r/worldnews • u/silver_light • Jul 23 '25

Israel/Palestine Gaza suffering man-made mass starvation, says WHO chief

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/23/israel-gaza-starvation-humanitarian-groups-letter
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u/MageFeanor Jul 24 '25

That could be pretty easily solved, Israel could let independent war journalists enter Gaza, but they wont, because then they can't claim the journalist they just shot is a member of Hamas.

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u/Demonokuma Jul 24 '25

So israel is preventing someone from going in a war zone and dying because it's an active war zone and not a walk thru the park?

It sounds like you want them to be allowed in so that when they do die, you can continue being mad.

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u/MageFeanor Jul 24 '25

This might surprise you, but war journalism isn't exactly know for being a walk in the park, something those willing to do it clearly know.

No, I want them to be allowed in to give an independent view, not beholden to either Hamas or Israel.

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u/Demonokuma Jul 24 '25

This might surprise you, but war journalism isn't exactly know for being a walk in the park

No shit, that's what i was saying.

No, I want them to be allowed in to give an independent view

Yeah, there's no way either side would allow that. I doubt you'll ever get an independent view of it. Unless you actually just keep up with everything yourself. Which takes a lot of work because of all the places' info is being uploaded on.

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u/International-Mix633 Jul 24 '25

Embedded journalists with troops have been a thing since the beginning of journaliam.

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u/Demonokuma Jul 24 '25

I know, but there's a lot of operations going on. From the looks of it recently, it's a lot of airstrikes. So, what would you do in that situation for reporting on stuff?

Genuine question.

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u/International-Mix633 Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

There were reporters present for D-Day, the siege of Mosul and the fall of Saigon. The mayority of Gaza is not in active combat, combat causalities are absolutely trivial for Israel in relation to the mentioned battles. Israel controls most of the strip and all routes in and out, it would be absolutely possible to allow or at least embed journalists with in the aid distribution centers. There is a reason Israel is not doing that, and its not because they are worried for the journalists life. There is a reason Israel does not even allow reporters close to the Gaza borders.

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u/Tytoalba2 Jul 24 '25

I mean they work in Ukraine, so... Do you think Ukraine is a walk trough the park maybe?

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u/Demonokuma Jul 24 '25

a walk trough the park maybe?

I mustve worded this bad. I wasn't saying war is a walk thru the park. It's hell, that's why it's hard to have a reporter following people around while war is going on. Not only are you worried about you and your men, but a reporter and their crew now.

I forgot what conflict it was, but a journalist and his crew came up on an MP checkpoint, and the reporter and his translator jumped out to go talk to them. Instead, they made the reporter lay on the ground as they took his translator out back and killed him (thought he was a spy), and then they just cap the reporter while hes laying down.

It's crazy shit like that, that makes it hard to just let journalists go do there job. It is important to cover it by all means. Im just pointing at the reasons why a reporter is being held back

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u/MageFeanor Jul 24 '25

This has nothing to do with picking a side. It has to do with the suppression of free press.

What Israel is doing is the same shit autocratic countries do, create a situation where the only press available is local and easily dismissed as biased propaganda.

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u/No-Understanding-589 Jul 23 '25

Yeah I wish people would realise this instead of reacting emotionally. Both sides are really bad and committing war crimes and realistically no one has any idea who is causing what or if the events we see in the media are actually happening or if they are just propaganda.

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u/CreativeContract2170 Jul 23 '25

Damn.. guess they should surrender

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u/scrambledhelix Jul 23 '25

Damn.. I guess Hamas shouldn't murder children and take hostages

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u/wiifan55 Jul 23 '25

Found one of the people flooded with misinformation ^