27 children have been murdered by the IOF every day for 650 days in Gaza (UNICEF)

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Facts:

• At least 15,000 children have been killed since the war began in October 2023.
• Many have died in airstrikes, building collapses, or stampedes at aid sites.
• Thousands more have been injured, often with life-altering wounds, burns, or amputations.
• Gaza is facing famine-like conditions.
• Children are eating grass, leaves, or going days without food.
• Severe malnutrition is widespread, especially in northern Gaza. Babies and toddlers are dying of hunger-related causes.
• Nearly all children in Gaza are now considered to have signs of acute psychological trauma:
• Nightmares
• Bedwetting
• Non-responsiveness (shutdown/dissociation)
• Panic at loud sounds
• Many have lost one or both parents, siblings, or entire families.
• Most hospitals have been bombed or shut down.
• Children can’t access basic care, vaccines, or treatment for chronic illnesses.
• Wounded kids are operated on without anesthesia in some cases.
• Over 1 million children have been displaced—many multiple times.
• Families sleep in tents, rubble, or outdoors with no clean water or toilets.
• Nearly all schools have been shut down, destroyed, or turned into shelters.
• Many teachers and schoolchildren have been killed.
• A whole generation risks growing up with no access to education or safety.
• Children are drinking dirty water, leading to diarrheal diseases and infections.
• Outbreaks of hepatitis, lice, and scabies are widespread.
• Even in declared “safe zones” or aid areas, children have been shot, suffocated in stampedes, or killed by nearby strikes.
• Some have died while queuing for water or food.

“There is no safe place left for children in Gaza. They are being killed, starved, maimed, and psychologically shattered. This is not a humanitarian crisis—this is a crisis of humanity.”
— Save the Children, July 2025

It actually makes what is happening in Gaza even more frustrating because aid is there, has been funded and provided for but is being blocked so people are starving unnecessarily whereas in Sudan the UN are there on the ground struggling to provide enough aid because of a reduction in global humanitarian funding.

But Palestinians should be free to murder, kidnap and rape with impunity you think?
Nope the poster did not say that at all.

I just have a feeling that monitoring supplies in that particular situation might not be as easy as it sounds.

I don’t think any civilians should be targeted. Do Hamas have military ties and diplomatic with the UK, have they been supported by the government in any way? Are they even recognised as a legitimate government?

This isn’t defence. This is a man made catastrophe for civilians. We are at the late point now that even if Israel’s western allies pull the finger out and start to take some concrete actions that thousands will die anyway. That’s what happens when this level of hunger takes hold.

The GHF have failed miserably to feed the people as was accurately predicted by aid agencies. Worse than failing to feed the population, they have actually put civilians in more danger - unforgivable! People are in the impossible position of choosing to starve (and watch their kids starve), or risk their lives trying to collect food.

Absolutely. Very difficult to monitor. Maybe that’s why the GHF says it hasn’t been screening its aid recipients.

It is almost like it has nothing to do with Hamas and everything to do with killing the civilian population.

@MissyB1 We all know that which is why I said there isn't enough food to meet needs and the system isn't working safely.

Still no need for LL to exaggerate by saying the GHF aren't feeding anyone.

I dont think pp did exaggerate though, why are you splitting hairs anyway?! If 10 people get a sack of flour you want the GHF to get credit for that? You want to say "oh look they did manage to feed someone!" 🤦‍♀️

Your feelings are irrelevant here.

Don't yoou think that the 100 aid organisations who have condemned Israel for starving Palestinians know better than you. As do the 27 allied countries who have done the same.

I'm splitting hairs because words matter.

It's not that I particularly want the GHF to take the credit for what they have provided, I agree with everyone saying that method of distribution hasn't worked out and Israel need to let more aid into Gaza urgently.

But for the sake of accuracy, let's not pretend they haven't fed anyone.

Ok they haven't fed anyone effectively, will that do you? Because actually what they have been providing (or failing to) has been widely criticised too.

Arguably GHF has done its job very well. It has provided a trickle of aid and inspired fear in the Palestinian population by making getting the aid a risky exercise. It has helped concentrate the Palestinian population into a smaller area so that Israel can gain more ground control in Gaza.

Generally the international community were against the GHF because it was part of a military plan, not a humanitarian one. And in that sense it is achieving its goals.

That's a cynical view.

I can't blame you for that as I'm equally cynical about how the old method of aid distribution was working and who it benefited.

Still, I won't deny that the old system worked better than the current one at feeding the people of Gaza even if a lot of it was siphoned off by Hamas.

It’s not my cynical view. The writing was on the wall from the moment of the creation of the GHF. That’s why we heard these criticisms about it having military goals from international governments, aid agencies and human rights groups. If you know anything about aid distribution, you knew from the start that the GHF didn’t meet the basic principles of humanitarian aid delivery.

Yes you did make that point and I felt you made it clearly and fairly.

I didn't say that they hadn't fed anyone though. That was your reading of my post. It's true that they lured the majority of Gazas population to this small area and then didn't feed them. That's true. Again you can argue senamtics but this advanced country, with an advanced military that can drop bombs accurately(supposedly) at an astonishing rate across gaza cannot figure out how to let children have access to food, water and medicine?

That is the only way someone could believe that this is not on purpose. If they believed that the Israeli government are inept and not malicious. If you believe that they are inept then one has to question why you think that all of these we bombed a school because of Hamas stories are true and it isnt an inept government dropping bombs and crossing their fingers that they hit someone who isnt a child.

This is true, but for the occupants of the cruise liner to shout Turkey will fuck you is not likely endear the Israelis to the population of Syros, who were protesting the starvation of the Palestinian people, is it?

@LipstickLessons what you said was "why would you go to all of that effort to lure people into 10% of southern Gaza and then not even feed them."

So which I replied "But they are feeding them, they have distributed millions of meals" which is correct.

Do you have a link? I've seen stories about the cruise but none mentioned that that was shouted.

If they are already trying to block a cruise ship just because it has Israeli tourists on board I doubt a few of them shouting insults is going to make a difference.

I just started a thread on it. Didn’t see reports on what was shouted. Even if it was, it’s fairly meaningless what one random Israeli shouts in a situation like this.

But they aren't? They are feeding some. Not 'them'. Them being all of the people they lured into a small area of Gaza with the promise of food.

You are arguing about something where your initial meaning was very clear.

The conversation has moved on to a cruise ship.

In other news reports passengers were quoted to say that they raised the Israeli flag and started singing. However, I don’t mean to derail the thread, as this subject now has its own.

No. Other people had no problem reading what I wrote.

Sorry for focusing on the Israeli government starving kids rather than Israelis off on their holidays. That's deffo where the focus should be 🤨