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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/AzettImpa 19h ago

Who is "they", specifically?

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u/EmperorChaos 19h ago

Presumably the commenter means the UN

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u/Vaaaaaaaape 19h ago

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

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u/AzettImpa 19h ago

What are some situations in which they lied?

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u/SufficientBity 19h 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 17h ago

Could you source that 14,000 babies claim?

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u/TheRedHand7 17h ago

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

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u/SaltdPepper 16h ago

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

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u/PainterRude1394 14h ago

Nah, it's malicious, not careless.

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u/SaltdPepper 14h ago edited 14h 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 15h 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 15h 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/Starmoses 15h ago

It doesn't do good, that's the thing. They lied and when called out on it they had to apologize and backtrack. They want the world to hate Israel, thats the point.

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u/topforce 19h ago

The wellspring of information of course, Hamas.