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SvennoJ on 15 February 2024
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We're down to wishing now....

White House ‘wishes’ flour was entering Gaza

Kirby, the White House spokesperson, has confirmed that Israel is preventing flour from reaching Gaza, where people are facing an imminent risk of famine.

“I wish I could tell you that that flour was moving in, but I can’t do that right now. And all I can tell you is that it is absolutely critical as a staple for the Palestinian people,” Kirby told reporters.

He added that Washington will continue to work with Israeli officials to get the aid into the besieged territory. The Biden administration has faced mounting criticism for refusing to use its leverage over Israel to pressure it to adhere to Washington’s stated demands of increasing the humanitarian assistance flowing into Gaza and protecting civilians. The White House is working with Congress to provide $14bn in more aid to Israel.

UNRWA chief highlights toll of war on Gaza’s children

Philippe Lazzarini has said that 17,000 children in Gaza have been separated from their parents since the war began. Israel’s assault on Gaza has been the deadliest for children in modern history.

“Four months into a brutal war. The toll on civilians is unimaginable. Already 5 percent of Gaza’s population has suffered death, injury, or separation,” Lazzarini said in a social media post. “17,000 children torn from their parents. Starvation looms. Desperately needed aid is not going into Gaza. There’s no sanctuary. Urgent action is crucial to halt this deepening humanitarian disaster.”



Why is the solution to problems to make an 'independent' organization just to ignore that organization's recommendations and findings. It's just a convenient way not to have to deal with the problem. Let someone else look at it so we can ignore it.


‘War crime’: Gaza authorities say Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital shameful

Gaza’s Government Media Office says the storming of the medical centre and turning it into a military base by Israel is a “blatant war crime” that violates all international treaties and standards. “We hold the Israeli occupation and the international community and the United States fully responsible for the lives and safety of hundreds of medics and patients and wounded and displaced people still inside [the hospital],” the office said in a statement.

It also rejected Israeli claims that the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis was used by Hamas to house Israeli captives, calling the allegations “well-worn” and known to be false in the eyes of the world. Israel has been attacking hospitals throughout Gaza, claiming Hamas connections. However, critics say the systematic targeting of medical centres aims to render the territory unlivable while robbing civilians of safe places to shelter.

Yet CNN just regurgitates it as truth:

Israel says it has "apprehended a number of suspects" in Nasser Hospital. The Israel Defense Forces said it had "apprehended a number of suspects," with spokesperson Daniel Hagari saying there was “credible intelligence from a number of sources, including from released hostages,” that Hamas had previously held hostages at the hospital. The military did not publicly release that evidence. 

Doesn't matter how many times the lies of the IDF and Israel get exposed and debunked.


Israel confining hundreds of people at Nasser Hospital to one building: Official

Gaza Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra says Israeli troops are forcing 95 medics, 191 patients and 165 displaced people into an old building at the medical centre under “harsh conditions” without food or milk for the children.

“The Nasser Medical Complex is witnessing a catastrophic, worrying situation because of the dwindling medical capacity as fuel is set to run out in the next 24 hours, which directly threatens the lives of patients, including six on respirators in intensive care and three children in incubators,” al-Qudra said in a statement.

Palestinians expelled from Nasser Hospital recount hardship

Israel’s raid on Nasser Hospital has displaced patients and medical workers, who speak of terrifying and strenuous conditions. “I left with my husband, who is blind. I was doing kidney dialysis. They destroyed the walls surrounding us as well as the doctor’s room. They ordered us to leave and fired at us, fired bombs and rockets on our heads from the top,” patient Rasmeya Saleem Abu Jamoos told Al Jazeera.

“They demolished the building. We left from the door, and we walked through sewage along with my husband. The Israelis then took my husband, and I lost my two bags. I cannot find them.”

Israeli attack drones terrorise women, children evacuating from Nasser Hospital

There is a devastating situation inside the Nasser Hospital. All the people inside the health facility, including patients and displaced people, are forced to leave the hospital through a narrow path that can fit one person at a time.

Mass arrests are going on. Women and children are terrorised with attack drones which follow them and fire at them. There have been bodies in the courtyard of the hospital since early morning when the Israeli military stormed the hospital.

Israeli occupation aircraft target displaced people after they were forcibly removed from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. (graphic footage)

UNRWA says facility for visually impaired children has been totally destroyed

“Nothing remains of UNRWA ‘s Rehabilitation Centre for Visually Impaired,” the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency says in a social media post. “This centre was available to all visually impaired children across the Gaza Strip and provided braille machines, canes, visual aids + access to recreational activities including arts, sports & music.”

Footage from before the war shared by the organisation shows children in the facility learning how to type using braille.

Lebanon lays to rest victims of Israeli raids

Five children were among those killed on Wednesday in the deadliest day for Lebanese civilians in four months of hostilities across the Lebanon-Israel border



I felt sorry for the WHO when the world didn't want to take them serious on Covid and tried to discredit the WHO instead, favoring the economy over lives. Covid deaths are nearing 7 million, with over 700K active cases although testing is hardly being done anymore. My wife barely got through / is getting through a 3rd round of Covid. She broke her ribs from having to cough so bad and is now dealing with acute Bronchitus and at risk of pneumonia. She's been sick since before Christmas when 1 in 12 people here had Covid again, kids brought it home from school. (They never tested her for Covid, just assumed by similar symptoms).

Now the WHO pleads for help daily, yet everyone is too addicted to their arms trade with Israel to do anything meaningful.

Palestinians face famine imposed by Israel’s blocking of crucial aid

As Israel’s assault on Gaza continues to strain food supplies and Israeli authorities continue to block large portions of humanitarian aid, some Palestinians are going days at a time without adequate meals. “People in the south of Gaza are depending completely on humanitarian supplies being delivered through Rafah,” Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Abu Azzoum reported from Rafah.

“The situation is critical for people who are still trapped in the north. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are living there and we’re being told by some of the residents there that they’ve been going for days and even weeks without sufficient food to survive. Parents are trying to get up early morning, trying to find food for their children,” he added.

Last edited by SvennoJ - on 15 February 2024