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Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by tastyface on Saturday July 26, 2025 @02:15PM (#44695966)
“Almost a third of people in Gaza not eating for days, UN food programme warns” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgjg81qqwvo.amp

*Every third person* not eating for days and hundreds being killed in aid lines. Do we have to literally wait for these people to starve to death before admitting that maybe this rings of ethnic cleansing, just a little?

Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by slashdev on Saturday July 26, 2025 @02:23PM (#44696022)
There's more to that story: https://x.com/HilzFuld/status/1948097196055810061

> Do we have to literally wait for these people to starve to death before admitting that maybe this rings of ethnic cleansing, just a little?

I don't mean to sound callous, but that would make it a genocide. Until it happens, it is not. The current truth of the matter is shrouded by the fog of war.

Maybe a couple months from now there has been mass starvation in Gaza and I'm on your side. But I don't think Israel is either stupid or evil enough to let that happen.

Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by tastyface on Saturday July 26, 2025 @02:31PM (#44696069)
This is an unsourced and contextless video from somebody who was literally banned from australia for islamophobia. We are too quick to trust social media randos these days. Show me some actual reporting.

Meanwhile, regarding past disinfo on a similar subject: “USAID analysis found no evidence of massive Hamas theft of Gaza aid” https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/usaid-analysis-fou...

“I don't mean to sound callous, but that would make it a genocide. Until it happens, it is not. The current truth of the matter is shrouded by the fog of war.”

How convenient. Well, the purpose of labeling something genocide isn’t to wag your finger. It’s to incentivize action, such as withdrawing military support. In a couple of months it may be too late.

Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by slashdev on Saturday July 26, 2025 @02:37PM (#44696114)
There are a million sources saying the same thing on X, but how about the latimes? https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-07-25/israel...

There are videos of Hamas stealing Gaza aid. How widespread that is tough to tell through the fog of war.

Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by dttze on Saturday July 26, 2025 @04:32PM (#44696746)
Huh, weird this just came out from Israeli sources then:

No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un...

Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by slashdev on Saturday July 26, 2025 @06:00PM (#44697263)
Huh, video proof that they do: https://nypost.com/2024/10/10/world-news/hamas-steals-humani...

Again how widespread that was is lost to the fog of war. I don't trust what anyone is saying about the subject, including Israel right now.

Btw, as we speak Israel just announced they will be resuming airdrops of aid into Gaza, with Israel taking the first shift and foreign organizations being permitted to take over after Sunday. This is not the actions of an entity intent to commit genocide.

Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by tastyface on Saturday July 26, 2025 @07:56PM (#44697850)
I mean, you can’t just straight up starve 2 million people to death without everyone turning on you. Have to ratchet up to it one atrocity at a time. Maybe even let up the slack every once in a while -- then double down once the news mellows a bit.

The fact that forcibly relocating millions of people and paving over their homeland to build a resort is now within the Overton window says everything there is to say. Would have been unthinkable even a year ago.

Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by slashdev on Saturday July 26, 2025 @08:50PM (#44698046)
I can see there’s no reasoning with you
Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by thrance on Saturday July 26, 2025 @08:52PM (#44698056)
You're the one defending a genocide here, you won't ad hominem your way out of this.
Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by slashdev on Saturday July 26, 2025 @08:59PM (#44698072)
You’re the idiot who still thinks it’s a genocide after I proved it isn’t. And failed to back up your argument with anything of substance. Ad hominem is frankly not a fallacy at this point, you’re clearly not the brightest.
Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by thrance on Saturday July 26, 2025 @08:49PM (#44698042)
Israel's been lying about sending aid into Gaza for months at this point. How anyone can still fall for their propaganda is beyond me.

> Israel says it’s distributing aid in Gaza, so why are people starving? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/26/israel-says-its-dis...

Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by slashdev on Saturday July 26, 2025 @08:56PM (#44698067)
I’m wondering exactly the same thing. How do people fall for the propaganda of Hamas, but here we are…
Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by judahmeek on Saturday July 26, 2025 @10:09PM (#44698353)
> I don't trust what anyone is saying about the subject, including Israel right now.

If that was true, then you wouldn't have such a strong opinion on the subject.

Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by slashdev on Sunday July 27, 2025 @10:49AM (#44701726)
You mean like your opinion?

Do you understand fog of war? Both sides say things that are false or exaggerated, and it's difficult to discern the truth because information is censored and journalists are restricted in their movement and what they can report. This not unique to this conflict, you see the same thing in the Russia-Ukraine war, and in the recent Thailand Cambodia skirmishes.

I don't trust what either side says, I assume the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

One of the more balanced and accurate sources, in my opinion, has been Preston Stewart on Youtube[1], especially on the Russia-Ukraine war. He sources things frequently from military bloggers from both sides in their native language and verifies what he can and is honest about what is unconfirmed.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/@PrestonStewart

Re:The photograph of a starving Gaza baby by dttze on Thursday July 31, 2025 @04:58PM (#44750054)
That article shows nothing of the sort. It has screenshots of a supposed video with no confirmation of who was in the video. It was more likely the ISIS linked gangs that Israel is arming and supporting.

Oh and the airdrop was less aid than would have been carried on a single truck. It is PR to cover for the famine.