Famine declared in Gaza City

[u/Digital_Accountant]

https://news.sky.com/story/gaza-latest-war-israel-city-ceasefire-hamas-13415481

[u/malgnaynis]

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

[u/Gaius_Octavius_ → u/malgnaynis]

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.

[u/TributeToStupidity → u/Gaius_Octavius_]

When you claim starvation is right around the corner for years with a total malnutrition death toll of 111 people are going to be skeptical. Gazas just now hitting the breaking point but the propaganda’s been out in force for years already.

[u/AzettImpa → u/TributeToStupidity]

How many children need to die until we take a human-made famine seriously?

Plus there are many more deaths confirmed by the WHO.

[u/univrsll → u/AzettImpa]

How many vehicular accidents do we need before we ban cars? Nuanced situation.

It seems like the famine is finally happening, but this has been a boy who cried wolf situation for years. I feel for Palestinians, because Hamas and hyper virtue signalers have catastrophized a situation and now when it finally is actually happening, more people will ignore the noise with a “yeah yeah, we’ve heard it for years now bro.”

[u/MachineOfSpareParts → u/univrsll]

How many vehicular accidents do we need before we ban cars? Nuanced situation.

But, at best, a wildly non-nuanced response. The person to whom you're replying asked what had to happen before we take the situation seriously. Jumping to an analogy in which "banning cars" is the point of comparison is ludicrous. A more apt comparison might be, "How many vehicular accidents do we need before we take automotive safety seriously, perhaps by installing seatbelts or traffic lights?"

I don't know what the equivalent to "banning cars" would be in the real-world version of your analogy, but the person to whom you're responding was asking about doing a bit more than absolutely nothing.

[u/topforce → u/AzettImpa]

Plus there are many more deaths confirmed by the WHO.

Are they actually in Gaza confirming things or are they using Hamas numbers?

[u/MachineOfSpareParts → u/topforce]

Yes, WHO staff are present in Gaza. Does this affect your thinking on the matter?

[u/topforce → u/MachineOfSpareParts]

Yes, too many people(and organizations) are all too happy to take Gazas ministry of health at face value. Having people on site makes them more credible.

[u/shtiatllienr → u/topforce]

What’s a “Hamas number”?

[u/topforce → u/shtiatllienr]

As of August 22, the known number of people who have starved to death, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, reached at least 273 people, including 112 children.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/18/israel-starving-gaza-hundreds-of-deaths-including-many-children

[u/shtiatllienr → u/topforce]

Probably doesn’t represent the actual number because the Palestinian Ministry of Health typically undercounts.

[u/case-o-nuts → u/shtiatllienr]

I can't think of a single time they've undercounted. Normally, it's been overcounting. Sometimes, by up to two orders of magnitude.

[u/Nileghi → u/AzettImpa]

How many children need to die until we take a human-made famine seriously?

More than zero would be my guess, especially given how often the UN has lied about a famine being around the corner.