IDF declares famine-hit Gaza City a combat zone, ending 'tactical pauses' that allowed limited food delivery

[muriel_volestrangler]

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has declared Gaza City “a dangerous combat zone” as the military prepares for an assault on the shattered remains of Gaza’s largest city.

In a post on X, the IDF wrote:

In accordance with the situational assessment & directives of the political echelon, starting today at 10:00, the local tactical pause in military activity will not apply to the area of Gaza City, which constitutes a dangerous combat zone.

The IDF continues supporting humanitarian efforts while conducting operations to protect Israel.

Planes and tanks have reportedly been pounding parts of Gaza City over the past week and Israeli tanks and armored vehicles have been deployed to its outskirts.

Around one million Palestinian people, many of whom are too frail or old to keep moving, are expected to be displaced by Israel’s expanded assault in the area, where a UN-backed food body declared earlier this month that a famine was taking place.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/aug/29/gaza-famine-israel-middle-east-lastest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-68b171508f086501e3d99cb2#block-68b171508f086501e3d99cb2

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Is there any wonder why people and countries are turning their backs on Israel?

[Passages]

2. They're not even subtle about it.

[David__77]

3. Shameful that this campaign has been fully supported by the US.

[ratchiweenie]

4. I thought starving people to death was considered a war crime.

[0rganism]

5. Extermination time

The ethnic cleansing will now run to completion so as to establish the ultimate Mediterranean golf resort for the idle rich, a lovely place for corrupt officials to rub elbows with organized crime bosses worldwide.

[AloeVera]

8. Don't forget the million or so Israeli settlers.

Israel might allow a resort or two - though ts doubtful anyone will vacation there, let's be logical - but it will control and own Gaza and allow the Israeli squatters to "settle" it. How anyone could ever live on that "graveyard of children" - other people's children - is beyond me. It belongs to Palestinians whose families and people suffered and died there. It's been Arab/Muslim land for millennia and Israel has no right to it, not even biblically.

[leftstreet]

6. DURec

[Rob H.]

7. "directives of the political echelon"

As if that wasn't obvious.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. also known as "I am only obeying orders" (nt)

[electric_blue68]

10. Bibi, a shanda!

Shanda is Yiddish for disgrace/shame