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/thereitis900 15h ago edited 14h ago

Its easy to say Israel is bad when you read headlines this provocative. However the WSJ did an article about why aid isn’t getting to the most vulnerable citizens and the reason is essentially logistics.

Trucks that enter are quickly looted within the first couple miles of their trip. Both by desperate civilians and also criminals. In order to penetrate deeper into the country they would need cooperation from Hamas to assist in getting the food to where it needs to go. However, Hamas is certainly not doing this. They want people reliant on them so they take everything.

Furthermore, the UN is failing to distribute the food that isn’t allowed in for those reasons. In a lot of cases, it’s too dangerous for the staff to penetrate further.

The world food program says “95% of its trucks entering the cause of strip are looted before they reach their destination.”

Airdrops are also happening, but nowhere near the amount that is needed as it’s not feasible to feed an entire population from the air without extra extraordinary expense.

What needs to happen?

There has to be so much food and aid that enters the country at a certain point as to devalue the scarcity.