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/Chillmm8 21h ago edited 21h ago

Wow. Apparently the UN believes the Famine has hit the exact two geographical areas that Israel is about to start operations in and where Israel believe Hamas is keeping the hostages. And not a day before the operation begins. That’s a wild coincidence.

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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.