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UN Special Committee finds Israel's warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
14 November 2024

NEW YORK -- Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices said in a new report released today.

"Since the beginning of the war, Israeli officials have publicly supported policies that strip Palestinians of the very necessities required to sustain life -- food, water, and fuel," the Committee said. "These statements along with the systematic and unlawful interference of humanitarian aid make clear Israel's intent to instrumentalise life-saving supplies for political and military gains."

Covering the period from October 2023 to July 2024, the report examines developments across the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan but focuses on the catastrophic impact of the current war in Gaza on the rights of Palestinians.

"Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders from the International Court of Justice and resolutions of the Security Council, Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population," the Committee said.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide

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Have the hostages been released ?

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At this point those hostages have probably been bombed or starved by Israel.

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UN Special Committee finds Israel's warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
14 November 2024

NEW YORK -- Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices said in a new report released today.

"Since the beginning of the war, Israeli officials have publicly supported policies that strip Palestinians of the very necessities required to sustain life -- food, water, and fuel," the Committee said. "These statements along with the systematic and unlawful interference of humanitarian aid make clear Israel's intent to instrumentalise life-saving supplies for political and military gains."

Covering the period from October 2023 to July 2024, the report examines developments across the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan but focuses on the catastrophic impact of the current war in Gaza on the rights of Palestinians.

"Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders from the International Court of Justice and resolutions of the Security Council, Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population," the Committee said.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide

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Could be true. Hamas didn't keep good tabs on all. Some died accidentally.

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UN Special Committee finds Israel's warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
14 November 2024

NEW YORK -- Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices said in a new report released today.

"Since the beginning of the war, Israeli officials have publicly supported policies that strip Palestinians of the very necessities required to sustain life -- food, water, and fuel," the Committee said. "These statements along with the systematic and unlawful interference of humanitarian aid make clear Israel's intent to instrumentalise life-saving supplies for political and military gains."

Covering the period from October 2023 to July 2024, the report examines developments across the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan but focuses on the catastrophic impact of the current war in Gaza on the rights of Palestinians.

"Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders from the International Court of Justice and resolutions of the Security Council, Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population," the Committee said.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide

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The keys to the kitchen are in the hands of Hamas. They started a war and continue to hold hostages. Hamas runs Gaza after being elected by Gazans.
Release to hostages and get food.

muddybrazos said:

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UN Special Committee finds Israel's warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
14 November 2024

NEW YORK -- Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices said in a new report released today.

"Since the beginning of the war, Israeli officials have publicly supported policies that strip Palestinians of the very necessities required to sustain life -- food, water, and fuel," the Committee said. "These statements along with the systematic and unlawful interference of humanitarian aid make clear Israel's intent to instrumentalise life-saving supplies for political and military gains."

Covering the period from October 2023 to July 2024, the report examines developments across the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan but focuses on the catastrophic impact of the current war in Gaza on the rights of Palestinians.

"Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders from the International Court of Justice and resolutions of the Security Council, Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population," the Committee said.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide

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Whose fault is that?

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UN Special Committee finds Israel's warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
14 November 2024

NEW YORK -- Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices said in a new report released today.

"Since the beginning of the war, Israeli officials have publicly supported policies that strip Palestinians of the very necessities required to sustain life -- food, water, and fuel," the Committee said. "These statements along with the systematic and unlawful interference of humanitarian aid make clear Israel's intent to instrumentalise life-saving supplies for political and military gains."

Covering the period from October 2023 to July 2024, the report examines developments across the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan but focuses on the catastrophic impact of the current war in Gaza on the rights of Palestinians.

"Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders from the International Court of Justice and resolutions of the Security Council, Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population," the Committee said.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide

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"If Hamas were to say they would release more hostages, we'll take them, and then we'll go in. But there will be no way we will stop the war." Benjamin Netanyahu

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United Nations OHCHR:

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UN Special Committee finds Israel's warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
14 November 2024

NEW YORK -- Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices said in a new report released today.

"Since the beginning of the war, Israeli officials have publicly supported policies that strip Palestinians of the very necessities required to sustain life -- food, water, and fuel," the Committee said. "These statements along with the systematic and unlawful interference of humanitarian aid make clear Israel's intent to instrumentalise life-saving supplies for political and military gains."

Covering the period from October 2023 to July 2024, the report examines developments across the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan but focuses on the catastrophic impact of the current war in Gaza on the rights of Palestinians.

"Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders from the International Court of Justice and resolutions of the Security Council, Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population," the Committee said.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide

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The keys to the kitchen are in the hands of Hamas. They started a war and continue to hold hostages. Hamas runs Gaza after being elected by Gazans.
Release to hostages and get food.

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They're getting tons of food now that Hamas is not stealing it all.

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United Nations OHCHR:

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UN Special Committee finds Israel's warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
14 November 2024

NEW YORK -- Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices said in a new report released today.

"Since the beginning of the war, Israeli officials have publicly supported policies that strip Palestinians of the very necessities required to sustain life -- food, water, and fuel," the Committee said. "These statements along with the systematic and unlawful interference of humanitarian aid make clear Israel's intent to instrumentalise life-saving supplies for political and military gains."

Covering the period from October 2023 to July 2024, the report examines developments across the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan but focuses on the catastrophic impact of the current war in Gaza on the rights of Palestinians.

"Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders from the International Court of Justice and resolutions of the Security Council, Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population," the Committee said.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide

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That was last year Sam

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And it's only gotten worse since then.

Have the hostages been released ?

the same people that have been lying to you are lying to you.

https://nypost.com/2025/07/29/media/new-york-times-stunningly-rolls-back-claims-about-viral-photo-of-starving-gaza-boy/

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-leaked-email-that-blows-apart-the-bbcs-impartiality-claims-over-gaza/

The people that have been lying to you are lying to you.

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the same people that have been lying to you are lying to you.

https://nypost.com/2025/07/29/media/new-york-times-stunningly-rolls-back-claims-about-viral-photo-of-starving-gaza-boy/

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You're kidding. The media is lying to us? What will they do next, tell us that Hamas is not stealing the food meant for Gaza residents?

Sam Lowry said:

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UN Special Committee finds Israel's warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war
14 November 2024

NEW YORK -- Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, with mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians there, the UN Special Committee to investigate Israeli practices said in a new report released today.

"Since the beginning of the war, Israeli officials have publicly supported policies that strip Palestinians of the very necessities required to sustain life -- food, water, and fuel," the Committee said. "These statements along with the systematic and unlawful interference of humanitarian aid make clear Israel's intent to instrumentalise life-saving supplies for political and military gains."

Covering the period from October 2023 to July 2024, the report examines developments across the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan but focuses on the catastrophic impact of the current war in Gaza on the rights of Palestinians.

"Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders from the International Court of Justice and resolutions of the Security Council, Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation and serious injury, using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population," the Committee said.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide

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"If Hamas were to say they would release more hostages, we'll take them, and then we'll go in. But there will be no way we will stop the war." Benjamin Netanyahu

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Oof, did he actually say that? How to get no more hostages released 101.

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the same people that have been lying to you are lying to you.

https://nypost.com/2025/07/29/media/new-york-times-stunningly-rolls-back-claims-about-viral-photo-of-starving-gaza-boy/

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Kids are even more at risk of starvation than adults because of the demanding physiological requirements for growth and fewer energy stores. Last year, UNICEF estimated that 12.2 million children faced severe malnutrition, which is defined as children who are dangerously underweight for their height or age. South Asia was the hardest-hit region.

Stephenson says children can die within a week of eating little to no food, especially if they develop an infection, which further depletes energy stores and rapidly worsens their condition.

"It's so, so common to hear this story from a mom: 'My kid was irritable and felt hot. I took them to a local doctor, and within two hours, they were dead,'" Stephenson says. "When you have severe malnutrition, you're just on a knife's edge. It only takes one little thing for you to tip over."

Some kids with underlying illnesses -- like pneumonia or diarrhea -- paradoxically lose their appetite because their body decreases production of hunger hormones and a weakened digestive tract makes eating uncomfortable.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/29/g-s1-79830/gaza-starvation-death-malnutrition

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the same people that have been lying to you are lying to you.

https://nypost.com/2025/07/29/media/new-york-times-stunningly-rolls-back-claims-about-viral-photo-of-starving-gaza-boy/

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You're kidding. The media is lying to us? What will they do next, tell us that Hamas is not stealing the food meant for Gaza residents?

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No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
By Natan Odenheimer
July 26, 2025

For nearly two years, Israel has accused Hamas of stealing aid provided by the United Nations and other international organizations. The government has used that claim as its main rationale for restricting food from entering Gaza.

But the Israeli military never found proof that the Palestinian militant group had systematically stolen aid from the United Nations, the biggest supplier of emergency assistance to Gaza for most of the war, according to two senior Israeli military officials and two other Israelis involved in the matter.

In fact, the Israeli military officials said, the U.N. aid delivery system, which Israel derided and undermined, was largely effective in providing food to Gaza's desperate and hungry population.

The military officials who spoke to The New York Times said that the original U.N. aid operation was relatively reliable and less vulnerable to Hamas interference than the operations of many of the other groups bringing aid into Gaza. That's largely because the United Nations managed its own supply chain and handled distribution directly inside Gaza.

Hamas did steal from some of the smaller organizations that donated aid, as those groups were not always on the ground to oversee distribution, according to the senior Israeli officials and others involved in the matter. But, they say, there was no evidence that Hamas regularly stole from the United Nations, which provided the largest chunk of the aid.

An internal U.S. government analysis came to a similar conclusion, Reuters reported on Friday. It found no evidence of systematic Hamas theft of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies, the report said.

"For months, we and other organizations were dragged through the mud by accusations that Hamas steals from us," said Georgios Petropoulos, a former U.N. official in Gaza who oversaw aid coordination with Israel for nearly 13 months of war.

Mr. Petropoulos, the former U.N. official in Gaza, welcomed the notion that some Israeli officials had recognized the U.N.-led aid system as effective during the war. But he said he wished that endorsement had come much sooner.

"If the U.N. had been taken at face value months ago, we wouldn't have wasted all this time and Gazans wouldn't be starving and being shot at trying to feed their families," he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html

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the same people that have been lying to you are lying to you.

https://nypost.com/2025/07/29/media/new-york-times-stunningly-rolls-back-claims-about-viral-photo-of-starving-gaza-boy/

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You're kidding. The media is lying to us? What will they do next, tell us that Hamas is not stealing the food meant for Gaza residents?

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No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
By Natan Odenheimer
July 26, 2025

For nearly two years, Israel has accused Hamas of stealing aid provided by the United Nations and other international organizations. The government has used that claim as its main rationale for restricting food from entering Gaza.

But the Israeli military never found proof that the Palestinian militant group had systematically stolen aid from the United Nations, the biggest supplier of emergency assistance to Gaza for most of the war, according to two senior Israeli military officials and two other Israelis involved in the matter.

In fact, the Israeli military officials said, the U.N. aid delivery system, which Israel derided and undermined, was largely effective in providing food to Gaza's desperate and hungry population.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html

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The Soros run NY Times. Interesting you would quote them.

From the NYT article to cover their backside:

"Hamas did steal from some of the smaller organizations that donated aid, as those groups were not always on the ground to oversee distribution, according to the senior Israeli officials and others involved in the matter. But, they say, there was no evidence that Hamas regularly stole from the United Nations, which provided the largest chunk of the aid."

Emphasis is mine
Direct quotes in the article are sorely lacking.

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From the NYT article to cover their backside:

"Hamas did steal from some of the smaller organizations that donated aid, as those groups were not always on the ground to oversee distribution, according to the senior Israeli officials and others involved in the matter. But, they say, there was no evidence that Hamas regularly stole from the United Nations, which provided the largest chunk of the aid."

Emphasis is mine
Direct quotes in the article are sorely lacking.

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So if even the Slimes is saying Hamas is stealing the aid, why are some on this board blaming the Jews for everything? I feel like they are anti semitic.

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From the NYT article to cover their backside:

"Hamas did steal from some of the smaller organizations that donated aid, as those groups were not always on the ground to oversee distribution, according to the senior Israeli officials and others involved in the matter. But, they say, there was no evidence that Hamas regularly stole from the United Nations, which provided the largest chunk of the aid."

Emphasis is mine
Direct quotes in the article are sorely lacking.

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So if even the Slimes is saying Hamas is stealing the aid, why are some on this board blaming the Jews for everything? I feel like they are anti semitic.

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It's been well documented that Hamas is stealing food from the folks in Gaza. Not sure why folks are insisting that Hamas are the good guys and never would do anything bad. They have a great record of being the nice guys

"In fact, the Israeli military officials said, the U.N. aid delivery system, which Israel derided and undermined, was largely effective in providing food to Gaza's desperate and hungry population."

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From the NYT article to cover their backside:

"Hamas did steal from some of the smaller organizations that donated aid, as those groups were not always on the ground to oversee distribution, according to the senior Israeli officials and others involved in the matter. But, they say, there was no evidence that Hamas regularly stole from the United Nations, which provided the largest chunk of the aid."

Emphasis is mine
Direct quotes in the article are sorely lacking.

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So if even the Slimes is saying Hamas is stealing the aid, why are some on this board blaming the Jews for everything? I feel like they are anti semitic.

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It's been well documented that Hamas is stealing food from the folks in Gaza. Not sure why folks are insisting that Hamas are the good guys and never would do anything bad. They have a great record of being the nice guys

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https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/25/politics/us-government-review-no-evidence-widespread-theft-gaza-aid

from your own govt. Don't let fact get in your way. Turn off Fox News

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From the NYT article to cover their backside:

"Hamas did steal from some of the smaller organizations that donated aid, as those groups were not always on the ground to oversee distribution, according to the senior Israeli officials and others involved in the matter. But, they say, there was no evidence that Hamas regularly stole from the United Nations, which provided the largest chunk of the aid."

Emphasis is mine
Direct quotes in the article are sorely lacking.

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So if even the Slimes is saying Hamas is stealing the aid, why are some on this board blaming the Jews for everything? I feel like they are anti semitic.

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It's been well documented that Hamas is stealing food from the folks in Gaza. Not sure why folks are insisting that Hamas are the good guys and never would do anything bad. They have a great record of being the nice guys

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https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/25/politics/us-government-review-no-evidence-widespread-theft-gaza-aid

from your own govt. Don't let fact get in your way. Turn off Fox News

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Did you actually read it? You would note that even this most-leftist of webpages didnt say that Hamas had been cutting off all the aid, but they did say that Hamas cut off some of it. Don't let facts get in your way. Turn off CNN.

"Verified footage shows H@m@s looting humanitarian aid meant for Gazan civilians. As long as they control the strip, safety and basic survival will remain out of reach for the Gazan people."

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMsu8Q6Ruou/

Jul 29, 2025 #Hamas #IDF #GazaAid
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) released footage allegedly showing Hamas fighters taking control of aid containers in Gaza. The IDF accuses Hamas of looting humanitarian supplies meant for civilians. Hamas denies the allegation, claiming its personnel ensure secure aid distribution. The video follows a New York Times report where Israeli officials admitted no proof exists of systematic aid theft. With global pressure mountingfrom the U.S. to Europethe war of narratives over Gaza's humanitarian crisis continues to intensify.

The IDF Exposes Footage of Armed Hamas Terrorists Looting Humanitarian Aid

In recent weeks, the Hamas terrorist organization has spread false claims about a deliberate starvation campaign in Gaza.

In the footage filmed on July 25, 2025, armed Hamas terrorists are seen violently looting humanitarian aid that had been transferred into the Gaza Strip, preventing it from reaching the civilian population of Gaza.

Contrary to Hamas' false claims that the individuals in the video are security personnel, they are in fact Hamas terrorists who arrived to seize the aid from Gaza's residents.

Even when aid is delivered into Gaza - Hamas loots it for its own use, blatantly disregarding the needs of the population.

This footage is further evidence that Hamas is the primary obstacle to the delivery of humanitarian aid to the residents of the Gaza Strip.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMsEYPat-J1/

Criminal gangs in Gaza stealing Aid

https://www.tiktok.com/@aljazeeraenglish/video/7529046884992765215

UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: A constructed and deliberate mass starvation
25 July 2025
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)

Gaza: A constructed and deliberate mass starvation. Today, more children died, their bodies emaciated by hunger.

The flawed distribution system (GHF) is not designed to address the humanitarian crisis.

It's serving military and political objectives. It's cruel as it takes more lives than it saves lives.

Israel controls all aspects of humanitarian access, whether outside or within Gaza.

Airdrops are the most expensive and inefficient way to deliver aid. It is a distraction to the inaction.

When bureaucratic and political hurdles are lifted, the humanitarian community has demonstrated it can deliver assistance at scale, in a dignified way, without diversion.

During the ceasefire in earlier this year, we succeeded to reverse the deepening hunger.

Today, UNRWA alone has the equivalent of 6,000 trucks of food and medical assistance stuck in Egypt and Jordan.

The unfolding famine can only be reversed by a political will.

Make "never again" a reality.

If we fail the Palestinians in Gaza, others are likely to be failed too in the future.

Let's not set a dangerous and irreversible precedent.

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UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: A constructed and deliberate mass starvation
25 July 2025
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)

Gaza: A constructed and deliberate mass starvation. Today, more children died, their bodies emaciated by hunger.

The flawed distribution system (GHF) is not designed to address the humanitarian crisis.

It's serving military and political objectives. It's cruel as it takes more lives than it saves lives.

Israel controls all aspects of humanitarian access, whether outside or within Gaza.

Airdrops are the most expensive and inefficient way to deliver aid. It is a distraction to the inaction.

When bureaucratic and political hurdles are lifted, the humanitarian community has demonstrated it can deliver assistance at scale, in a dignified way, without diversion.

During the ceasefire in earlier this year, we succeeded to reverse the deepening hunger.

Today, UNRWA alone has the equivalent of 6,000 trucks of food and medical assistance stuck in Egypt and Jordan.

The unfolding famine can only be reversed by a political will.

Make "never again" a reality.

If we fail the Palestinians in Gaza, others are likely to be failed too in the future.

Let's not set a dangerous and irreversible precedent.

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You are literally quoting one of the most corrupt agencies in the world? Come on Sam. You can do better

https://www.meforum.org/corrupted-from-birth-the-unrwa-forgotten-history

https://www.meforum.org/corrupted-from-birth-the-unrwa-forgotten-history

https://forward.com/opinion/578284/united-nations-unrwa-corruption/

The United Nations just can't help itself. On Jan. 26, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees announced it had fired several employees accused of taking part in Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack, prompting multiple nations to halt funding to UNRWA, including the United States.

Inside the Israeli government's starvation of Gaza, from an aid group trying to deliver food
By Arwa Damon

Israel has systematically denied the entry of aid, created roadblocks to ensure that the little that does get in is not safely accessible, and perpetuated false narratives intended to discredit the humanitarian community and justify its blocking of aid. This includes repeatedly stating that Hamas steals the aid and that aid organizations are working with Hamas.

While nothing could be further from the truth, these claims led to the creation of an aid distribution mechanismthe Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)--that meets none of the standards recognized by the vast majority of the humanitarian sector.

Israel has manufactured the perfect insidious storm to ensure Gazans' slow and agonizing end, even though its own military, as reported by the New York Times, "never found proof that the Palestinian militant group had systematically stolen aid from the United Nations," citing two senior Israeli military officials and two other Israelis with knowledge of the issue.

According to a United Nations (UN) statement on July 27, "Of the seventy-four malnutrition-related deaths recorded this year, sixty-three occurred in July, including twenty-four children under five. Many died before reaching medical care, their bodies showing signs of severe wasting."

In the twenty-four hours since that statement was released, another fourteen people, including two children, died of malnutrition.

Not only is the scale of this suffering predictable, it was preventable. Humanitarian organizations have been warning about starvation in Gaza at different points over the last nearly two years now, as Israel would strangle aid, only to loosen its grip just enough to keep the population barely alive. But nothing compares to what we have seen in the last months.

In March, Israel completely shut off all humanitarian aid access. For nearly two months, nothing entered the Gaza Strip.

In May, the United States and Israel backed GHF in starting its distributions, replacing the pre-existing and proven-to-work system of at least four hundred distribution points set up by established humanitarian organizations with just four. Access requires people to cross through Israeli red zones where both the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and guns for hire foreign GHF contractors open fire using machine guns, drones, and tanks as a means of so-called "crowd control". According to the UN, more than one thousand people have been killed, and more than seven thousand have been injured, just trying to get food.

In a recent piece by the Israeli paper Haaretz, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers themselves described how they had nicknamed it "Operation Salted Fish"--the name for the popular children's game "Red light, Green light." The piece chronicles how IDF soldiers and officers say they were ordered to fire at will, at unarmed crowds, even when no threat was present.

In an interview with the BBC, a former contractor delivered a scathing and incriminating similar testimony. A Green Beret veteran of the US military, he stated that "in my entire career I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed starving population."

Similarly, a report by Sky News features a former GHF security guard claiming it is a "sadistic death trap" where "snipers open fire randomly on crowds."

The GHF was founded under the false premise repeatedly presented by Israel that humanitarian organizations are infiltrated by Hamas, and that Hamas is stealing the aid for its own financial benefit and to use aid as a means to exert control over the population. These claims were repeated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who also denied that Gazans are starving.

We in the humanitarian community have repeatedly stated that Hamas is not stealing our aid. That is not to say that looting has not always been a massive challenge; it has. But it was largely being carried out by armed gangs that emerged in the lawlessness and that operate in the Israeli-controlled "red zone" wastelands. I wrote about this in a CNN op-ed as far back as a year ago.

Much of that looting was taking place at the Kerem Shalom or Karam Abu Salem crossing in southern Gaza. We had long speculated that the only way for armed gangs to exist in this area would be with Israel's knowledge. In June, Netanyahu admitted himself that Israel has been arming gangs, most notably a notorious clan operating in the Rafah area, where much of the looting takes place. He defended the decision, stating these clans were helping in the fight against Hamas.

Under increasing pressure over the weekend, Israel agreed to resume airdrops and open so-called "humanitarian corridors." It implemented a "tactical pause" in bombings for ten-hour stretches in specific areas not considered the red zone--parts of Mawasi, Deir al-Balah, and Gaza City.

The initial airdrops--carried out by Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amounted to a couple of trucks at best and injured at least ten people. Aid agencies are warning that this is a grotesque distraction, not to mention highly inefficient and costly.

Air drops cannot and will not meet the needs of the people, nor will they even begin to stem the starvation. It is absurd to any observer that air drops are the only solution that the international community can come up with when the World Food Program has enough food either in the region or en route to the region to feed all of Gaza for three months.

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UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: A constructed and deliberate mass starvation
25 July 2025
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)

Gaza: A constructed and deliberate mass starvation. Today, more children died, their bodies emaciated by hunger.

The flawed distribution system (GHF) is not designed to address the humanitarian crisis.

It's serving military and political objectives. It's cruel as it takes more lives than it saves lives.

Israel controls all aspects of humanitarian access, whether outside or within Gaza.

Airdrops are the most expensive and inefficient way to deliver aid. It is a distraction to the inaction.

When bureaucratic and political hurdles are lifted, the humanitarian community has demonstrated it can deliver assistance at scale, in a dignified way, without diversion.

During the ceasefire in earlier this year, we succeeded to reverse the deepening hunger.

Today, UNRWA alone has the equivalent of 6,000 trucks of food and medical assistance stuck in Egypt and Jordan.

The unfolding famine can only be reversed by a political will.

Make "never again" a reality.

If we fail the Palestinians in Gaza, others are likely to be failed too in the future.

Let's not set a dangerous and irreversible precedent.

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You are literally quoting one of the most corrupt agencies in the world? Come on Sam. You can do better

https://www.meforum.org/corrupted-from-birth-the-unrwa-forgotten-history

https://www.meforum.org/corrupted-from-birth-the-unrwa-forgotten-history

https://forward.com/opinion/578284/united-nations-unrwa-corruption/

The United Nations just can't help itself. On Jan. 26, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees announced it had fired several employees accused of taking part in Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack, prompting multiple nations to halt funding to UNRWA, including the United States.

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Already addressed on another thread. Shame on you for using the alleged actions of a few UNRWA employees to justify mass starvation.

Sam Lowry said:

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Assassin said:

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Sam Lowry said:

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UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: A constructed and deliberate mass starvation
25 July 2025
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)

Gaza: A constructed and deliberate mass starvation. Today, more children died, their bodies emaciated by hunger.

The flawed distribution system (GHF) is not designed to address the humanitarian crisis.

It's serving military and political objectives. It's cruel as it takes more lives than it saves lives.

Israel controls all aspects of humanitarian access, whether outside or within Gaza.

Airdrops are the most expensive and inefficient way to deliver aid. It is a distraction to the inaction.

When bureaucratic and political hurdles are lifted, the humanitarian community has demonstrated it can deliver assistance at scale, in a dignified way, without diversion.

During the ceasefire in earlier this year, we succeeded to reverse the deepening hunger.

Today, UNRWA alone has the equivalent of 6,000 trucks of food and medical assistance stuck in Egypt and Jordan.

The unfolding famine can only be reversed by a political will.

Make "never again" a reality.

If we fail the Palestinians in Gaza, others are likely to be failed too in the future.

Let's not set a dangerous and irreversible precedent.

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You are literally quoting one of the most corrupt agencies in the world? Come on Sam. You can do better

https://www.meforum.org/corrupted-from-birth-the-unrwa-forgotten-history

https://www.meforum.org/corrupted-from-birth-the-unrwa-forgotten-history

https://forward.com/opinion/578284/united-nations-unrwa-corruption/

The United Nations just can't help itself. On Jan. 26, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees announced it had fired several employees accused of taking part in Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack, prompting multiple nations to halt funding to UNRWA, including the United States.

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Already addressed on another thread. Shame on you for using the alleged actions of a few UNRWA employees to justify mass starvation.

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Shame! Shame! Shamee! You've been watching Game of Thrones to much and it has affected your brain. If you really cared about the people in Gaza, you would have been posting about ways to take out Hamas. As for those "few" employees, they used information gleaned from the UNRWA as part of the Oct 7th terror attacks

Around 10% of Palestinian aid agency's 12,000 staff in Gaza have links to militants, according to intelligence dossier

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the same people that have been lying to you are lying to you.

https://nypost.com/2025/07/29/media/new-york-times-stunningly-rolls-back-claims-about-viral-photo-of-starving-gaza-boy/

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You're kidding. The media is lying to us? What will they do next, tell us that Hamas is not stealing the food meant for Gaza residents?

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No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
By Natan Odenheimer
July 26, 2025

For nearly two years, Israel has accused Hamas of stealing aid provided by the United Nations and other international organizations. The government has used that claim as its main rationale for restricting food from entering Gaza.

But the Israeli military never found proof that the Palestinian militant group had systematically stolen aid from the United Nations, the biggest supplier of emergency assistance to Gaza for most of the war, according to two senior Israeli military officials and two other Israelis involved in the matter.

In fact, the Israeli military officials said, the U.N. aid delivery system, which Israel derided and undermined, was largely effective in providing food to Gaza's desperate and hungry population.

The military officials who spoke to The New York Times said that the original U.N. aid operation was relatively reliable and less vulnerable to Hamas interference than the operations of many of the other groups bringing aid into Gaza. That's largely because the United Nations managed its own supply chain and handled distribution directly inside Gaza.

Hamas did steal from some of the smaller organizations that donated aid, as those groups were not always on the ground to oversee distribution, according to the senior Israeli officials and others involved in the matter. But, they say, there was no evidence that Hamas regularly stole from the United Nations, which provided the largest chunk of the aid.

An internal U.S. government analysis came to a similar conclusion, Reuters reported on Friday. It found no evidence of systematic Hamas theft of U.S.-funded humanitarian supplies, the report said.

"For months, we and other organizations were dragged through the mud by accusations that Hamas steals from us," said Georgios Petropoulos, a former U.N. official in Gaza who oversaw aid coordination with Israel for nearly 13 months of war.

Mr. Petropoulos, the former U.N. official in Gaza, welcomed the notion that some Israeli officials had recognized the U.N.-led aid system as effective during the war. But he said he wished that endorsement had come much sooner.

"If the U.N. had been taken at face value months ago, we wouldn't have wasted all this time and Gazans wouldn't be starving and being shot at trying to feed their families," he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html

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You can believe Hamas or you can believe your own eyes ... but I'm sure like Biden it's just a deepfake.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-862584

How many times do they have to lie to you before you stop trusting them?

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Inside the Israeli government's starvation of Gaza, from an aid group trying to deliver food
By Arwa Damon

Israel has systematically denied the entry of aid, created roadblocks to ensure that the little that does get in is not safely accessible, and perpetuated false narratives intended to discredit the humanitarian community and justify its blocking of aid. This includes repeatedly stating that Hamas steals the aid and that aid organizations are working with Hamas.

While nothing could be further from the truth, these claims led to the creation of an aid distribution mechanismthe Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)--that meets none of the standards recognized by the vast majority of the humanitarian sector.

Israel has manufactured the perfect insidious storm to ensure Gazans' slow and agonizing end, even though its own military, as reported by the New York Times, "never found proof that the Palestinian militant group had systematically stolen aid from the United Nations," citing two senior Israeli military officials and two other Israelis with knowledge of the issue.

According to a United Nations (UN) statement on July 27, "Of the seventy-four malnutrition-related deaths recorded this year, sixty-three occurred in July, including twenty-four children under five. Many died before reaching medical care, their bodies showing signs of severe wasting."

In the twenty-four hours since that statement was released, another fourteen people, including two children, died of malnutrition.

Not only is the scale of this suffering predictable, it was preventable. Humanitarian organizations have been warning about starvation in Gaza at different points over the last nearly two years now, as Israel would strangle aid, only to loosen its grip just enough to keep the population barely alive. But nothing compares to what we have seen in the last months.

In March, Israel completely shut off all humanitarian aid access. For nearly two months, nothing entered the Gaza Strip.

In May, the United States and Israel backed GHF in starting its distributions, replacing the pre-existing and proven-to-work system of at least four hundred distribution points set up by established humanitarian organizations with just four. Access requires people to cross through Israeli red zones where both the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and guns for hire foreign GHF contractors open fire using machine guns, drones, and tanks as a means of so-called "crowd control". According to the UN, more than one thousand people have been killed, and more than seven thousand have been injured, just trying to get food.

In a recent piece by the Israeli paper Haaretz, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers themselves described how they had nicknamed it "Operation Salted Fish"--the name for the popular children's game "Red light, Green light." The piece chronicles how IDF soldiers and officers say they were ordered to fire at will, at unarmed crowds, even when no threat was present.

In an interview with the BBC, a former contractor delivered a scathing and incriminating similar testimony. A Green Beret veteran of the US military, he stated that "in my entire career I have never witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed starving population."

Similarly, a report by Sky News features a former GHF security guard claiming it is a "sadistic death trap" where "snipers open fire randomly on crowds."

The GHF was founded under the false premise repeatedly presented by Israel that humanitarian organizations are infiltrated by Hamas, and that Hamas is stealing the aid for its own financial benefit and to use aid as a means to exert control over the population. These claims were repeated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who also denied that Gazans are starving.

We in the humanitarian community have repeatedly stated that Hamas is not stealing our aid. That is not to say that looting has not always been a massive challenge; it has. But it was largely being carried out by armed gangs that emerged in the lawlessness and that operate in the Israeli-controlled "red zone" wastelands. I wrote about this in a CNN op-ed as far back as a year ago.

Much of that looting was taking place at the Kerem Shalom or Karam Abu Salem crossing in southern Gaza. We had long speculated that the only way for armed gangs to exist in this area would be with Israel's knowledge. In June, Netanyahu admitted himself that Israel has been arming gangs, most notably a notorious clan operating in the Rafah area, where much of the looting takes place. He defended the decision, stating these clans were helping in the fight against Hamas.

Under increasing pressure over the weekend, Israel agreed to resume airdrops and open so-called "humanitarian corridors." It implemented a "tactical pause" in bombings for ten-hour stretches in specific areas not considered the red zone--parts of Mawasi, Deir al-Balah, and Gaza City.

The initial airdrops--carried out by Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amounted to a couple of trucks at best and injured at least ten people. Aid agencies are warning that this is a grotesque distraction, not to mention highly inefficient and costly.

Air drops cannot and will not meet the needs of the people, nor will they even begin to stem the starvation. It is absurd to any observer that air drops are the only solution that the international community can come up with when the World Food Program has enough food either in the region or en route to the region to feed all of Gaza for three months.

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Too bad the BBC has already been revealed to be intentionally spreading disinformation.

How many times do they have to lie to you before you stop believing them?