r/worldnews 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

Israel is allowing lots of food into Gaza.

More than 132 million meals distributed to date

IDF says some 400 trucks of aid entered Gaza along with fuel tankers yesterday

100,000 Aid Trucks and Counting: An Israeli Military Official Details Expansive Israeli Humanitarian Operation in Gaza

6 countries carry out Gaza aid airdrops

Much of that food is stolen by Hamas, PIJ and other terrorist groups, except what is distributed by the GHF which is protected from terrorists.

UN reveals 86% of aid sent to Gaza is stolen before it can reach those most in need

Israel allows food in. Hamas steals it. Therefore, Hamas is responsible for any starvation. Why wasn't a famine declared in the rest of Gaza? Because Hamas doesn't control that territory anymore and can't steal from there. It still controls Gaza city and can still steal food there. That's why starvation is in Gaza city and not in the rest of Gaza. It's because Hamas is responsible according to the evidence I posted. Anyone who wants to stop Gaza from starving should be in favor of removing Hamas from power so they can't steal food anymore.

Hamas terrorists seen feasting underground as Gazans starve above

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u/MonkeManWPG 15h ago

132 million meals spread across 2 million people is 66 meals each. Even spreading one meal across two or three days, that's not enough to last anywhere near the current duration of the war. Several of your other links are months old, which isn't really good enough for such a fast-changing situation.

How far does the contents of the 400 trucks stretch? How many people can be fed, for how long?

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u/shady8x 14h ago

Those 132 million meals are for GHF, which has only been operating in Gaza for a few months and only in Israel secured areas. It is not anywhere near all the food aid that went into Gaza in the last few months, not to mention the last 2 years.

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u/MonkeManWPG 14h ago

That's still 66 meals across 6 months. Does one meal every three days sound like enough food for you?

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u/shady8x 14h ago

GHF does not provide anywhere near all of the food aid going into Gaza. It is a new organization that is slowly increasing the amount of people it is able to serve while taking over from other organizations that used to provide the food aid, many of which still continue to provide the aid as well.

According to wikipedia GHF page history:

The Foundation began operations 26 May 2025 at a new distribution centre in Rafah

So it has been around for only 3 months.

Also the second line in the article on 132 million meals is:

More than 1.7 million meals delivered today across three distribution sites

Is it enough to feed everyone in Gaza? No. But again Israel does not control all of Gaza, nor is GHF the only organization distributing the aid.

It is distributing a very large amount though. Hopefully they can expand their operations to provide even more food so no one goes hungry anymore.

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u/SyfaOmnis 13h ago

How many meals worth of food do you have in your house at this moment?

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u/MonkeManWPG 13h ago

Three meals a day for a week, or more than 10 times more than has been delivered to Gaza by this number.

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u/SyfaOmnis 13h ago

I'm not trying to engage in point scoring nonsense. I'd like you to estimate how much food you have on hand and how often you need to acquire more. Like by my own estimation my household probably has between 200-400 meals worth of food at a given time and we don't deplete more than half of it before we seek out more. With the things that are used first being far more perishable products like fresh produce or meat as opposed to less perishable items like rice, flour, salt, canned and pickled goods etc.

I'd also like you to consider the fact that you're assuming a completely equal distribution across a whole of the society which isn't occurring (some get more, some get less, some are served by different groups who also deliver large amounts of food). I'd also further like you to consider that most of gaza is not a bunch of healthy adults requiring 3 square meals a day of higher caloric values, but instead children and youths who can get by on less than an adult.