The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) has warned that it only has enough food supplies in Gaza to keep public kitchens and bakeries open for less than two weeks after Israel blocked the entrance of all goods into the Palestinian territory, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
Israel announced it was cutting off the delivery of food, fuel, medicine, and other supplies in Gaza on Sunday with full backing from the US. Israel is in violation of the ceasefire deal agreed to back in January and is attempting to pressure Hamas to agree to a new arrangement that won’t involve a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
The WFP said that on top of its low food stocks, it only has enough fuel for a few more weeks. Palestinians in Gaza said they immediately felt the effects of Israel’s siege on the entry of all goods as food prices began to climb.
Before Sunday, Israel was still blocking the entry of mobile homes and sufficient tent supplies in Gaza, which it committed to allowing into the Strip as part of the ceasefire deal. Due to the Israeli restrictions and a cold spell, at least six Palestinian infants living in tents died of hypothermia in recent weeks.
While the US has backed Israel’s siege, the collective punishment of Gaza’s civilian population amid the Muslim holy month of Ramadan has received widespread condemnation. Israel is also reportedly planning to cut all water and electricity to Gaza as part of a “hell plan” if Hamas doesn’t agree to its terms.
The situation in Gaza is not good. It is time for Hamas to surrender and give up the hostages. If the fighting resumes it will be very bad for the Palestinians. With trump's backing Israel can go into a total war footing on Gaza, which means a full war time blockade.
Even in war it's a war crime to intentionally starve a civilian population.
Do you think Netanyahu or trump cared about international war crimes?
Probably not, but they care what various nations and business interests care about and chose to do, potentially. Hopefully in that sense they will end up caring and soon. Canadians may consider this an ideal time to drink, but it won't be Jack Daniels, because it's not on their store shelves anymore.
… going "full Himmler" …
Gaza may be in shreds but so is Israel's international reputation since October 7.
Unfortunately, I don't think the Apartheid State of Israel actually cares what other countries think. I think the ASI runs under a Bush II variant "you're either WITH us, or antisemitic" stubborn assertion.
So what if Israel's international reputation is bad. That fades with time. Japan and Germany had terrible international reputations in 1945.
Yes — and then they were conquered, surrendered, and changed their ways.
And occupied.
"When the fighting resumes ?". The ASI repeatedly violated the ceasefire. Not at the magnitude their genocide proceeded at prior to cessation of formal combat, but enough to demonstrate that the Apartheid State of Israel CANNOT BE TRUSTED to keep its word.
Unfortunately for Hamas in general and Palestinians specifically, this means that the hostages Hamas holds, are worthless. The ASI doesn't get them back and genocide continues; they DO get them back in exchange for a "permanent" peace treaty that the ASI will certainly violate and void the instant they so desire.
The ASI has become smitten with the genocidal Pandora's Box they have opened; so much so that they hold NO desire to close it until the job is done. Other countries have proven feckless to mount opposition; the USA is on board; and global media shirks its responsibilities in the face of "antisemitism" so laughably defined now as to be a Permission Slip with an Israeli flag watermark.
No, "hostages" are completely irrelevant. Small wonder IDF Intelligence hasn't declared them all dead & that any evidence otherwise is "antisemitic Fake News", justifying Tel Aviv's desired Final Solution.
The Arab League barks a lot, but does nothing.
So, when will Israel give up the occupation, lift the blockade, allow a sovereign Palestinian state?
As you must know, "a full wartime blockade" has been in force since 2006.
Every day that goes by with the US support for this savagery diminishes us in the eyes of people all over this planet. Our support for these criminals has become a catastrophe.
This presidency is in danger of rapidly becoming irrelevant in the eyes of the people of planet Earth when it comes to humanity's yearning for peaceful coexistence.
US citizens are being robbed and sacrificed with US government atrocities all over the world…!
Does the US care? Remember, Trump says we will be number one in everything in the world for ever and ever more in the "Golden Age" of Trump.
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Food shortages, in depth.
Israel announced it was cutting off the delivery of food, fuel, medicine, and other supplies in Gaza on Sunday with full backing from the US.
Even Biden would have said this would be a red line. He wouldn't have done shit about it, but he would have said it was a red line. Unbelievable that it would be an improvement to what Trump is doing. Making Annihilating Gazans Acceptable.
Not only acceptable, his base loves it. The Evangelicals like it for religious reasons and the neocons for war reasons and the the Trump billionaires for real estate reasons.
And his minimum-wage GISS Army followers like it because they probably think Palestinians did 9/11.
I suspect his “GISS Army” is somewhat larger than the 1.3% of Americans who earn minimum wage.
Indeed !
"Making Annihilating Gazans Acceptable." Very clever. Did you come up with this? Is so good job.
"Is so good job:??
Did you come up with this?
I don't plagiarize something without saying I plagiarized something.
The Occupied Palestinian territories and North Korea are the only places where the US news media are forbidden to report from.
Israel has violated the terms of every agreement. Israel has also assassinated each and every negotiator for Hamas.