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Trump acknowledges starvation in Gaza as Israeli airstrikes kill more than 100​

President says US will ‘take care of’ situation in Gaza on final day of Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi

Jason Burke International security correspondent

Donald Trump has said people are starving in Gaza and the US would have the situation in the territory “taken care of” as it suffered a further wave of intense Israeli airstrikes.

On the final day of his Gulf tour, the US president told reporters in Abu Dhabi: “We’re looking at Gaza. And we’re going to get that taken care of. A lot of people are starving.”

Israeli officials have consistently denied the tight blockade imposed on the devastated territory more than 10 weeks ago has caused hunger and Trump’s comments will be seen as further evidence of tensions between Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s closest ally.

There had been widespread hope that Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates could lead to a fresh pause in hostilities or a renewal of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Instead, the raids and bombardment over the past 72 hours have raised the levels of violence higher than for several weeks, with the death toll coming close to that seen in the first days of Israel’s renewed offensive in Gaza after a fragile ceasefire collapsed in March.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said strikes on Friday killed 108 people, mostly women and children, and some officials in the Palestinian territory put the number killed by Israeli attacks in recent days as high as 250 or 300.

At least 48 bodies were taken to the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza, and 16 to Nasser hospital after strikes on the outskirts of the central town of Deir al-Balah and the southern city of Khan Younis, health officials said.

In Jabaliya, a neighbourhood in the north of Gaza that has seen heavy bombardment for weeks, women sat weeping beside 10 bodies draped in white sheets that were lined up on the ground amid rubble.

Umm Mohammed al-Tatari, 57, said she had been awoken by a pre-dawn attack on northern Gaza.

“We were asleep when suddenly everything exploded around us … Everyone started running … There was blood everywhere, body parts and corpses,” she said.

Israel’s military said its air force had struck more than 150 “terror” targets across Gaza.

Hamas still holds 57 of about 250 hostages seized in its October 2023 attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of about 1,200 people, mostly civilians. Israel says the blockade and intensified bombardments since mid-March are intended to put pressure on the militant organisation to secure the release of the hostages. Fewer than half are believed to be still alive.

Israel’s retaliatory military offensive has killed about 53,000 people in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to the health ministry there.

A ceasefire that came into effect in January broke down in mid-March after Israel refused to move to a scheduled second phase that could have led to a definitive end to the war.

Some of the heaviest Israeli strikes earlier this week were aimed at the current commander of Hamas in Gaza, who, Israeli officials said, was sheltering in tunnel systems under a big hospital complex in Khan Younis. Hamas has denied repeated Israeli accusations that it uses civilians as human shields.

Though there is limited fighting on the ground in Gaza, Israel has called up tens of thousands of reservists for a big offensive, in which troops will hold on to seized territory and which will lead to a significant displacement of the population, Netanyahu has said. Israeli ministers have spoken of “conquering” Gaza.

Hamas on Monday freed Edan Alexander, the last living US citizen it held, after direct engagement with the Trump administration that left Israel sidelined.

As part of the understanding with Washington regarding Alexander’s release, Taher al-Nunu, a senior Hamas official, said the group was “awaiting and expecting the US administration to exert further pressure” on Israel “to open the crossings and allow the immediate entry of humanitarian aid”.

Israel, which claims Hamas systematically loots aid to fund its military and other operations, has put forward a plan to distribute humanitarian assistance from a series of hubs in Gaza run by private contractors and protected by Israeli troops.

The US has backed the plan, which has been described as unworkable, dangerous and potentially unlawful by aid agencies because it could lead to the mass forced transfer of populations.

Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, on Thursday acknowledged the criticism and said Washington was “open to an alternative if someone has a better one”.

The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which has been set up to manage the scheme, announced on Wednesday that it would begin operating by the end of the month and that it had asked Israel to lift its blockade to allow aid to reach the territory immediately.

Aid agencies have warned that any delay will cost lives, and that cases of acute malnutrition, particularly among young children, are soaring.

Polls in Israel show widespread support for a new ceasefire to secure the hostages’ release, but local media reports quoted statements from anonymous Israeli and regional officials downplaying any likelihood of a breakthrough.

Israel’s main group representing the families of hostages still being held in Gaza said on Friday that Netanyahu was missing a “historic opportunity” for them to be released.

Discussions on the longer term future of Gaza have faltered. On Thursday, Trump described his desire to turn Gaza into a “freedom zone”, a possible reiteration of a plan he put forward in February for the US to take control of the Palestinian territory to allow for its reconstruction as a luxury leisure and business hub.

Recent days have seen violence intensify in the occupied West Bank and new launches of missiles at Israel by the Yemen-based Houthi militia. Israel struck Yemen’s Red Sea ports of Hodeidah and Salif on Friday, continuing its campaign to degrade Houthi military capabilities.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-gaza-starving-us-will-take-care-of-situation

- Now, even Trump is against this genocide. Congratulations to him for taking a stance against the Genocide Force!

@Siver! @HOLA @Andy Capp
 
LeonardoBjj said:

Trump acknowledges starvation in Gaza as Israeli airstrikes kill more than 100​

President says US will ‘take care of’ situation in Gaza on final day of Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi

Jason Burke International security correspondent

Donald Trump has said people are starving in Gaza and the US would have the situation in the territory “taken care of” as it suffered a further wave of intense Israeli airstrikes.

On the final day of his Gulf tour, the US president told reporters in Abu Dhabi: “We’re looking at Gaza. And we’re going to get that taken care of. A lot of people are starving.”

Israeli officials have consistently denied the tight blockade imposed on the devastated territory more than 10 weeks ago has caused hunger and Trump’s comments will be seen as further evidence of tensions between Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s closest ally.

There had been widespread hope that Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates could lead to a fresh pause in hostilities or a renewal of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Instead, the raids and bombardment over the past 72 hours have raised the levels of violence higher than for several weeks, with the death toll coming close to that seen in the first days of Israel’s renewed offensive in Gaza after a fragile ceasefire collapsed in March.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said strikes on Friday killed 108 people, mostly women and children, and some officials in the Palestinian territory put the number killed by Israeli attacks in recent days as high as 250 or 300.

At least 48 bodies were taken to the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza, and 16 to Nasser hospital after strikes on the outskirts of the central town of Deir al-Balah and the southern city of Khan Younis, health officials said.

In Jabaliya, a neighbourhood in the north of Gaza that has seen heavy bombardment for weeks, women sat weeping beside 10 bodies draped in white sheets that were lined up on the ground amid rubble.

Umm Mohammed al-Tatari, 57, said she had been awoken by a pre-dawn attack on northern Gaza.

“We were asleep when suddenly everything exploded around us … Everyone started running … There was blood everywhere, body parts and corpses,” she said.

Israel’s military said its air force had struck more than 150 “terror” targets across Gaza.

Hamas still holds 57 of about 250 hostages seized in its October 2023 attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of about 1,200 people, mostly civilians. Israel says the blockade and intensified bombardments since mid-March are intended to put pressure on the militant organisation to secure the release of the hostages. Fewer than half are believed to be still alive.

Israel’s retaliatory military offensive has killed about 53,000 people in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to the health ministry there.

A ceasefire that came into effect in January broke down in mid-March after Israel refused to move to a scheduled second phase that could have led to a definitive end to the war.

Some of the heaviest Israeli strikes earlier this week were aimed at the current commander of Hamas in Gaza, who, Israeli officials said, was sheltering in tunnel systems under a big hospital complex in Khan Younis. Hamas has denied repeated Israeli accusations that it uses civilians as human shields.

Though there is limited fighting on the ground in Gaza, Israel has called up tens of thousands of reservists for a big offensive, in which troops will hold on to seized territory and which will lead to a significant displacement of the population, Netanyahu has said. Israeli ministers have spoken of “conquering” Gaza.

Hamas on Monday freed Edan Alexander, the last living US citizen it held, after direct engagement with the Trump administration that left Israel sidelined.

As part of the understanding with Washington regarding Alexander’s release, Taher al-Nunu, a senior Hamas official, said the group was “awaiting and expecting the US administration to exert further pressure” on Israel “to open the crossings and allow the immediate entry of humanitarian aid”.

Israel, which claims Hamas systematically loots aid to fund its military and other operations, has put forward a plan to distribute humanitarian assistance from a series of hubs in Gaza run by private contractors and protected by Israeli troops.

The US has backed the plan, which has been described as unworkable, dangerous and potentially unlawful by aid agencies because it could lead to the mass forced transfer of populations.

Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, on Thursday acknowledged the criticism and said Washington was “open to an alternative if someone has a better one”.

The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which has been set up to manage the scheme, announced on Wednesday that it would begin operating by the end of the month and that it had asked Israel to lift its blockade to allow aid to reach the territory immediately.

Aid agencies have warned that any delay will cost lives, and that cases of acute malnutrition, particularly among young children, are soaring.

Polls in Israel show widespread support for a new ceasefire to secure the hostages’ release, but local media reports quoted statements from anonymous Israeli and regional officials downplaying any likelihood of a breakthrough.

Israel’s main group representing the families of hostages still being held in Gaza said on Friday that Netanyahu was missing a “historic opportunity” for them to be released.

Discussions on the longer term future of Gaza have faltered. On Thursday, Trump described his desire to turn Gaza into a “freedom zone”, a possible reiteration of a plan he put forward in February for the US to take control of the Palestinian territory to allow for its reconstruction as a luxury leisure and business hub.

Recent days have seen violence intensify in the occupied West Bank and new launches of missiles at Israel by the Yemen-based Houthi militia. Israel struck Yemen’s Red Sea ports of Hodeidah and Salif on Friday, continuing its campaign to degrade Houthi military capabilities.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-gaza-starving-us-will-take-care-of-situation

- Now, even Trump is against this genocide. Congratulations to him for taking a stance against the Genocide Force!

@Siver! @HOLA @Andy Capp
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Good talk, but unfortunately this guy is a windbag who will change his mind if someone is nice enough to him.

Honestly, the EU, the US, and any right-minded Western nation should be cutting off Israel. Psychotic Middle Eastern regimes should gain no support from us.
 
Siver! said:
Good talk, but unfortunately this guy is a windbag who will change his mind if someone is nice enough to him.

Honestly, the EU, the US, and any right-minded Western nation should be cutting off Israel. Psychotic Middle Eastern regimes should gain no support from us.
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- I do hope Trump keeps his word on that.
 
Siver! said:
We can dream.

I honestly think the most offence he'll ever take is that he's being proven incapable of ending the wars he promised to end.
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- I think he saw the people sufering close, and he isnt a psicopath. For all his falls, he always looked like a aproachable person.
 
LeonardoBjj said:
- I think he saw the people sufering close, and he isnt a psicopath. For all his falls, he always looked like a aproachable person.
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You're probably right, but he's turned his back and blamed many victims of warfare.

I think it's whichever way the wind blows, but I hope you're right man!
 
Koya said:
Do you support an unconditional ceasefire in exchange of the hostages now that 200k people have been killed and children are starving by the thousands ? Because Bibi doesn't.
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Yes.
 
djacobox372 said:
Seeing the photos of emaciated toddlers is sickening... noticing that they are surrounded by well nourished and often fat adults is infuriating.

Gaza doesn't have a starvation problem it has a child abuse problem.
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Yeah, it's a very intriguing paradox isn't it? The kids are starving to death but the adults all look rather normal?
 
Aaaaand, just like that, the transformation is 100% complete.

The side who are obsessed with slagging off conspiracy theorists, have gone full blown conspiracy theorist and are claiming that the DC shootings were an "Israeli false flag". You could not script this shit, it's fucking delicious to see it unfolding.

Was thinking earlier as well about the disco dancing in the streets of Gaza on 8th October. It's been ages since we saw dancing on those streets, hasn't it. Feels like a lifetime ago.
 
The_Renaissance said:
Yeah, it's a very intriguing paradox isn't it? The kids are starving to death but the adults all look rather normal?
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What pictures are we speaking of?
The_Renaissance said:
Aaaaand, just like that, the transformation is 100% complete.

The side who are obsessed with slagging off conspiracy theorists, have gone full blown conspiracy theorist and are claiming that the DC shootings were an "Israeli false flag". You could not script this shit, it's fucking delicious to see it unfolding.

Was thinking earlier as well about the disco dancing in the streets of Gaza on 8th October. It's been ages since we saw dancing on those streets, hasn't it. Feels like a lifetime ago.
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Who are these people claiming it's a false flag?
 
The_Renaissance said:
Yeah, it's a very intriguing paradox isn't it? The kids are starving to death but the adults all look rather normal?
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What pictures are we speaking of?
The_Renaissance said:
Aaaaand, just like that, the transformation is 100% complete.

The side who are obsessed with slagging off conspiracy theorists, have gone full blown conspiracy theorist and are claiming that the DC shootings were an "Israeli false flag". You could not script this shit, it's fucking delicious to see it unfolding.

Was thinking earlier as well about the disco dancing in the streets of Gaza on 8th October. It's been ages since we saw dancing on those streets, hasn't it. Feels like a lifetime ago.
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Who are these people claiming it's a false flag?
 
djacobox372 said:
Seeing the photos of emaciated toddlers is sickening... noticing that they are surrounded by well nourished and often fat adults is infuriating.

Gaza doesn't have a starvation problem it has a child abuse problem.
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Probably one of the most fucked up things I've read on this forum.

You are a piece of shit and so are the people that liked this post.
 
These people think starving children is funny. Fucking scumbag lowlifes, just like all the psychotic Israeli's that say shit like this:

 
Koya said:
Do you support an unconditional ceasefire in exchange of the hostages now that 200k people have been killed and children are starving by the thousands ? Because Bibi doesn't.
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Where does the 200K figure come from?
 
www.thejournal.ie

Hundreds of Ireland's lawyers sign letter saying government should enact Occupied Territories Bill

The open letter from lawyers on both sides of the border said that the Irish Government must enact the legislation to meet its obligations under international law.
www.thejournal.ie www.thejournal.ie

MORE THAN 400 of Ireland’s senior legal academics and practising lawyers have called on the Government to enact the Occupied Territories Bill.
The open letter, signed by some of the country’s most well known barristers, says there is no legal impediment to enacting the legislation.
The Occupied Territories Bill in its original form would have banned all trade with illegally occupied territories, including illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine. The revised bill, however, is expected to cover goods but not services.
It is understood that Tánaiste Simon Harris met with Senator Frances Black, the sponsor of the original bill, in recent days to discuss the issue.
As reported by The Journal on Wednesday, the Tánaiste is to bring the revised draft of the bill to Cabinet next week.
The letter from the lawyers on both sides of the border says that the Irish Government must enact the legislation to meet its obligations under international law.
“Successive Irish governments have delayed and prevaricated on what is known as the Occupied Territories Bill,” the letter says.
“We do not consider there to be any insurmountable legal obstacles, in either Irish, European or international law, preventing the adoption of legislation prohibiting the import of goods and services produced in the unlawful Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
“We consider this is the absolute minimum required from the State to comply with its international legal obligations and the holdings of the International Court of Justice.
“Anything less would be an abrogation of Ireland’s long-standing commitment to international law and human rights.”
The letter goes on to call for the Government to publish in full any “existing legal advice” on proposed legislation.
The correspondence also said that the lawyers “demand” that the Irish government reviews and reports on existing trade and economic relations with Israel, including the issuing of bonds by the Central Bank.
“[This is] to ensure that these do not contribute to recognising, aiding or assisting the unlawful situation created by the continued presence of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
“Finally, we call on Ireland to provide enhanced support to relevant international institutions, in particular those facing attacks and sanctions, such as the International Criminal Court and UNRWA,” the letter added.
One of the main coordinators for the letter was Professor Shane Darcy of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the School of Law in the University of Galway.
His colleague Aonghus Ó Ceallaigh, who is an international lawyer working on war crime investigations, was also involved in gathering the signatures.
Ó Ceallaigh said today: “We think this needs to happen because we are being live-streamed genocide everyday on our televisions.
“In the future people will look back and ask what did we do, as they have with other great tragedies
“We know exactly what is happening. We are lucky to live in a country where there is a groundswell of support for what needs to be done. The Government gave a firm commitment and it is time to see action,” he said.

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Lead the way, Ireland!

The UK should follow, then the EU, and eventually Trump might catch up.

Meanwhile Netanyahu will claim everyone is on the "wrong side of history" for standing against massive collective punishment, illegal annexation of land, and famine, ethnic cleansing, and eventual genocide by the extremist Israeli regime.

Fuck 'em.
 
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