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bighairymike:
since Hamas caused a famine in Gaza...The "He started it!" argument doesn't work for ten-year-olds but sure, go ahead and give that one a try.
Hamas is to blame for much in the region but not the current starvation of Palestinian children in Gaza. Control of food aid into Gaza is entirely under the control of the Israelis and as Graham-Harrison's article explains
"data compiled and published by Israel’s own government makes clear that it has been starving Gaza. Between March and June, Israel allowed just 56,000 tonnes of food to enter the territory, Cogat records show, less than a quarter of Gaza’s minimum needs for that period.
Even if every bag of UN flour had been collected and handed out, and the GHF had developed safe systems for equitable distribution, starvation was inevitable. Palestinians did not have enough to eat.
A “worst-case scenario” famine is now unfolding in Gaza, UN-backed food security experts said this week. Food deliveries are “at a scale far below what is needed”, amid “drastic restrictions on the entry of supplies”, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said in a report citing Israeli figures on aid.Two Israeli-based rights groups this week declared that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, with reports citing evidence including the weaponization of hunger. B’tselem described an “official and openly declared policy” of mass starvation.
Sorry, this chapter of the story is being entirely written by Israel.
theguardian.com - The mathematics of starvation how israel caused a famine in gaza 