The Israeli government has declared itself not responsible for the chronic food shortages in Gaza, instead accusing Palestinian militants Hamas of deliberately creating a crisis. "There is no Israeli-caused famine in Gaza today," government spokesman David Mencer said, after over 100 humanitarian and human rights organizations warned of a "mass famine" and urged Israel to release aid. "There is an artificial shortage, engineered by Hamas," he added, accusing the militants of impeding food distribution and looting aid for themselves .
These statements come on the day 100 organizations raise the alarm about famine and a photo is published that opens the eyes of the world: the body of a child reduced to a skeleton, his mouth open as if crying for air and food. Little Muhammad is held in his mother's arms amid the rubble of a Gaza Strip now prostrated by starvation , as accused by the UN, all the world's major humanitarian organizations, and countless insider testimonies.
An image that helps open the eyes of many to an increasingly atrocious scenario: starting from a country traditionally allied with Israel like the United Kingdom , where outrage over the escalation of violence in the Strip, the massacres of Palestinian civilians queuing for aid, and the growing reports of induced hunger among the population are beginning to burst their banks. So much so that those rebelling are no longer just pro-Palestinian activists, the pacifist left, or the liberal press, but also conservative voices, political figures, and commentators who have always been pro-Israel .
The Daily Express, a pro-Israel newspaper, published a shocking front-page photo of the baby Muhammad today. "Please stop this now," the newspaper headline proclaimed.
(Unioneonline)
