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Rhiannon12866

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Sat Aug 2, 2025, 04:15 AM Aug 2025

U.S. envoy visits Gaza as child starvation deaths rise amid aid blockade - NBC News



Trump’s special envoy and ambassador to Israel visited food distribution centers in Gaza as the Palestinian health ministry says more than 150 people, including 88 children, have died from malnutrition since the war began. - Aired on 08/02/2025.
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U.S. envoy visits Gaza as child starvation deaths rise amid aid blockade - NBC News (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Aug 2025 OP
"The starvation is en masse. This is not just one or two people. " AloeVera Aug 2025 #1
He needs to continue this war in order to stay in power... Rhiannon12866 Aug 2025 #2
For him, it's a fortunate alignment of personal and political/ideological. AloeVera Aug 2025 #3

AloeVera

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1. "The starvation is en masse. This is not just one or two people. "
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 06:12 AM
Aug 2025

- American doctor volunteering in Gaza.

"There is no starvation policy in Gaza. There is no starvation in Gaza."
- Benjamin Netanyahu



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AloeVera

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3. For him, it's a fortunate alignment of personal and political/ideological.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 11:51 AM
Aug 2025

Disgustingly, this is probably the happiest time of his misbegotten life. What hostages? What starvation?

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