, terrorist attack
we fought an all out "kill them all" war in the pacific -- with flame throwers and other nasties
we PLANNED to invade Japan
we had already cut them off from shipping, and were INTENTIONALLY causing starvation of the civilian population
WHILE we were firebombing major CIVILIAN Cities (oh, you probably don't recalled that most civilian structures in Japan were made of untreated wood and PAPER -- one spark could burn down a home)
and rather than invade, costing MILLIONS of lives on both sides --

so, we flipping NUKED THEM-- TWICE, to gain capitulation - killing over 250,000 by direct deaths from the bombs--

Finally causing such overwhelming damage that they surrendered, UNCONDITIONALLY

could you imagine has the "free press" been allowed to do the same tasks in Japan as in Gaza?


Hmm, who was it that said "we don't negotiate with terrorists"?

lay down with dogs, get up with fleas

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Originally posted by theback40:
And, from what I read, the government is letting in more settlers. Absolute BS if you are trying to end the conflict.

Have telling you for years.

Zionism is CANCER!

Keeps spreading into everything!

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Originally posted by jdollar:

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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They fully intend to level Gaza City,

That is what I would do.

Would you also starve the people while bombing the place??

Is it my responsibility to feed my enemy. It is like when Struther told JD Cahill it was a friendly fight. John Wayne said: “I ain’t never been in one of them.”

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Originally posted by jdollar:

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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They fully intend to level Gaza City,

That is what I would do.

Would you also starve the people while bombing the place??

PS: Jerry,
If Hamas was going to lash out in a strike and take some prisoners to prove their point…was it necessary to burn some children alive? And was it necessary for a crowd of Palestinians to watch them burned alive while cheering it on?

I say f*** them, load the bombs and diesel up the bulldozers.

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Originally posted by LHeym500:
Dr. Easter could care less that Israel could form a transition government, prevent Hamas from being involved politically, and with that transition government with US and Saudi observes demilitarize Gaza.

Netanyahu Just wants to annex Gaza.

From the Ri Ed to the Sea but for Israel.

Dr. Easter is just fine with this and wants every Muslim displaced by force and famine.

Both of them are just insuring the US and Israel are less secure.

You finally got something close to right.

In this instance, Dr Easter is no different to the Hitler Youth cheering Adolf’s experiment of exterminating the innocent Jews!

Pass the bombs please.

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Originally posted by ledvm:
Pass the bombs please.

Yes NitanHitler!

With the able support of

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And was it necessary for a crowd of Palestinians to them burned alive

Mohammed Abu Khdeir

Not someone you will have heard of.

Ali Dawabsheh

Again not someone you will have ever heard of. Or his parents.

Those who were tortured and killed by Hamas deserve justice, but the wholesale slaughter and starvation of the populace of Gaza isn't justice.

Surrender and give up hostages or deal with unleashed hell
War is ugly but every war is win or loose and not very much between

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Originally posted by nute:
...

Those who were tortured and killed by Hamas deserve justice, but the wholesale slaughter and starvation of the populace of Gaza isn't justice.

and their GOVERNMENT, made up the self-same terrorists, refuse to bring justice and end the conflict - The people of Gaza voted for these people, never rose up and threw down their shackles in the near 20 years since the last election in Gaza -- and their GOVERNMENT can end this in 30 minutes - but these fat, rich terrorists refuse to "justly rule" and cause harm to their People ...

or are you prescribing some Kristallnacht-in-reverse on the "legally elected" government of Gaza??

Netanyahu said that anyone claiming there is famine because of Israeli military and political activity is an anti-semite.

Israel plays the anti semite card like many play the (black) race card.

I see you declined to render an opinion on the popular Palestinian activity of burning Jewish children alive for fun.

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Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by LHeym500:
Dr. Easter could care less that Israel could form a transition government, prevent Hamas from being involved politically, and with that transition government with US and Saudi observes demilitarize Gaza.

Netanyahu Just wants to annex Gaza.

From the Ri Ed to the Sea but for Israel.

Dr. Easter is just fine with this and wants every Muslim displaced by force and famine.

Both of them are just insuring the US and Israel are less secure.

You finally got something close to right.

Maybe you will too if you just keep trying.

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

quote:

Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

Originally posted by LHeym500:
Dr. Easter could care less that Israel could form a transition government, prevent Hamas from being involved politically, and with that transition government with US and Saudi observes demilitarize Gaza.

Netanyahu Just wants to annex Gaza.

From the Ri Ed to the Sea but for Israel.

Dr. Easter is just fine with this and wants every Muslim displaced by force and famine.

Both of them are just insuring the US and Israel are less secure.

You finally got something close to right.

Maybe you will too if you just keep trying.

Well, that’s more than we can say for you…who has no chance.

The Palestinian children didn't burn Jewish children.

These are not Old Testament times.

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Originally posted by RolandtheHeadless:
The Palestinian children didn't burn Jewish children.

These are not Old Testament times.

Maybe they didn’t pour the gasoline or strike the matches but plenty of them were watching and celebrating.