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Malnourished starving children in Gaza

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babyproblems · 26/07/2025 06:42

The photos that appeared this morning on my news updates of mothers holding their children, dying of starvation and extreme malnutrition in Gaza have absolutely broken my heart. I am not particularly news focused, of course I’ve followed it all but this morning it has stopped me in my tracks and took my breath away. As a mother of a 3yo DS who is sleeping peacefully in his bedroom, whilst we have a fridge full of food downstairs and a life of peace, I feel so sorry that those poor mothers and children are living this hell so undeserved and also so so lucky we have the peace we do…
I don’t really know what the point of my post is; I suppose I’m screaming When Will This End inside and want to tell everyone to not take the freedom and peace we have for granted; use your right to vote and use your privilege to make informed choices that steer the world away from conflict towards peace…

Sending a handhold to all the mothers’ whose lives are not being lived in peace and whose children are suffering 🕊️💔

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Letstheriveranswer · 26/07/2025 08:44

The food is actually sitting inside Gaza but the problem seems to be in distributing it...people are desperate and start looting, it's not safe for lorry drivers to drive it in, Hamas attacks people trying to get aid and if anyone gets shot in the violent chaos Israel get blamed, so they want the UN to take responsibility for getting it to distribution centres but the UN are refusing.

Hamas are obstructing everything because they want to deliver it but then they steal it and sell it at high prices.

There are plenty of videos from inside Gaza of people clearly stating that Hamas are fully responsible for their misery.

It's very complex and the situation is catastrophic.

Having said that, there has been so much use of AI imaging and pictures from other conflicts and attributed to being pics from Gaza, that it's hard to know what is and isn't truth. Plus all the previous times we were told there was famine, and there wasn't, and even the UN finally admitted there wasn't. When the hostages were released every single man (not many women were out) in the Gazan crowds looked very well fed, clean and with fresh haircuts - and that was after we were previously told there was famine.

I hope it all ends soon.

Meanwhile I will wait for this thread to go down the inevitable route....

Morgenrot25 · 26/07/2025 08:26

Allswellthatendswelll · 26/07/2025 08:12

It's a man made famine. If it's made by people then people can stop it. The food is there outside Gaza. Whether it more the fault of Hamas or Israel doesn't matter to those starving children and their mothers at this point. We need to keep the pressure on our governments who should/ will be applying pressure behind the scenes.

So, what actual ways of guaranteeing help are there?

Allswellthatendswelll · 26/07/2025 08:12

Morgenrot25 · 26/07/2025 07:42

It's absolutely horrific, but I force myself to detach myself from it because I do feel powerless to actually do anything.
There's also so much misinformation out there, regarding who is doing what or who isn't doing what. Does anyone actually know any genuine way of actually helping?

It's a man made famine. If it's made by people then people can stop it. The food is there outside Gaza. Whether it more the fault of Hamas or Israel doesn't matter to those starving children and their mothers at this point. We need to keep the pressure on our governments who should/ will be applying pressure behind the scenes.

Heynonnynonny · 26/07/2025 07:51

It is absolutely heartbreaking
Bad enough when it is a 'natural' famine but a man made one is utterly despicable. That -'country' should be sanctioned and leaders sent to the Hague

Morgenrot25 · 26/07/2025 07:42

It's absolutely horrific, but I force myself to detach myself from it because I do feel powerless to actually do anything.
There's also so much misinformation out there, regarding who is doing what or who isn't doing what. Does anyone actually know any genuine way of actually helping?

Standardpain · 26/07/2025 07:37

The senseless cruelty of it just beggars belief.

Those poor poor children and their mothers.

Whatshesaid96 · 26/07/2025 07:35

It absolutely breaks my heart. How it must feel to be that powerless as a mother to not be able to do the most natural thing for us of feeding and nuturing our children. Honestly I wish there was a way I could get these mothers and children out.

DeniseSecunda1 · 26/07/2025 07:23

I understand exactly how you feel.

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