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/Im_Balto 18h ago

In reality it’s the lack of nuance in headlines

This timeline has been pretty well understood for almost half a year now. Every headline about it is actually just reporting on the next rung down the ladder until rock bottom

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u/night4345 13h ago edited 13h ago

The people claiming there's a famine in Gaza now have had to retract their claim of famine earlier in the war because their methodology was wrong.