| KratosLives said: Netanyahu and hitler are the same. Both delusional with disregard for the lives of civilians. |
The way Netanyahu and his cronies use propaganda, indoctrination, dehumanization, starvation and collective punishment (destroying homes of undesirables, targeting whole families) as weapons of war I would compare them to North Korea, Kim Jong Un's control of the population, using fear and brutal punishments to keep the population under tight control. The difference, NK paints Americans as the devil while Israel the Palestinians.
The parallels with Nazi Germany just before the concentration camps came to be are very strong as well. Although you could say Gaza is a concentration camp already which is now getting split in two, to exert even more military control over the open air prison.
https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/news/hitler-s-hungerplan
Starvation was a central strategy in the Nazi genocide against the Jews. Hitler had long been aware of the power that lay in controlling the food.
Forced, deliberate starvation also played a role in the Holocaust. In the Jewish ghettos, the access to food was tightly controlled. It was up to the Nazis to decide who would have access to meat or bread, and the Jewish shops had a very small selection of foods. “It is hard to say how many Jews died from hunger”, says Anette Homlong Storeide, researcher at the Falstad Centre, a museum, memorial and human rights centre in Norway. “Many of those who died in the gas chambers or during transport to the concentration camps, were already emaciated.”
It seems CNN has ended their live blog about the Gaza war, last update was Feb 18 10:44pm, no page for the 19th nor today. Did they get in trouble with the IDF censor or just lost interest?
WFP halts north Gaza deliveries after gunfire
WFP, the UN’s food agency, says it has paused deliveries of aid to northern Gaza despite widespread hunger after a convoy of trucks faced gunfire and attacks.
The WFP resumed deliveries on Sunday after a three-week suspension but its convoy “faced complete chaos and violence due to the collapse of civil order” and its teams reported witnessing “unprecedented levels of desperation”, it said.
Doctors in Gaza panicked by viral infections
The occurrence of disease is rising in Gaza, with a doctor from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah saying it is impossible to prevent its spread.
“Over the last week, we have been dealing with tens of hepatitis A virus, which is faeco-orally transmitted through contaminated food or polluted water. Not only that, the figures of gastroenteritis, infected wounds, and hypoglycemia are incredibly rising among casualties,” Dr Khalid Abu-Habel told Al Jazeera.
“Normally, we isolate cases of hepatitis A virus to prevent infection. Amidst these circumstances and the overcrowded numbers in Gaza, it is utterly complicated to prevent infection.”
Israelis continue blocking entry of aid into Gaza
Footage shared on social media shows sit-ins in front of the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing blocking the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
According to Israeli media, members of the movement called Order 9 and families of the captives arrived at the crossing to prevent the passage of aid convoys into the Gaza Strip.
פעילי "צו 9" חסמו את מעבר כרם שלום וכעת אף משאית לא נכנסת ממנו לעזה. @MakorRishon pic.twitter.com/MOf1ErNCdp
— שילה פריד🇮🇱 (@shilofreid) February 20, 2024
Gaza Health Ministry says 103 people killed in last 24 hours
At least 103 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 29,195 since October 7, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The ministry, on its Telegram channel, said that 69,170 people have been wounded since Israel launched its devastating campaign in Gaza.
The Israeli forces prevented ambulance and civil defence crews from reaching some of the wounded and people trapped under the rubble, it said, adding that “nine massacres” were committed against families in Gaza.
