On Tuesday, Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) said on X that Palestinians in Gaza should “starve away” while also claiming the reports of people dying of hunger due to the US-backed Israeli blockade are a “lie.”
Fine made the comments in response to the news that 15 Palestinians, including four children, died of starvation over 24 hours.
“Release the hostages. Until then, starve away,” Fine wrote on X from his official Congress account. “(This is all a lie anyway. It amazes me that the media continues to regurgitate Muslim terror propaganda.)”
The reports of starvation deaths from Gaza’s Health Ministry are corroborated by photos and interviews with family members of those who died. Among the dead on Tuesday was six-week-old Yousef al-Safadi, who lost his life due to the lack of baby formula.
Fine recently joined the House after winning a special election to replace Mike Waltz, President Trump’s former national security advisor, who has been nominated to be the US ambassador to the UN. Trump endorsed Fine despite his history of calling for violence against Palestinians.
Later on Tuesday, news broke that Fine was being added to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which is headed by Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), who previously volunteered with the Israeli military and once wore his IDF uniform while at work on Capitol Hill.
