The death toll from Israel’s assault on Gaza has surpassed 30,000 as health officials say at least 16 Palestinian children have died in recent days from starvation and dehydration. UNICEF is warning the number of child deaths will likely “rapidly increase” unless the war ends. As Palestinians desperately seek aid being withheld by Israel, officials have accused Israeli forces of attacking crowds gathered to retrieve the little humanitarian supplies entering the besieged territory. Live from Rafah, Gaza-based journalist Akram al-Satarri shares his brother’s account of surviving an Israeli attack while attempting to secure food for his kids. “It looks like the objective is to continue the starvation of the people of Gaza and to kill them when they dare to think that they can secure something to feed their children,” says al-Satarri, who reports that U.S. airdrops of aid are doing little to relieve the suffering of millions in Gaza while U.S. military aid supports Israeli attacks. “In one hand, they are providing people with food, and in the other hand, they are providing people with death.”
    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Context on the twitter post referenced:

      The first picture clearly shows an expiration date of July 2026 on the side of the canister, meaning that, as of the date of this note, it doesn’t expire for more than two years.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I love how they show an opened picture, like look how bad it is! But uhhh those are the good rations.

      • SoupBrick@yiffit.netEnglish
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        4 months ago

        God damn, you are absolutely correct. Egg on my face for not checking the source I used. Comment deleted.

  • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
    11·
    4 months ago

    This is kind of how the Molotov cocktail got it’s name.

    The Russians were bombing the Finns, however in the media foreign minister Molotov said they were doing food drops. The bombs were called ‘Molotov breadbaskets’.

    So the improvised incendiary devices the Finns fought back with got called Molotov cocktails.

  • ArtVandelay@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    A tale as old as time. Even back in Vietnam, we were pulling the same shit.

    Willard: “It was the way we had over here of living with ourselves. We’d cut them in half with a machine gun and give them a Band-Aid. It was a lie—and the more I saw of them, the more I hated lies.”

    Apocalypse Now, 1979

    • sailingbythelee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Its not really a tale as old as time if you’re only going back to the 1970s. I don’t think it was very common in the ancient world to provide military aid to your ally while also providing aid to their adversary, unless you secretly wanted to screw over your ally as well.