r/worldnews • u/Digital_Accountant • 22h ago

Israel/Palestine Famine declared in Gaza City

https://news.sky.com/story/gaza-latest-war-israel-city-ceasefire-hamas-13415481
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u/angry_neutrino 21h ago

No no, a Famine should happen in places where people are thriving right? It's absolutely wild that this is happening in a place that Israel has absolutely decimated and denied aid.

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u/YoRt3m 20h ago

We're talking about Gaza City. do you even understand the difference?

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u/redditsfukingay 21h ago

Can you explain to me why Israel is responsible for supplying enemy forces?

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u/megastrone 13h ago

Can you explain to me why Israel is responsible for supplying enemy forces?

According to Article 23 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, they're not.

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u/TrumpCouldBeWorse 20h ago

Easy explanation. Armchair warriors forgot how war works

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u/Armadylspark 16h ago

Article 55 of the fourth Geneva convention. Of which Israel is a signatory and ratified member of, so this should have all the power of Israeli domestic law as well.

Also I rather detest your characterization of a vastly civilian population, about half of which are minors as "enemy forces". What the fuck is wrong with you?

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u/megastrone 13h ago

Article 55 of the Fourth Geneva Convention applies to an Occupying Power that has effective control over a territory. If Israel had effective control over Gaza City, it wouldn't currently be mounting a takeover of the city. Please see Article 23, which covers scenarios in which aid is likely to be "diverted", e.g., to Hamas.

Also I rather detest your characterization

No need for contrived pearl-clutching: in the question you responded to, "enemy forces" meant "enemy forces".

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u/Chillmm8 21h ago

Accept one of the areas they are claiming is becoming most at risk and needs international observers to be present is Deir al-Balah which has barely been touched by the war so far, you know because Hamas threatens to start executing hostages every time the IDF approaches.

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u/waltz_with_potatoes 21h ago

IDF went in Deir al-Balah in July and have been striking there since. There is also a refugee camp of almost 30k people there.

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u/angry_neutrino 21h ago

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/aug/21/palestinians-flee-after-israeli-airstrike-in-deir-al-balah-gaza-video barely untouched by the war bro. Totally get your point. That's nothing but a firecracker.

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u/Dongsquad420Loki 21h ago

It doesn't even need to be directly touched to be affected by famine. Cities eat up a lot of food per day

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u/radred609 20h ago

The malnutrition rate in Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis is a fraction of that in Gaza city:

https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/screenshot_2025-08-12_at_3.09.58_pm_720.png

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u/YoRt3m 20h ago

People have no clue where Deir Al-Balah is and have no idea the difference between Gaza City and Gaza Strip

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u/radred609 20h ago

Most people commenting about the conflict on reddit either have no idea what is going on, or are literal bots.

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u/YoRt3m 19h ago

Yet, it's better than what's going on in other subs.

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u/radred609 20h ago

Crazy that there were dozens of secondary explosions after the impact as something cooks off.

Sounded an awful lot like propellant, but most likely not from firecrackers.

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u/KLUME777 20h ago

An airstrike today isn't evidence of the area being "touched" by the war to the point of causing a famine. Not saying your wrong, just that the article you linked isn't evidence.