[rubzah]

There is simply no excuse for blocking the entry of food into a region wholesale. For that alone they should, at the very least, be an outcast in the international community. But here we are.

[dfxm12]

That they have the backing and blessing of the US government is the counter-argument to this. The US can almost unilaterally end this war if they want to.

[JohnFen]

How is that a counter-argument?

[JumpCrisscross]

> US can almost unilaterally end this war if they want to

Almost but not quite.

[dataflow]

The claim I've heard them make is that the food aid is making it in, but being stolen by Hamas so that it can be resold at markup. How do you convince people that believe this that it isn't true (or is irrelevant)?

[monocasa]

Would reporting from the NYT citing Israeli military officials saying that this didn't happen on any notable scale help convince people?

No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un...

[justin66]

> How do you convince people that believe this that it isn't true

It's not like the Gazans have any money to speak of.

> (or is irrelevant)?

If the way to prevent starvation is to flood the zone with food shipments, it's a moral imperative to do that. That it will also help keep the enemy fed is entirely beside the point, since causing starvation is not a legal or ethical form of warfare.

[magicalhippo]

> stolen by Hamas

And/or the Israel-backed ISIS groups[1][2].

[1]: https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sytu2q1mel

[2]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-armi...

[ndiddy]

If that was true, wouldn’t the best course of action be to let as much aid as possible into Gaza to flood the market rather than restricting the flow (therefore increasing prices) like Israel has been doing?

[Humorist2290]

Then Israel severely limiting the amount of food is helping Hamas by artificially, and cruelly, limiting supply. People want to feed their families and will go to great lengths: sell their valuables, harm others, or wait in line at a Gaza Health Ministry site with the knowledge the IDF might fire into the crowd.

If they flooded Gaza with food then Hamas would benefit less from the supposed stealing/reselling.

[barbazoo]

It is irrelevant. Israel shouldn't block other countries from sending whatever aid, obviously making sure there's no arms.

[abdulhaq]

even if it was true, and the charities say it is not, would that make it OK to starve the people of Gaza?

[alwa]

In conditions of desperation, aren’t the strong people with the guns always the last to starve?

[jacobgorm]

See this Tucker Carlson interview with a former US special forces colonel who worked distributing aid in Gaza https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QRjEMbHXM4Q

[zippothrowaway]

What's the best way of reducing this markup if it were true? Not sending in aid (no supply = lots of demand) or flooding the area with aid?

Seems to me, if the claim is true, Israel is trying to give Hamas more power, not less.

[emmelaich]

How could it be irrelevant?

[Veserv]

Honest question, why can it not just go through the 14 km border with Egypt? Is Egypt also blocking access for food and aid?

[arnsholt]

Because the Rafah crossing is currently controlled by the Israeli army. Egypt can allow all the aid it wants, it’ll still get stopped by the Israelis.

[buyucu]

Israel controls that border.

[buyucu]

And this didn't start in 2023. Gaza has been under Israeli blockade for decades.

[jameshilliard]

> And this didn't start in 2023. Gaza has been under Israeli blockade for decades.

The blockade was also imposed by Egypt[0] and Hamas certainly provided no shortage of security related justifications for the blockade. Unfortunately those security concerns turned out to be accurate[1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_the_Gaza_Strip

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks

[SilverElfin]

It’s not been under a “blockade” for even a year continuously. Literally earlier this year, hundreds of trucks carrying aid were allowed in per day. That was during the ceasefire that didn’t last. If you go back to the history of blockades of Gaza you’ll see it was very intermittent. And when things were tightened, it was in response to incidents like Hamas rocket attacks.

[mupuff1234]

The level of blockade now is on a whole other level.

Not to mention that the blockade was enforced by Egypt as well.

[layer8]

Anyone who characterizes a whole population as “evil” (including around a million children) automatically disqualifies themselves.

[lupusreal]

Do zionists really view the Palestinians as the party which is the most analogous to the Nazis in this situation? Fucking wild.