"Please read the IPC report, cover to cover. Read it in sorrow and in anger. Not as words and numbers but as names and lives. Be in no doubt that this is irrefutable testimony.

"It is a famine. The Gaza Famine.

"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.

"It is a famine within a few hundred metres of food, in a fertile land.

"It is a famine that hits the most vulnerable first. Each with a name, each with a story. That strips people of dignity before it strips them of life. That forces a parent to choose which child to feed. That forces people to risk their lives to seek food.

"It is a famine that we repeatedly warned of. But that the international media has not been allowed in to cover. To bear witness.

"It is a famine in 2025. A 21st century famine watched over by drones and the most advanced military technology in history.

"It is a famine openly promoted by some Israeli leaders as a weapon of war."

#TomFletcher, UN Relief Chief at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs #OHCA, comments at the publication of the major #IPC report confirming conclusively that there is #famine in #Gaza, 22nd Aug 2025

https://www.unocha.org/news/un-relief-chief-says-gaza-famine-must-spur-world-urgent-action
#GazaIsBeingStarved #CrimesAgainstHumanity

Criminals, as a rule, tend to deny their crimes. It's not really all that difficult to understand, Mr Albanese.

And authoritarians use open denial of obvious realities as a test of loyalty, to see who will play along, seeking to curry favour with the strongman by toeing the party line, who keeps their head down out of fear or a misguided belief in 'not taking sides', and who is foolish/courageous enough to declare that the naked emperor is clothed in evil deeds.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/29/anthony-albanese-australia-israel-gaza-starvation

#auspol #Albanese #Netanyahu #starvation #Gaza #GazaIsBeingStarved #genocide #WarCrimes #authoritarianism #LoyaltyTest #

‘Beyond comprehension’ for Israel to claim there is no starvation crisis in Gaza, Australia PM says

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The Guardian
They did it in a 'deconflicted zone' after it was coordinated with the IDF at vehicles clearly branded. Statement from World Central Kitchen.
#WarCrimes #Israel #GazaIsBeingStarved