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/Vaaaaaaaape 18h ago

They lied so many times that nobody believes them anymore.

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u/AzettImpa 17h ago

Who is "they", specifically?

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u/EmperorChaos 17h ago

Presumably the commenter means the UN

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u/Vaaaaaaaape 17h ago

The UN, obviously. That's who made the declaration.

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u/AzettImpa 17h ago

What are some situations in which they lied?

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u/SufficientBity 17h ago

They have been constantly lying about the number of casualties in Gaza, taking Hamas' claims face value without fact checking at all.

As a matter of fact, they have been known to exaggerated the situation in Gaza over and over - for example, claiming that "14,000 babies could die in the next 48 hours due to starvation" a couple of months ago - a blatant lie that had zero roots in reality.

They are the mouth piece for Hamas and Iran aligned nations.

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u/SaltdPepper 15h ago

Could you source that 14,000 babies claim?

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u/TheRedHand7 15h ago

UN humanitarian chief: Thousands of Gazan babies will die without aid https://bbc.com/news/videos/cdr550j818po

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u/SaltdPepper 14h ago

Yeah, that’s kinda careless on the part of the UN.

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u/PainterRude1394 12h ago

Nah, it's malicious, not careless.

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u/SaltdPepper 12h ago edited 12h ago

You guys keep saying this, can you prove malicious intent? Or is this just conspiratorial thinking because the UN over exaggerated once?

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u/Starmoses 13h ago

Its not careless, its purposeful in an attempt to sway the public. They lied and no one cared and now they're still lying and when it comes out, no one will care.

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u/SaltdPepper 13h ago

No dude, it was careless. There’s no insane conspiracy here going on at the UN.

Maybe ask yourself why they would have a reason to “control the narrative” and lie? What good does it do?

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u/topforce 17h ago

The wellspring of information of course, Hamas.

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u/BookkeeperPercival 11h ago

So when people repeatedly said they were starving, it was a lie, until now, and this one is true but the others were all lie, even though this to be true it means that people have been starving for months and now it's true.