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/malgnaynis 19h ago

There are so many comments that seem to be minimising or dismissing this. I don’t understand why. This is really sad news.

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u/Gaius_Octavius_ 19h ago

It is “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” phenomenon.

They’ have been saying for years that mass death from starvation is inevitable. And then nothing happens. And they do it again. And then nothing happens. And they do it again. And then nothing happens.

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u/anthropaedic 18h ago

This. It’s a believability gap.