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Rhiannon12866

(242,166 posts) Sat Aug 2, 2025, 04:15 AM Aug 2

U.S. envoy visits Gaza as child starvation deaths rise amid aid blockade - NBC News

Trump’s special envoy and ambassador to Israel visited food distribution centers in Gaza as the Palestinian health ministry says more than 150 people, including 88 children, have died from malnutrition since the war began. - Aired on 08/02/2025.

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U.S. envoy visits Gaza as child starvation deaths rise amid aid blockade - NBC News (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Aug 2 OP

"The starvation is en masse. This is not just one or two people. " AloeVera Aug 2 #1

He needs to continue this war in order to stay in power... Rhiannon12866 Aug 2 #2

For him, it's a fortunate alignment of personal and political/ideological. AloeVera Aug 2 #3

AloeVera

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1. "The starvation is en masse. This is not just one or two people. "

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Sat Aug 2, 2025, 06:12 AM

Aug 2

- American doctor volunteering in Gaza.

"There is no starvation policy in Gaza. There is no starvation in Gaza."
- Benjamin Netanyahu

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Rhiannon12866

(242,166 posts)

2. He needs to continue this war in order to stay in power...

Reply to AloeVera (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 06:18 AM

Aug 2

AloeVera

(3,688 posts)

3. For him, it's a fortunate alignment of personal and political/ideological.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 11:51 AM

Aug 2

Disgustingly, this is probably the happiest time of his misbegotten life. What hostages? What starvation?

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