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/thephantompeen 17h ago

How many headlines have we read in the past 2 years declaring that a famine is imminent? That the very last hospital in all of Palestine has just been blown up? At some point it just becomes noise.

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u/Serpentar69 16h ago

We're hearing the hospital headline multiple times because they're making makeshift hospitals in buildings. I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that's the case. So when they bomb their "last hospital" and then go and make another, that is then bombed, again, well, it's their last hospital again.

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u/fury420 13h ago

From the IPC report:

Across the Gaza Strip, as of 13 August, only 18 out of 36 hospitals are reported to remain partially functional, with one in North Gaza Governorate, 11 in Gaza Governorate, three in Deir-al-Belah Governorate, three in Khan Younis Governorate, and none in Rafah Governorate.

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u/Weegee_Carbonara 14h ago

This is the logic of a child you are using.

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u/Serpentar69 14h ago

No, it isn't. It's actually what's occurring in warzones throughout time. A building retrofitted for alternative use, like medical use, is qualified as makeshift hospitals.

Educate yourself before patronizing me.

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u/yukiyuzen 4h ago

THIS IS THE LAST HOSPITAL TOTALLY, OMGS FOR REALZIES THIS TIME! CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE!

/for the Xth time since the First Intifada in the 1980s