Famine in Gaza is no longer "looming" or "imminent". Famine in Gaza is underway, says the article. The window to avert catastrophe has been closed and the question now is whether tens or hundreds of thousands are going to die*.
I will add this famine is induced by those conducting a genocide campaign in Gaza. You should show some respect for the innocent victims. In case you think asking for that is "moralising crap", I'm not hoing to waste more time. Bye
* The death toll of the Gaza Genocide may reach hundreds of thousands adding famine, induced disease and massive bombing.
Hey it's a month later and I just wanted to check in on this. A catastrophic famine leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths was "already underway" on March 30, but now it's April 26 and the death toll for the conflict has only risen by about 1,000 deaths in that time period.
Given that Gaza has a birth rate of around 27/1000 per year or 4500 births/month, even assuming it's dramatically reduced during the conflict, that would still indicate a population increase in the Gaza Strip over the last month.
It's ok if we don't know yet... I will check back in on May 28 to see if things have changed at all.
BTW 5500 trucks have entered Gaza during this time period of which 4000 were food trucks - 80,000 tons of food or about 80 lbs/food per person for the month of April.
Three days later the IDF made the mistake of applying their standard rules of engagement to a bunch of politically connected foreigners and
blew up the World Central Kitchen aid convoy. Miraculously as soon as it was the friends of a DC celebrity chef getting blown up instead of Palestinians the Israelis actually started facing real pressure and spontaneously decided to open the crossings next to northern Gaza to allow aid through. Why was aid prevented from entering through those crossings in the first place if famine wasn't the explicit goal of the IDF?
It's absolutely incredible that you're pointing to the fact that the Israelis had the power to end the famine whenever they wanted as a point in their favour, as if the WCK bombing didn't happen in the interim and totally change the equation.
