Public sentiment around the famine in Gaza is highly charged, with a predominant outcry against Israel and the United Nations for their roles in the humanitarian crisis, coupled with frustration towards local factions such as Hamas. Many commenters express deep sadness and anger over the situation, demanding immediate humanitarian aid and accountability from global leaders. There are also doubts raised about the legitimacy of the famine declaration itself, indicating a complex narrative of blame amidst the calls for action.

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For context, a “famine” has a strict UN definition: when more than 20% of households face extreme food shortages, acute malnutrition exceeds 30%, and mortality rates skyrocket. Declaring famine means the situation has gone far beyond scarcity into systemic collapse.

It’s catastrophic optics for anyone involved. Using starvation as leverage, whether by blockade or mismanagement, is a war crime. But beyond the politics and blame games, what it really means is that ordinary people and vulnerable people; kids, parents, grandparents are dying not because of bombs but because they can’t find food.

At the end of the day, famine is not an argument about borders or ideologies, it’s a measure of how far we’ve failed as a species to safeguard the most basic human need. 
That’s the part I can’t lose sight of.

Flaky-Impact-2428

&gt; 'For humanity's sake - let us in' - UN chief's desperate plea to Netanyahu

I reckon I can guess his answer.

Xilthas

Serious question: Why is there a famine in Gaza city, but not in other cities, like Khan Yunis?

SteakHausMann

There are so many comments that seem to be minimising or dismissing this. I don’t understand why. This is really sad news.

malgnaynis

PipelineShrimp

I like how everyone’s being pretentious and digging into the various definitions of “famine” from various organizations, all from the comfort of their homes full of food while the actual Gazans living there are actually starving and scraping for food.

All this sealioning just makes peoples evil intentions all the more obvious. It is truly morbid that some people would rather watch others starve to death.

MrStoccato

one day, everyone will have always been against this 

game_jawns_inc

&gt; A famine is classified when an area has the following: 

&gt; Daily mortality rate exceeds two per 10,000 people, or four per 10,000 children under five.

In Gaza, with a population of 2 million, that would be 400 people a day. Which is more than the total dead from malnutrition over 2 years let alone daily.

Anyone know where they pulled their data from? From the same article

&gt; Deaths from malnutrition and starvation are spiking, according to figures from Gaza's Health Ministry, verified by the World Health Organisation.

&gt; In just the first 20 days of August, there were 133 deaths attributed to malnutrition or starvation, including 25 children, the ministry said.

&gt; This is up from 89 deaths in the first 22 months of the conflict.

Bandlebridge

Can't wait for the usual people to show up and claim that the source is compromised and there is nothing wrong going on. You know who they are.

UltimateShingo

How many times can the same thing be declared these two years?

Sqirch

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If the famine is specifically in Gaza city why don't the people evacuate to the south where food is more plentiful? Why civilians are not allowed to flee the combat zone?

RottingMandarine

I am seeing so many headlines saying "Famine has struck" "Famine in Gaza"

Still more passive language. The inanimate concept of famine has not come in and done this, it is not a natural disaster or an act of God. It's not climate or a poor harvest or anything like that. It is man-made and caused directly by Israel. 

Famine hasn't struck, Israel has struck while using starvation as a weapon. 

The world has been trying to send food and Israel is blocking it. THERE IS NO FOOD SHORTAGE.... the food is there. 

How can you call it a famine when the food is right there? The only reason why people are starving is because they are not being allowed access to the food.

This should not be called a famine at all. It is intentional starvation.

the_sneaky_one123

So areas that Israel controls do not have a famine? 

Then everyone is supporting Israel in going in, taking out the terrorists running Gaza City and establishing GHF food distribution spots to help the people in Gaza City get food, right? Right?

Cause either Hamas is stealing the food or if there really isn't enough food, preventing people from evacuating to locations which are not short on food. (because if people are starving to death, they are not gonna stay away from places they know to have food, unless someone prevents them from going there.)

shady8x

Let’s keep in mind this was completely caused by government policy to cause famine and death.  This was the intended outcome.  That was the plan.

dbx999

Its easy to say Israel is bad when you read headlines this provocative. However the WSJ did an article about why aid isn’t getting to the most vulnerable citizens and the reason is essentially logistics.

Trucks that enter are quickly looted within the first couple miles of their trip. Both by desperate civilians and also criminals. In order to penetrate deeper into the country they would need cooperation from Hamas to assist in getting the food to where it needs to go. However, Hamas is certainly not doing this. They want people reliant on them so they take everything.

Furthermore, the UN is failing to distribute the food that isn’t allowed in for those reasons. In a lot of cases, it’s too dangerous for the staff to penetrate further.

The world food program says “95% of its trucks entering the cause of strip are looted before they reach their destination.”

Airdrops are also happening, but nowhere near the amount that is needed as it’s not feasible to feed an entire population from the air without extra extraordinary expense. 

What needs to happen?

There has to be so much food and aid that enters the country at a certain point as to devalue the scarcity.

thereitis900

Are we really shocked at this point? It’s been pretty clear for a while that there was a famine or things were at least heading that way

Eggsegret

Silver_Branch3034

Israel is allowing lots of food into Gaza.

[More than 132 million meals distributed to date](https://ghf.org/ghf-operational-update-thursday-august-21-2025/)

[IDF says some 400 trucks of aid entered Gaza along with fuel tankers yesterday](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-some-400-trucks-of-aid-entered-gaza-along-with-fuel-tankers-yesterday/)

[100,000 Aid Trucks and Counting: An Israeli Military Official Details Expansive Israeli Humanitarian Operation in Gaza](https://themedialine.org/top-stories/100000-aid-trucks-and-counting-an-israeli-military-official-details-expansive-israeli-humanitarian-operation-in-gaza/)

[6 countries carry out Gaza aid airdrops](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/6-countries-carry-out-gaza-aid-airdrops/)

Much of that food is stolen by Hamas, PIJ and other terrorist groups, except what is distributed by the GHF which is protected from terrorists.

[UN reveals 86% of aid sent to Gaza is stolen before it can reach those most in need](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/un-reveals-86-of-aid-sent-to-gaza-is-stolen-before-it-can-reach-those-most-in-need/ar-AA1JUyAw)

Israel allows food in.  Hamas steals it.  Therefore, Hamas is responsible for any starvation.  Why wasn't a famine declared in the rest of Gaza?  Because Hamas doesn't control that territory anymore and can't steal from there.  It still controls Gaza city and can still steal food there.  That's why starvation is in Gaza city and not in the rest of Gaza.  It's because Hamas is responsible according to the evidence I posted.  Anyone who wants to stop Gaza from starving should be in favor of removing Hamas from power so they can't steal food anymore.

[Hamas terrorists seen feasting underground as Gazans starve above](https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sk1kyrrlge)

Vaaaaaaaape

Wow. Apparently the UN believes the Famine has hit the exact two geographical areas that Israel is about to start operations in and where Israel believe Hamas is keeping the hostages. And not a day before the operation begins. That’s a wild coincidence.

Chillmm8

Hamas should probably surrender and release the hostages…

mikehocalate

It’s a PR machine, anytime Israel makes a big move in Gaza against Hamas, the UN propaganda machine goes into effect…what is the UN hiding in Gaza (besides aid)? 

Here is some critical thinking, the UN prefers the people of Gaza to suffer under Hamas so they can continue to line their pockets, they love the money!!!

TheJacques

Why does this article leave out the amount of aid given and also mention that Hamas can just release the hostages to end the war?

hinaultpunch

So in the area where Israel doesn't control? And is about to control? 

Is everyone going to support Israel's occupation of Gaza City, then?

DanIvvy

Rocky970

The whole world watches how little children are dying of starvation yet no one can do anything. The one who could, USA, won't.


 It's such a horrible view to see that 80 years later the same people who went through the horrors of WW2, do the same to a whole vulnerable nation today 😔

FrogsJumpFromPussy

bllueace

Netanyahu is still getting invited on Sky News Australia to say he's "saving the Western world from the crocodiles". 

OdielSax

When you are intentionally keeping food from people, it isn’t famine. This is plain genocide.

hellno_ahole

Yet Israel will deny it. 

We are giving them food! They just refuse to eat it!

CloseDaLight

currently__working

Any country that backs Israel needs to be ashamed

TOdEsi

&gt;A UN-backed organisation has confirmed famine in Gaza, with more than 500,000 people facing "catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death".

&gt;After months of warning of the deteriorating humanitarian situation, the Rome-based Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said famine was now confirmed in the Gaza Governorate - Gaza City - which covers about 20% of Gaza.

&gt;A report by IPC, the main global hunger monitor working with the UN and other aid agencies, said that conditions are expected to further worsen with famine projected to expand to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis.

&gt;The famine in Gaza should "haunt us all" and was entirely preventable had United Nations not been systematically prevented from bringing in food, the UN aid chief said.

&gt;"It is a famine that we could have prevented if we had been allowed. Yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel," Tom Fletcher told reporters in Geneva, calling it "a famine that will and must haunt us all".

To the surprise of no one (including Israel, who is denying it).

CupidStunt13

typtyphus

Almost every famine of the past 200 years has been man-made. 

Anyone who denies this is a genocide, even if you claim to be against Netanyahu and the Israeli regime, should be ashamed of themselves

tameoraiste

Best case scenario at this point is an asteroid crashing into earth and doing a hard reset. 

We done fucked up.

Alice_Buttons

Anyone still supporting Israel is also directly supporting this famine and genocide.

Whooptidooh

All these organizations saying “yep, it’s a genocide” “yep, those are war crimes”… DO SOMETHING TO STOP THIS.

Liskrig

Trump is funding this with millions of US taxpayer money, and asking for a Nobel Peace Prize? Trump's hands are soaked in the blood of a genocide.

erebus49

Genocide. Famine is the result of genocide.

Tolvat

&gt; Famine 




Did you mean: *genocide*  ?

buenonocheseniorgato

We are a pathetic species really to allow this to occ6

Maro1947

But Netanyahu says the western world is lying

Crazyripps

I guess the UN has never been to Yemen or Syria or Lebanon if it thinks Gaza is the first famine in the Middle East. Which is weird because all those countries are members of the UN. Almost like when the Arabs starve because of other Arabs it's no big deal (especially if the other Arabs are trying to destroy Israel) but when Arabs starve because of Israelis, entirely different.

Scoobydewdoo

First in middle east, by the only "democracy" in middle east.

Gaijinrr

Who are more hated in the world right now israelis who let netanyahu be in charge or maga tossers for voting in trump.   My guess is israelis are more hated

huntsab2090

Info: What are the Israeli arguments on this? 

Reddit is almost 100% pro Gaza, so wondering what is the other side saying?

Winter_Apartment_376

So... maybe stop starving them for propaganda?

Apprehensive-Foot-73

[https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-21/ty-article-magazine/starvation-is-everywhere-virtual-tours-of-gaza-clinics-expose-the-scale-of-the-horror/00000198-ccb7-dcce-a5bf-cdb714fb0000](https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-08-21/ty-article-magazine/starvation-is-everywhere-virtual-tours-of-gaza-clinics-expose-the-scale-of-the-horror/00000198-ccb7-dcce-a5bf-cdb714fb0000)

Pregnantlawyer

"Wait hold on. Have we considered the children starving to death also have pre-existing medical conditions?" - NYT

2forslashing

"There is no famine in Gaza, but the famine is caused by the UN but there is no famine in Gaza, but the famine is caused by Hamas but there is no famine in Gaza, but the famine is caused by Egypt but there is no famine in Gaza but don't point to the one country that is exterminating Gaza".

this-aint-Lisp

The study that confirmed the famine:

https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/countries-in-focus-archive/issue-133/en/

yesnomaybeneverokay

When do we get the NYT article, written by an ex IDF soldier / Mossad agent, about how it's actually Kkhhhamas that's withholding aid from the millions of Gazans? /s

EarthConservation

~~I'd like to thank~~ both CNN and the NYT and the rest of Journalism since 9/11.  *You've been doing a ~~great~~ job!*


No Sacred Cows Left Untipped:


https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1002759309780687920





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwFaSpca_3Q


Grades: NPR &amp; PBS: Fail

Apprehensive-Fun4181

Famine? This is genocide. I hate how they intentionally use the wrong words as if somehow Gazans’ crops failed this year or something.

mch27562

ElegantBastard808

Israel is [already denying it as a "biased" report](https://www.timesofisrael.com/global-hunger-monitor-declares-famine-in-gaza-for-1st-time-israel-rejects-biased-report/). Remind me why we fund such a inhumane, cruel, and dishonest "ally"?

xerxesgm

astaristorn

Israel boutta find a Hama s tunnel bade under the UN lmao

Brosenheim

May god have mercy on them. They have suffered enough already. 
May god have have mercy on them.

EdditSlayer48

PestRetro

Like we needed the UN to make official what we’ve know all along….

Bicisigma

This is so sickening, a tiny fucking blood thirsty nation have so much fucking power over the entire world. A nation that can do the hell it wants to anyone with ZERO consequences. Europeans are probably happy to not have Israel as a neighbour, Imagine that.

Konstapeln1

Well done America. The blame rests on your shoulders for continuously arming the fucking Israeli Government. Wtf is wrong with you. Democrat and Republican

Wooden-Phrase-8258

MrKarim

&gt;Food security outcomes were based on two assessments from different sources, using Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI), supplemented by trends in food consumption indicators.

This report is based on a robocall survey.

Wise-Whereas-8899

An armed coalition or foreign legion????? Wtf

harryoldballsack

And with fat people standing right beside them. 

Hmm. Must be famine. Can’t be another reason. 

Hey tour a cancer ward here. Tour a palliative care ward. 
That’s not famine.

Moewwasabitslew

Hamas should give the people the aid that would be feeding them instead of handing it to literal sociopaths

Fun-Space2942

Who woulda thought attacking Israel first would have consequences 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

PsychologyOfTheLens

Wait what? So all these rabid people that cried that there is a famine in Gaza since 2023 and Israel are starving palestinians lied huh. Only now is the famine starting. Why I am not surprised?

Fluid_Reaction9936

According to the World Food Programme: https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/wfp-palestine-emergency-response-external-situation-report-3-18-october-2023 951 MT feeds 488k people for a week. 951 x 4.5 (a month) x 4.3 (getting 488k to 2.1m) is 18401 metric tons of food per month, convert metric tons to tons to get 20283 tons.

According to the UN's own numbers: https://app.un2720.org/tracking In the nearly 2 month period (From May 19th to July 31st) Gaza has been given ~37000 tons of food, nearly enough for two months worth of supply. Call it not perfect, sure. (Ignoring the fact that Israel has no legal obligation to do this). Just ridiculous how the blood libel is. "Intentionally starving people". It also directly conflicts with what COGAT has stated the past few days. The UN site states only 222 trucks were offloaded into Gaza from July 19th to July 26th, COGAT has stated that over 600 trucks were dropped off in that period. And I trust COGAT over the group that has actively blood libeled Israel since the Holocaust was finished.

But okay, you don't like that, let's get into the daily stuff then. Just a simple browse of Twitter account ImShin shows Palestinians posting their lives. Oh. So from the source they have food and tons of it. Ok. But that's not enough. Ok. So let's go over the Hamas statistics: According to the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/23/we-faced-hunger-before-but-never-like-this-skeletal-children-fill-hospital-wards-as-starvation-grips-gaza 68 total starvation deaths before July 2025 according to the "Gazan Health Ministry" (who gain nothing from lying about how low said numbers are)

Ok, let's establish a baseline: Illinois. Illinois had 625 deaths from starvation/malnourishment in 2023. Illinois' population is ~12.7m, Gaza's is roughly ~2.1m

divide 625 by 6, 104 divide 68 by 1.66 (18 months) 41.

Illinois's starvation death rate is 2.5 times Gaza's. Illinois.

So anecdotally, statistically, and analogically. There is no evidence that Israel is starving Gaza.

Fuck the UN. This report came out as soon as operations started in Gaza city the last stronghold for Hamas.

WorldStarCollections

Zionists don't care about Jews...they serve as useful idiots for their political agenda.

EroticDesire23

JUSTICE3113

bucknerizzo

The Society of Canines confirms that there are insufficient Milk-Bone snacks available.

New-Conversation3246

The IPC changed the definition of famine so that this bullshit propaganda would pass. 
Even by Hamas’ numbers they are nowhere close to the old definition.
Words matter. This doesn’t help suffering Gazans. It does help Hamas.

dearcrabbie

[BBC admits Gazan woman who ‘starved to death’ had cancer](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/18/bbc-gaza-cancer-patient-marah-abu-zuhri-death-claim/) 

Here is a challenge: find a picture of a starving person in Gaza who does not have pre-existing health conditions

qu_o

Define famine and genocide first then accuse g-d's chosen people you antisemitic cretins!

mac_bd

I don’t really get what Hamas’ plan is and what their current objective is. Their people are starving and they refuse to end the war. 

Is the idea to just watch their people starve then claim victory because of some dead Israelis? Seems stupid. Maybe they still believe they can destroy Israel due to religious delusion?

Gurpila9987

So sad what Hamas is doing this to their people.

The world looks forward to the day they finally surrender.

ExitYourBubble

Someday the world is going to wake up and see how corrupt the UN and UNRWA are.

This is all just made up by UNRWA bc they’re so mad that they got cut out of the money and that GRF is actually working well. They’re mad bc they know their time is up and they’ll need to find other jobs… that don’t involve paychecks from literally Hamas.

VeiledShift

Imaginary-Orchid552

Eastern-Narwhal-2093

Didn't the IPC have to redefine famine right before they could declare this one?

Iasso

Wouldn’t the whole Muslim and Arab world accept  refugees from Gaza if there were this starvation?

claudio_lopez

So just deliver the food that the UN has been holding on to

NegevThunderstorm

The UN gets all its information from Hamas. 

The UN has allays been anti-Israel. 

Fekk the UN - it’s a farce

redditISantisemite

The IPC recently cut its threshold for famine in an area by half so Gaza would qualify. 

Never change Hamasniks

KingScoville

The United Nations has declared a famine in Gaza affecting over half a million people amidst ongoing military conflict, attributed to severe restrictions on food and aid.

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