Israel Confiscated Baby Formula From Doctors On Arrival in Gaza

[ihaveaquestion]

[hlthe2b]

1. Sadists. I suppose the Hamas leadership was going to drink it.

Israelis (many) are as angry as I am to see what Netanyahu has done to Israel's reputation--years after their righteous response to October 7 turned into something decidedly NOT. They don't deny what is being done in their name and certainly don't defend it. Only Netanyahu's far right-wing extremists do (and sadly some of his deniers--including some number in the US).

This IS intentional extermination of the innocent.

[Rebl2]

72. Netanyahu

is an evil monster. If what he is doing isn’t genocide, I don’t know what is.

[mountain grammy]

3. Indescribable evil.

[halobeam]

4. Mortifying.

I'm between venting and having no words. I suppose no words atm.

[Sneederbunk]

5. From admiration, to disappointment, to disgust.

[harumph]

6. "He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster."

"... if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee."

[murielm99]

7. Are there any other sources to confirm this?

Is there only Zeteo?

[Celerity]

8. here

Israel limits entry of baby formula in Gaza as infants die of hunger

While waiting to enter Gaza on a medical aid mission, an American doctor watched Israeli security forces confiscate the cans of powdered baby formula packed in his luggage. The vital product is desperately lacking in the Palestinian enclave, where about 50 children have died of hunger since March.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/07/01/israel-limits-entry-of-baby-formula-in-gaza-as-infants-die-of-hunger_6742899_4.html

https://archive.ph/DoP78



https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/07/01/israel-limits-entry-of-baby-formula-in-gaza-as-infants-die-of-hunger_6742899_4.html

By Laure Stephan (Beirut, Lebanon correspondent)

Published on July 1, 2025, at 11:30 am (Paris)

At the end of June, an American doctor was preparing to travel to Gaza for a medical mission. His suitcases were filled with cans of baby formula, gauze, bandages and sanitary pads. He believed he was doing the right thing: The Palestinian population of the enclave, bombarded and starved by the Israeli army, lacks everything. While in Amman, a mandatory gathering point for foreign medical missions heading to Gaza, the coordinator of the convoy, Palestinian-German ophthalmic surgeon Diana Nazzal urged him to lighten his load. "If you only have medical supplies and no personal belongings, you risk being turned away, or even jeopardizing the whole mission," she explained.

The American doctor followed her instructions, reducing the baby formula in his luggage to three cans. Once at the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, however, his personal belongings were searched by Israeli security guards manning the terminal on the Palestinian side.

"The baby formula was confiscated," said Nazzal. "What other explanation is there, if it's not that hunger is being used as a weapon of war in the ongoing genocide in Gaza?" Local health workers said baby formula is desperately lacking in the enclave, especially specialized formula for premature babies or lactose-free formula for babies with intolerances. Many mothers, suffering from malnutrition, are unable to breastfeed.

'Severe malnutrition'

COGAT, the branch of the Israeli army that coordinates the entry of humanitarian aid, told the Associated Press that more than 1,000 metric tons of baby food, including infant formula, have been delivered to Gaza since May 19, when Israeli authorities very slightly eased the complete humanitarian blockade imposed on the coastal territory for two and a half months.

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[sprinkleeninow]

33. Had been limiting my shared sentiments here on DU regarding Israel/Palestine. All of it sickens my soul.

The destruction of human life especially. The apparent deliberate harm to those seeking food sustenance.

Sorry, but I cannot believe much reporting issued by the IDF as valid.

[ihaveaquestion]

9. Quick google search found several links... (which you could have found yourself btw)

I don't know why you question the veracity of Zeteo, but here are some other stories.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-hampering-entry-of-baby-formula-into-gaza-as-child-malnutrition-climbs/

https://aurdip.org/en/israel-limits-entry-of-baby-formula-in-gaza-as-infants-die-of-hunger/

https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/israel-stops-aid-ship-carrying-baby-formula-to-gaza/

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/7/14/israel-stopped-this-doctor-bringing-baby-formula-into-gaza

[lapucelle]

14. Those are simply reports about various claims, not evidence that any of the claims are true.

Your link to the Times of Israel July 11 story isn't even about the claim that cans of powdered "baby feed" were confiscated from people's luggage.

The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, the army unit that coordinates humanitarian aid, said that "contrary to what is claimed, Israel doesn't prevent or restrict the entry of baby food, including milk substitutes and baby formula, into the Gaza Strip. As evidence, in recent weeks more than 1,400 tons of baby food have been brought in through the crossings, as per the requests of international aid organizations, following stringent security checks.

"We stress that Israel does not collect customs on humanitarian aid brought into Gaza.

"Regarding the security checks," it continued, "the increased stringency of checks at the crossings is due to credible information that Hamas is exploiting the aid for smuggling purposes. The goal is to prevent continued smuggling of goods that Hamas uses to finance terrorist activity."

[ihaveaquestion]

25. So many reports contradict the gov't statements on GAZA that their trustworthiness is highly suspect.

What do you expect them to do, admit that they're ok with depriving babies? That is seriously naive.

[lapucelle]

10. While no one has confirmed the claim the Israel confiscated cans of "baby feed" from anyone's luggage,

it wouldn't surprise me if cans of powder in someone's luggage were flagged at any highly secured border crossing anywhere in the world.

The doctor said he heard the claim that cans of powder were removed from luggage second hand. The doctor also claimed in an interview on Sky News that he heard that the IDF uses children for target practice.

[womanofthehills]

12. An American woman Dr claimed that it was confiscated when she arrived

If I find the video - I will post it. She was the American Dr who said she treated many gun shot wounds in children.

Here is a dad who managed to get some baby formula- he is beyond happy.

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=YZgyyp4w_z7vW3neKxa6cQ

[lapucelle]

26. The bottle tiktoker awadbarbakh1 puts into the baby's mouth is empty.

Who monetizes content using a baby as a prop?

[Totally Tunsie]

31. Evil in its own right. I spotted that also and was appalled.

"Celebrating" when he should have been nourishing. His point was what??

[Mossfern]

62. Read the comments below the video

This was totally staged, down to the empty baby bottle.
You do your cause a disservice by posting clips like this.
Anyone who believes this particular tictok is a fool.

Honestly, I expected better of you.

[RockCreek]

13. The Allenby Bridge is a land crossing. All travel from there to Gaza would be overland.

All air travel was complete, formula undisturbed.

[lapucelle]

15. Cans of powder were confiscated from people's luggage.

Hardly surprising.

[cliffside]

17. Dr. Nick Maynard - Inside a Gaza hospital: A British surgeon on what he's witnessing firsthand

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/21/nx-s1-5471424/gaza-hospitals-british-surgeon-israel-attacks

".... Maynard says he and other doctors have observed clusters of similar injuries — head wounds one day, abdominal wounds the next — raising questions about the intent behind the shootings. "[This] is beyond coincidence," he said.

"The clustering of symptoms is what makes it so dramatic. And it is something that we at all levels — ER doctors, general surgeons, urology surgeons, neurosurgeons — have all recognized this clustering of injuries."

Or you could listen to this doctor ...

Links ...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220536564

"Ex-NHS surgeon Nizam Mamode broke down as he told the international development committee what he witnessed when working as a surgeon in Gaza." He testified to a UK Committee.

Or this doctor ...

"Dr. Victoria Rose, a British plastic and reconstructive surgeon"

[womanofthehills]

20. An American woman Dr claimed that it was confiscated when she arrived

If I find the video - I will post it. She was the American Dr who said she treated many gun shot wounds in children.

Here is a dad who managed to get some baby formula- he is beyond happy.

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=YZgyyp4w_z7vW3neKxa6cQ

[lapucelle]

27. The bottle tiktoker awadbarbakh1 puts into the baby's mouth is empty.

Who monetizes content using a baby as a prop?

[ihaveaquestion]

21. So what would constitute valid evidence to you?

Based on your posts here, I think only video of Israeli officials/soldiers doing the deed and sworn statements from the same would be sufficient.

Are all others suspect in your world? If so, this makes your suspicions suspect in/of themselves.

[womanofthehills]

23. The American woman doc said American doctors have to bring in their own food

for their entire stay. So - this - Dr put baby formula in with her own food she was bringing in and they confiscated the formula.

[Orrex]

47. I've also heard the claim that Hamas uses children as human shields

Do you reject that claim as equally ridiculous? Why or why not?

[lapucelle]

48. So you reject the claim that the IDF uses children for target practice as ridiculous.

Imagine going on a news program and repeating such a claim.

[Orrex]

51. I doubt that the IDF is lining them up on a shooting range

But Netanyahu’s years-long campaign of deliberate civilian murder might be described as target practice, especially if we’re embracing the figurative language used by the “Hamas uses human shields” crowd.

[lapucelle]

53. Here's a report from the "Hamas uses human shields crowd" at NATO

that predates Hamas's October 7 invasion of Israel and the concomitant rape-torture-murder spree by almost 9 years.

Hamas’ use of Human Shields in Gaza

https://stratcomcoe.org/cuploads/pfiles/hamas_human_shields.pdf

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And here's an October 26, 2023 video of the late billionaire Hamas terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh explaining Hamas's strategy of using human shields.

Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh: We Need The Blood Of Women, Children, And The Elderly Of Gaza – So It Awakens Our Revolutionary Spirit

"I have said this before, and I say it time again. The blood of the women, children, and elderly… I am not saying that this blood is calling for your [help]. We are the ones who need this blood, so it awakens within us the revolutionary spirit, so it awakens within us resolve, so it awakens within us the spirit of challenge, and [pushes us] to move forward."

https://www.memri.org/tv/hamas-leader-ismail-haniyeh-gaza-bombing-new-holocaust-need-blood-women-children-elderly-awakens-spirit-resolve

[Orrex]

57. The ravings of a terrorist are not, in themselves, compelling

That sort of hyperbolic language is the stock and trade of terrorists who have no effective weapons beyond frenzy. Our esteemed ally Bibi meanwhile bombs whole neighborhoods to rubble and starves children by the thousands, so who would you say is more responsible for current day murders? A dead fanatic in an open air prison? Or a live billionaire cashing ten- figure checks from the US?

[AloeVera]

59. The gaslighting and reality-inversion is really something, isn't it?

It used to trigger me. I just shake my head now. Sometimes I don't even do that!

Progress!

I love your responses, Orrex.

[lapucelle]

61. Why aren't the public statements of the chairman of a terrorist political bureau "compelling"?

What makes you think that Hamas leaders had "no effective weapons"? Not only did Haniyeh threaten Israel; he also threatened Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

"All the agreements of normalisation that you (Arab states) signed with (Israel) will not end this conflict," Haniyeh declared on Qatar-based Al Jazeera television shortly after Hamas fighters launched their assault on Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and taking more than 200 people hostage.

========================================

Ismail Haniyeh was a fat, pink, and polished multi-millionaire terrorist leader who lived a life of luxury in Qatar. He was the guy selected to be prime minister in 2006 when the last elections were held and Hamas took over Gaza. He was also the public face and spokesman for Hamas, post October 3. He was having a visit with the Ayatollah in a palace in Iran when he was killed.

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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh leads group's diplomacy as Gaza war rages

Nov 23 (Reuters) - Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader based in Qatar, has been the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's international diplomacy as war has raged back in Gaza where his family home was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in November.
Appointed to the militant group's top job in 2017, he has moved between Turkey and Qatar's capital Doha, escaping the travel restrictions of the blockaded Gaza Strip and enabling him to act as a negotiator in the latest ceasefire deal or talk to Hamas' main ally Iran.

Appointed to the militant group's top job in 2017, he has moved between Turkey and Qatar's capital Doha, escaping the travel restrictions of the blockaded Gaza Strip and enabling him to act as a negotiator in the latest ceasefire deal or talk to Hamas' main ally Iran.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-leader-ismail-haniyeh-leads-groups-diplomacy-gaza-war-rages-2023-11-23/

[Orrex]

63. Because they're bluster and because he's dead.

And I mean "compelling" as in "compelling evidence." He was thumping his chest with the kind of empty invective we've seen many times before. Why do you choose to believe this frothing pronouncement while also dismissing any statement from within Gaza that doesn't support your narrative?

Bibi's apologists tend to define "human shields" as "any Palestinian civilian who exists while any member of Hamas exists." That is, the "human shields" bullshit is used to justify thousands upon thousands upon thousands upon thousands of civilian murders by Bibi's regime, and as long as IDF claims that someone from Hamas was reported in the area; then the civilians that Bibi murdered were being used as shields.

At the end of the day, there are really only two positions here: either you're fine with genocidal civilian murder on a massive scale, or you are not.

Which side do you suppose history will favor?

[lapucelle]

64. October 7 was the invasion-genocidal-rape-torture-murder on a massive scale event.

There is only one entity that holds the power to IMMEDIATELY and UNILATERALLY end the war they started: HAMAS.

And they have held that power from Day 1.

Hamas has agency. It needs to do what even the Arab League called on it to do 10 days ago: release the hostages, disarm, and surrender.

[Orrex]

65. How long are Bibi's cheerleaders going to play that card?

How many tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians does Netanyahu get to murder before his tireless apologists cry foul?

I’m guessing, from all available information, that no such figure exists.

Hamas is a vile terrorist regime that should be wiped out to its last member. Meanwhile Netanyahu is bombing hospitals and is starving children.

The nation of Israel has forfeited any moral authority that it might once have claimed, and Bibi's apologists can be dismissed as advocates for genocide.

[lapucelle]

67. "John Kirby: What Hamas wants, make no mistake about it, is genocide"

[Orrex]

68. When you get to the point of replying with vid clips, you've declared that you have nothing to add

Hamas has no power nor reach to commit genocide, though Hamas is indeed a vile terrorist regime. Meanwhile Netanyahu is murdering innocent civilians by the thousands while his apologists cheer him on.

Israel is an ally that we fund extremely generously, while Netanyahu is actively committing genocide in real time. One would think that we'd hold our very well-funded ally to a higher standard than a shitbag terrorist sect, but here we are.


For whatever reason, certain parties are all-in on genocide, as long as the "right people" are exterminated.

[lapucelle]

69. The OP is a video clip.

[Orrex]

70. The OP is starting a discussion; your post attempted to end it

You assert (without evidence or rhetorical support) that Hamas has agency in this.

You would meanwhile have us believe that Israel, with the most advanced and well-funded military in the region, is somehow powerless to act in the face of this mysterious foe. We've heard that rhetoric for many decades.

You are advocating--with conspicuous vigor--for the continued slaughter of innocent Palestinian civilians, and here is the essence of your argument as you've presented it:

Hamas saying that they want to commit genocide is much, much worse than Israel actually committing genocide with the generous financial support of the US.

Again, I wonder how history will view Israel's actions in this.

[lapucelle]

71. Now the argument is "Hamas has no agency"?

agency
noun

2: the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power

[Orrex]

73. Oh FFS

No, the argument is between your view that the slaughter of innocent Palestinians is fine and the civilized world's view that Netanyahu is committing genocide.

You asserted that Hamas has agency, specifically the power to end Netanyahu's years-long campaign of deliberate civilian murder. So if you're now wheedling out of it by claiming that simply meant that Hamas has the ability to exert power, then you are guilty of profound intellectual dishonesty.

On top of advocating for the continued slaughter of innocent Palestinians, of course.

[lapucelle]

74. So to recap...

- Hamas has agency

- October 7 was a genocidal event

- Hamas leader Haniyeh (who lived in the lap of luxury in Qatar) said on the record that "Hamas needs the blood of women, children, and the elderly of Gaza

- the confiscation of cans of a powdered substance found in people's luggage at a hyper-secure border crossing is SOP

- there was no formula in the bottle tiktoker awadbarbakh1 put in the baby's mouth

Oh yes, and

Hamas has the power to unilaterally and immediately end the war (which they started) by releasing the hostages, disarming, and surrendering.

And they've held that power from Day 1.

[Dave Bowman]

75. "stop parroting patently false propaganda"

Good luck with that, that's all they have.

[lapucelle]

80. Which part is "patently false propaganda"?

- President Biden's spokesman John Kirby's statement that October 7 demonstrated "genocidal intentions"?

- President Biden's spokesman John Kirby's statement that "What Hamas wants, make no mistake about it, is genocide"

- the 24 page NATO report detailing Hamas's use of human shields as a lawfare strategy going back to 2007?

https://stratcomcoe.org/cuploads/pfiles/hamas_human_shields.pdf

- Hamas terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh's statement during a televised interview that, "We need the blood of women, children, and the elderly of Gaza so it awakens our revolutionary spirit"?

https://www.memri.org/tv/hamas-leader-ismail-haniyeh-gaza-bombing-new-holocaust-need-blood-women-children-elderly-awakens-spirit-resolve

- the facts that Hamas not only has agency, but that they also have the power to end this war immediately and unilaterally by releasing the hostages, disarming, and surrendering and that they have held that power from day 1?

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250729-qatar-saudi-egypt-join-call-for-hamas-to-disarm-give-up-gaza-rule

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A reminder from the Biden Administration that words have meanings.

[Dave Bowman]

83. I feel sorry for you, eventually you'll have a rude awakening. Or not, I'm not sure which would be worse.

[lapucelle]

86. Yes, well, there you have it. Now back to the matter at hand: which part is "patently false propaganda"?

- President Biden's spokesman John Kirby's statement that October 7 demonstrated "genocidal intentions"?

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/11/20/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-nsc-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-29/

- President Biden's spokesman John Kirby's statement that "What Hamas wants, make no mistake about it, is genocide"?

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/11/20/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-nsc-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-29/

- the 24 page NATO report detailing Hamas's use of human shields as a lawfare strategy going back to 2007?

https://stratcomcoe.org/cuploads/pfiles/hamas_human_shields.pdf

- Hamas terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh's statement during a televised interview that, "We need the blood of women, children, and the elderly of Gaza so it awakens our revolutionary spirit"?

https://www.memri.org/tv/hamas-leader-ismail-haniyeh-gaza-bombing-new-holocaust-need-blood-women-children-elderly-awakens-spirit-resolve

- the facts that Hamas not only has agency, but that they also have the power to end this war immediately and unilaterally by releasing the hostages, disarming, and surrendering and that they have held that power from day 1?

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250729-qatar-saudi-egypt-join-call-for-hamas-to-disarm-give-up-gaza-rule

[EdmondDantes_]

82. That's not the position of Israel.

Even ignoring that Israel's continued expansion of settlements is evidence that the previous ceasefire wasn't actually a status of peace (and likewise given Hamas is still committed to the destruction of Israel, they weren't really at peace either, just rearming) the Netanyahu government has 5 key objectives.

The return of all 50 hostages, 20 of whom are believed to still be alive.
The disarming of Hamas.
Israeli security control over the enclave.
The demilitarization of Gaza.
The establishment of an alternative civilian administration that is neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority.

Only 2 of those are fully up to Hamas. And given the anger of a majority of the Israeli public that supports removing Palestinians from Gaza entirely, there's no reason to believe even if Hamas returned all hostages and dispersed to other countries or turned themselves in to some justice system, whether Israeli or ICC, that the intentional starvation and such would end. Likewise there's no reason to believe that if Hamas did that they wouldn't immediately start thinking of ways to go right back to their terrorist ways. History is a guide and neither side is innocent of continuing efforts to gain power over the other.

https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2025/08/08/netanyahu-to-capture-gaza-city/

https://www.newsofisrael.com/israel/2025-06-04/shocking-poll-82-of-jewish-israelis-back-gaza-expulsion/

[lapucelle]

85. Deseret News is a right wing website owned by the Church of the Latter Day Saints.

newsofisrael.com is so dodgy that it doesn't even bother with an "about" page.


While they don't have an "about" page, they certainly appear to have an agenda.

[muriel_volestrangler]

79. Good Morning Britain, the morning news programme on ITV in Britain; NBC

Walking through the ward, Elidalis Burgos, an American critical care nurse volunteering at Nasser Hospital, visited several babies and children. One boy in an orange shirt lay in a cot, his limbs and face bandaged after he was injured from a strike that killed his family. A month later, the angles of his bones were visible under his thin skin.
...
Burgos said that she had witnessed the Israeli military throw away baby formula brought in by the international aid workers, doctors and nurses from her medical nongovernmental agency Glia.

“Even as aid workers, the little bit that we try to bring in, it gets thrown away,” she said, adding, “We are not allowed to bring in food or formula for babies or children here.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/no-formula-no-food-mothers-babies-starve-together-gaza-rcna220758

[lapucelle]

81. The confiscation of cans of a powdered substance found in people's luggage

at a hyper-secure border crossing is most likely standard operating procedure.

[sarisataka]

19. Are Jews responsible?

All Jews or just Israeli Jews?

[ihaveaquestion]

22. Israelis ARE responsible because their government is responsible. Some are stepping up to protest, which is great.

Not all Israelis are Jews, so why go there?

[angrychair]

29. My comment

Is specific to the government of Israel. A government that is well aware of the tragedy and hate that their citizens and their families have faced.
Its in the context of that reality that makes what is happening in Gaza all the more painful.
People that should have empathy and understanding towards a group of people without land of their own that are attacked and slandered by others seem to have none at all.

This is a problem far older than us and nothing is simple as talking about it on a message board but both Hamas and Israeli government has had lots of opportunities to repair things and neither party was willing to do that and for 17+ years the Palestinian people as well as many others, have suffered because of those choices.

[sarisataka]

42. No it is not

The “final solution” was not directed at the Israeli government, it was the attempted extermination of Jews
Amazing how an innocent category of people were targeted and had awful things said and done to them, was not the Israeli government, they were Jews

Those two statements indicate the “they” used in the sentence-
Then, not even a 100 years later, they decide to murder an entire category of people that they don't like
Means “they” are Jews

[angrychair]

50. No, it's not

You are trying to make this antisemitic and I find that incredibly offensive. We can be critical of Israel's decisions and actions without it being about their religion.
No government is beyond criticism.

[sarisataka]

52. I never said the word antisemitic

I was pointing out the grammar and the conclusion it leads to. (Having a child who is a honors English student has made me very aware of precision in language.)

By all means criticize the Israeli government, I do. But when doing so make sure you are not encompassing a group greater than what you intend.

[lapucelle]

43. Medhi Hasan cannot comprehend why cans of a powdered substance

would be confiscated at a hyper-secure border crossing.

Last week's sources were Briahna Joy Gray, Cenk Yuger, Ana Casparian, Katie Halper, Sagaar Enjeti*, Tucker Carlson, and Red Pill USA.

This week, it's Medhi Hasan, tiktoker awadbarbakh1, and JimmyJ4thewin.

At least we're getting to the bottom of the barrel.

*Sagaar Enjeti told Tucker Carlson last week that Ghislaine Maxwell is a political prisoner in jail for a victimless crime and that he wants The Hague to open an investigation.

[live love laugh]

18. Genocide is acceptable now apparently.

[AloeVera]

58. Only of the "right" people. The powerless and "inconvenient" others..

If it were anyone else - one of "us" - it would have been stopped somewhere around October 2023. When the genocide began.

Equality and human rights for me, but not for thee.

I swear Western civilization is the biggest hypocrite in history.

[murielm99]

49. Blood lust???

WTF? I cannot believe I am seeing such a thing on DU.

[lapucelle]

55. Wait. Are you talking about Jews?

Your post explicitly says "Jews".

Israel does not "claim to worship a God". Israel does not claim to be "The chosen people".

So who exactly are you claiming has a "blood lust"?

[sarisataka]

56. As you noted at the accusation is explicit

Unlike the other post which was poor grammar, causing a conflation, this one does not even try to hide the accusation that Jews lust for blood

[Orrex]

28. This continues Netanyahu's years-long campaign of deliberate civilian murder

One wonders whose side he’d have been on in decades past.

[Chasstev365]

30. War Crimes Trials NOW!!!!!!!

Absolutely no one can defend this!

Has anyone Israeli rightwinger declared we can't allow future generations of Palestinians to undermind Israel?

My God: Have they learned nothing from their own history in Europe not even 100 years ago?

[lapucelle]

44. It's a war crime to confiscate cans of a powdered substance

at a hyper-secure border crossing?

[Chasstev365]

45. Seriously? Infants dying is NOT a thing to be snarky about!

[David__77]

77. This is a just demand.

[Mossfern]

32. I have a dispassioniate but important question

How many bottles of formula does 3 cans make?
While I understand the good intentions of the doctor, efforts must be made to supply a sustainable supply of nutrition for infants and children (adults too!)

Also are there any security concerns about what is actually in those cans of formula - like things being smuggled in?
What is the overall shortage of formula and is breast feeding encouraged?

[ihaveaquestion]

34. Under-nourished women cannot breast feed an infant effectively.

[AloeVera]

60. Mothers' milk has dried up for many months now.

Because of chronic malnutrition. Aid agencies and doctors have been reporting this for MONTHS now. Reports first surfaced even last year. Restrictions on aid have been systematic since October 2023.

"Encourage" breast feeding? WTH?

Are we to think Palestinian mothers are too stupid or uncaring to figure that out?

[iemanja]

35. The point is to starve babies to death.

That is the rationale.

[questionseverything]

40. Starving women can't produce milk

[Dave Bowman]

36. This is so maddening. I'm speechless. 🤬

[Scalded Nun]

38. Just.Fucking.Evil.

Nothing else you can say.

[Nigrum Cattus]

39. If the repugs weren't supporting Israel -

None of this would be happening

[questionseverything]

41. Unfortunately there are plenty of democrats supporting Israel no matter what they do

[Chasstev365]

46. It's shocking and sickening that people are downplaying this on DU.

[Dave Bowman]

76. Yeah, just reading some replies in this thread is nauseating.

[Ping Tung]

54. There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. Howard Zinn

I find it obscene that there are human beings that try to justify murdering or starving anyone for any nation, cause, or religion.

[David__77]

78. It's clear that for months Israel blocked entry of baby formula along with other food. Starving babies was the point.

[cliffside]

87. For those asking for more info on this there are US doctors who have spoken out on this issue ...

one needs to be curious and look.

I deleted a reply here with a new thread about some US doctors who are hoping to visit members in Congress about their experiences in Gaza including formula being confiscated.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220563216