That’s not the point.
Point is that Gaza , unlike Sudan, is very digital. You don’t need to have western media inside to get footage. Almost everyone there hold a phone to document what’s happening.
And in-spite of that the only footage of hungry children on the front page of all the big western newspapers is a sick child that gets treatment abroad ? Doesn’t seem strange to you ?
to be very clear to you now:
YES -
it does seem strange to me yes, which is why I am in a wait and see mindset. This is also why I am quite muted. I am reading the claims from multiple, credible, sources, while also looking at Israels claims carefully. I am keeping an open mind. I acknowledge that the IDF seems to have designated journalists as legitimate targets. I acknowledge the comments made over the last two years by the hard line government i.e. starve them all, no food no water. AND i acknowledge that there are not many pictures coming out, to fully support the claims being made.
If there is starvation, nothing currently being done will prevent it (as nothing is really being done). so the best judge, is time. ergo ill wait. but i will continue to post and repeat what Israel spokesmen have always been saying - starve them all.
1. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich made a highly controversial statement in August 2024, suggesting that it might be "justified and moral" to allow up to two million Palestinians in Gaza to starve to death as a means to pressure Hamas into releasing the 20 Israeli hostages remaining alive.
2. Israel's Heritage Minister, has made inflammatory remarks about Gaza's future, including a statement that "all Gaza will be Jewish," which has been widely condemned as incitement to ethnic cleansing.
3. In August 2025, Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that Gaza City could face complete destruction unless Hamas yields to Israel's terms. Hamas condemned his remarks as a confession of committing a crime amounting to genocide.
I mean, every month there are quotes like this, by Israels leaders. If thats the word from the top down, then it leads to mass starvation, ergo its more credible to me that there is in fact, starvation.
This post was edited by ferdia on Aug 31 2025 11:38am