Netanyahu Has Denied Mass Starving Palestinians In Gaza Despite Scenes Of People Rushing To Try Get Food
"Thousands and thousands of prisoners taking their shirt off and you don’t see one, not one emaciated from the beginning of the war to the present."
Netanyahu has denied that Israel is mass starving Palestinians in Gaza despite multiple reports from international humanitarian organizations that Palestinians in Gaza are at “imminent risk of famine”.
On Tuesday May 27, Palestinians rushed to collect food parcels from a controversial distribution group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which is backed by Israel and the US.
Unlike aid obtained from the UN, WFP and other NGOs, the GHF delivered food to hundreds of thousands of people in small centralized “secure distribution sites,” which are heavily guarded by private security firms, including American contractors.
The UN has refused to work with the GHF and has condemned its approach to aid distribution, saying the new method is “chaotic, undignified unsafe and weaponizing aid,” as it forces civilians to walk long distances to access aid, risks the lives of Palestinians and fails to ensure access for the elderly and people with disabilities.
Israeli forces at the site then killed at least 10 people and injured at least 62 people seeking aid within 48 hours, with Hamas calling it a “death trap,” according to Al Jazeera.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Netanyahu said there is no proof of starvation in Gaza, adding that Israel had allowed civilians to evacuate combat zones by “supplying them with essential requirements: food, water, medicine” since the start of the war.
"Thousands and thousands of prisoners taking their shirt off and you don’t see one, not one emaciated from the beginning of the war to the present."
Israel had blocked all humanitarian aid from entering Gaza since March 2, saying it won’t allow aid to enter Gaza till Hamas releases all the hostages.
On May 19, after more than 80 days of total blockade, Israel allowed only five aid trucks to enter Gaza to feed 2.3 million people, far short of the at least 500 to 600 trucks of aid needed daily to meet basic needs.
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