Public sentiment regarding the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is deeply polarized, with frustrations directed at both Hamas and Israel. While many express empathy for innocent civilians suffering from the conflict, there is significant anger towards Hamas for its governance and actions exacerbating the crisis, and criticism of Israel for its military response and blockade. Overall, calls for immediate humanitarian aid and global intervention are prevalent, highlighting a sense of urgency and despair over the situation.

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The west only values your life if you’re white, and it’s never been clearer

suitorarmorfan

Stop calling it war. It's a fucking genocide.

Dependent-Head-8307

Let’s call this the Second Holocaust as it is.

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crumzmaholey

"There’s also the interesting question of whether you can have a war if one side doesn’t have an airforce; navy; standing army; electricity; food; or water; and is a bunch of kids." -Frankie Boyle

cromstantinople

bakochba

was nt a war/battle, ordinary palestiian got caught up in the moment, from the start, not realizing the greater consequence, how does a jew justify the parallels in history

Appropriate-Twist800

Perchance the solution might be to keep funding terorrism via UNRWA.  

Ionisation1934

According to their own statistics 90% of UN aid was intercepted within Gaza. As in did not reach its intended people.

Then UN and major aid agencies have, for some months, *refused* to work with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation because they could no longer fund Hamas through letting them take the aid and called the situation "a famine" even tho the hunger related death statistics where no where even close to what the official definition of famine is.

Im sad to say UN has lost all its credibility. It needs reform or it can no longer perform its intended purpose.

MunchkinX2000

At this point to call it a war and not the genocide already reveals your inherent racism, do better 

KazzDocs

Some-Investigator150

Il y a du gaz au large de Gaza..israel veut ce gaz !

AudienceEfficient831

Thankfully Hamas has finally bowed to international pressure and is (sorta) accepting the peace deal. 

Better late than never I guess.

KitchenKat1919

Now that Hamas finally agreed to end the fighting, we can hope donor countries will step up their game and help avert a humanitarian crisis.  In truth, we don’t know what will happen in the next few days.  There is a non-zero chance Hamas will restart the war.  Hamas has nothing to gain by peace.

manhattanabe

More like the war Hamas started.

Hardly anyone's war but their own.

SlightWerewolf4428

*"I arrived in Gaza a skeptic of GHF but left an advocate. Simply put, the common portrayal of this organization radically distorts reality."*

Ken Isaacs, a veteran humanitarian worker, says Gaza is facing an unprecedented crisis after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.

He argues that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), backed by the US and Israel, is effectively delivering food despite impossible conditions, while UN-led systems have largely failed.

Though criticized for using military style methods, Isaacs says this is necessary for safety and efficiency.

He urges the UN to cooperate with GHF instead of opposing it, stressing that saving lives must come before rigid humanitarian ideals.

NotSoSaneExile

Mods keeping deleting all my comments even if they are peaceful, non -hostile a factual, be careful their someone influencing the mods today (proabably can not forget)

Psychological-Flow55

Ken Isaacs is an evangelical Christian. Their faith ties in to Christian zionism and being pro-israel. Therefore, his opinion is at great risk of bias.

Surviving27

Had to look for ken isaacs's credentials at Samaritans purse. It's good to see that type of assessment from someone who is regularly involved in such operations.
I would be good if there was any pressure from western allies of the Palestinians on Hamas to end this war and this catastrophe.

Traditional_Tea_1879

How many children randomly shot just trying to get food for their families after trudging many miles through a bombed out dystopian landscape?  How is this “doing a good job”?

marco918

The UN and the rest of the 'humanitarian mafia' have done everything in their power to depict GHF as the devil incarnate - just as they did Israel.

This 'humanitarian' turf war was waged on the backs of Palestinian lives, and had two goals:

1. Maintain the aura of those orgs
2. Defame Israel

The reality is that GHF works well, while the UN and other humanitarian orgs failed spectacularly.

triplevented

More propaganda being posted in r/ geopolitics

MeGaManMaDeMe

The UN response to this was illuminating. 

Faced with the choice between no aid and aid through flawed means, the UN chose no aid to the Palestinian people because dirty Israel would touch it. 

Whether it's because of organizational dickswinging and maintaining UN primacy, or anti-Israel hatred, the fact of the matter is the precious Palestinian lives that were being touted were cast aside for a secondary goal in this case.

ChengSanTP

Sure, they just shoot randomly 30-40 people

Calm_Channel_6262

Any humantarian aid is good at this point for the civlians

Alacriity

PandaoBR

Paywall, which is a shame because this looks interesting

LateralEntry

It is interesting that  GHF reduced food delivery like 3-4 times in September compare to August. That especially strange because current offense pushing everybody south, where in theory GNF should feed them. And no, it is not true that GHF supply more food then UN based org - those supply now like 5 times more  
And for those care to check -  
GHF data - [https://ghf.org/updates/](https://ghf.org/updates/)  
UN data  - [https://app.un2720.org/tracking/collected](https://app.un2720.org/tracking/collected)

vovap_vovap

I wonder if the aggressors surrendering and releasing their hostages has been considered here.  Would that have any effect on the situation?

rockeye13

\[SS from essay by [Jacob J. Lew](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/jacob-j-lew), Professor of International and Public Affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Israel from 2023 to 2025 and as U.S. Treasury Secretary from 2013 to 2017; and [David Satterfield](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/david-satterfield), Director of the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. He served as U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian Issues from 2023 to 2024.\]

Ahumanitarian crisis is unfolding in the Gaza Strip. Since the March 2025 breakdown of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, conditions have worsened dramatically, and the potential for widespread starvation is real. Thousands of containers with food, medical supplies, and shelter materials remain stranded at border crossings on both sides, awaiting Israeli clearance to enter Gaza and conditions for safe passage free from seizure by desperate Gazan civilians, Hamas or gang attacks within the enclave. At least several hundred truckloads of food aid must enter daily to avert a wider catastrophe.

Many parties bear responsibility for this crisis. First and foremost, [Hamas](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/tags/hamas) launched a war with the brutal October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel; because Hamas fighters live and fight in civilian areas and in tunnels running underneath them, Hamas invited an Israeli response that would put millions of people at risk. Gazan civilians have suffered hardships and deaths at an unfathomable scale since the start of the war, and outside organizations attempting to meet humanitarian needs are struggling to deliver aid in the midst of intense combat and disorder in a dense urban environment.

ForeignAffairsMag

Let's be clear: if someone is committing a series of acts that meet the "specific legal definition" of genocide, they are in fact an evil monster.

ProbablyLongComment

It does just mostly come off as a semantic game meant to shrug off/justify atrocities though. I agree that the label is ultimately irrelevant, the point is that Israel’s actions are morally indefensible.

hercmavzeb

And we could have spent all that money on healthcare and housing for Americans vs weapons for Israel

ScarOk7853

This was, of course, the plan from the beginning. 

Total destruction of the area as a prerequisite for ethnic cleansing. Just like many of us have been saying for 2 years.

blackstar22_

Double the number of workers and you'll have it done in 5

darylspake

How long would it take to rebuild the tunnel system?
But seriously: let's do better as humans.

mrpressydepress

Hamas really fucked up attacking Oct 7th.

Goody_No4

I will say the price for 10/7 have been high and Palestinian paid for it for Sinwar actions.

HolyX_87

Indiana-Irishman

Why not give palestine back some of the lands stolen by isreal ?

Beneficial_Clerk_248

Whoever thought doing the October 7 attacks would be a great idea definitely miscalculated

Resident-Werewolf-46

MediocreWitness726

10 to clear debris, 25 to restore land, how many to rebuild the tunnel system?

One-Dimension3974

Not one penny of rebuilding should go to an Israeli contractor. Not. One. Cent.  Instead, make Gaza a commonwealth of the United States, let foreign investors flow in money and rebuild through Palestinian contractors.  

You know what brings peace?  Prosperity (and a good auditor to keep out fraud)

theamazingstickman

Pardon my ignorance, where the hell is "Fertile land" in Gaza?

Upstairs-Ad-6720

sionism has destroyed the possibility of living in peace for all Israelis

Celio_leal

Using qwhat manpower and what tech?

Any clean up can take a few months or twenty year depending on how many resources you wanna/are able to, commit

ProfessionalTruck976

MysteriousArt69

oct2790

I mean a crusher and you can make some world class 6F5 for everyone’s backfill needs.

3p2p

Guess supporting terrorists that kidnap people isn't such a great idea. Who'd of thought?

Goaterush

Oh I’m sure healthy well balanced individuals will grow out of the rubble and won’t be resentful or seek revenge at all!!

Half-Wombat

Neat-History3580

No_Owl6774

Just think what it would still look like if they’d just stayed home on Oct 07th.

Silly-Egg1975

Trump could have looked like a hero if had sent out military into Gaza to distribute food and essentials

Paperxrust

This is what Trump and Israel wanted. A crisis so they can step in, take land under the guise of rebuilding. In reality they're forcing the Palestinians to rely on their help and funding, which will then mean they are forever under control. 


Scum. Trump and Netenyahu should be tried for their crimes.

Grand-Engineer6670

trump the great peacemaker seems to ignore those facts!

Relative-Engineer413

Fuck around, find out. Shouldnt have spent all that Western aid digging terror tunnels and firing rockets at Israel.

shbshg

and by that time Hamas will plot another massive attack on Israel and everything once again will be destroyed. the cycle continues...

Fit-Magazine-6669

FaithlessnessWise555

Oh well fuck around and find out Hammas  !

No-Tailor-2803

Horror_Berry_5385

penisproject

Thank god Tump came up with a peace plan, just in time /s

Aloyonsus

Petercheek

This report is as valid as the one about 14000 babies dying in 48 hours.

npquest

What a disgusting crime Hamas has committed on this once growing and culture rich society☹️

jar1967

Ten years isn't bad, actually. Many other countries have taken longer to recover from war than that.

Happily-Non-Partisan

Oct 7 has consequences.  Fuck around and find our Hamas.

Reasonable-Rain-7474

Weird how it took people less time to rebuild Japan after it was NUKED 100 years ago. Almost like they’re lying for some stupid reason.

Comfortable_Green658

ZizzyBeluga

Senecuhh

Hopefully next time Palestinians don't let their authoritarian rulers hide their war assets in hospitals and schools.

tamp0ntim

Fuck around that much and the finding out takes a while.

That stinks. It’s worse because all of that damage is due to Palestinians not overthrowing Hamas

dildoschwagguns

If only Hamas never attacked Israel, built universities instead of tunnels, preached love instead of hate. If only things were different 

Glittering_Link_6650

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