'Children Are Starving': Rafah Suffers as Israel Halts All Aid and Escalates Assault (www.commondreams.org)
from jeffw@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 11 May 2024 02:07
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Nobody@lemmy.world on 11 May 2024 03:45 collapse

The intentionally-created famine and water shortage may be the worst war crime of all. There aren’t enough bombs to kill everyone, but starvation and thirst will.

Human beings should not be treated this way. At least allow humanitarian aide in for innocent civilians. Children.

TimeNaan@lemmy.world on 11 May 2024 06:11 next collapse

The cruelty is absolutely the point here. They want to ethnicly cleanse them, whichever way is quickest before the international community actually does anything about it.

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TimeNaan@lemmy.world on 11 May 2024 12:56 collapse

Not really, bombing every civilian is very expensive and likely impossible. Starving them is free and effective.

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jordanlund@lemmy.world on 14 May 2024 01:30 collapse

Starvation of civilian populations is a time honored military strategy. Bonus if you starve them out, then use catapults to launch infected/rotten livestock over the walls.

worldhistory.org/…/siege-warfare-in-medieval-euro…

“Chivalry was abandoned, too, if the fight dragged on, such as when Henry V had dead animals thrown into the wells of Rouen in France during his siege of 1418-19 CE. Catapults might launch manure and corpses in the hope of spreading disease amongst the enemy.”

Which Monty Python reversed for comedy in Holy Grail:

youtu.be/JQ8jGqdE2iw

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Tryptaminev@lemm.ee on 11 May 2024 08:23 collapse

And it has been clear since the 10. October after Israel stated to block all food, water, electricity, medial aid and other goods for basic human survival, stating to fight “Human animals” and stating that “there is no uninvolved Civilians”