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groundloop

(13,261 posts) Tue Aug 5, 2025, 09:47 AM Aug 5

8 die from hunger, including child, in Gaza over past day, health ministry says [View all]

Source: ABC News

Hospitals across the Gaza Strip recorded eight deaths -- a child among them -- "due to famine and malnutrition" over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health said Tuesday.

At least 188 Palestinians, including 94 children, have died from hunger in Gaza since the ongoing war began, according to the health ministry.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/8-die-hunger-including-child-gaza-past-day/story?id=124369171

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8 die from hunger, including child, in Gaza over past day, health ministry says [View all] groundloop Aug 5 OP

Fuck. twodogsbarking Aug 5 #1

Thousands will starve to death over the next six weeks Prairie Gates Aug 5 #2

In the past couple months 88% of the aid coming into Gaza was "intercepted" Mosby Aug 5 #3

Per this site, Bayard Aug 5 #4

CNN reported that 1000 have been murdered at food and water distribution sites iemanja Aug 5 #7

Thank you Bayard Aug 5 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Aug 5 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Aug 5 #5

The Israeli government has recently admitted that wasn't true iemanja Aug 5 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Aug 5 #8

Multiple organizations have found that Hamas did not iemanja Aug 5 #9

From the NYT article - No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say cliffside Aug 5 #15

A search of "UN Hamas food aid" turned up a very different picture from what you claim iemanja Aug 5 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Aug 5 #14

But the UN office did not say this was done by Hamas, which both Israel and the US have claimed in the past ... cliffside Aug 5 #16

Clearly that is for a reason other iemanja Aug 5 #17

Thanks even more for this Bayard Aug 5 #13

Another interesting statistics is that between aid being offloaded lapucelle Aug 5 #18