"At least 57 Palestinians starved to death under Israel’s blockade of Gaza"
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/3/57-palestinians-starved-to-death-under-israels-blockade-of-gaza
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Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud said he had witnessed heartbreaking scenes of children rifling through rubbish, “looking for whatever is left of canned food products”. The enclave, he added, had reached a “critical” point with international organisations out of supplies and community kitchens unable to prepare meals for displaced people.
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The cruelty is the point. Specifically, the point is dehumanization and torture - they are trying to turn starving Palestinians into "beasts" so that it's easier to rationalize mass killing ("culling") under speciesist logic.
https://cjil.uchicago.edu/print-archive/siege-starvation-war-crime-societal-torture
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“It’s frustrating and infuriating to have trucks piling up on the other side of the fence be denied entrance while the people, even children, are in dire conditions.”
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