Obama Presses For Aid In Gaza To Combat A 'Travesty' Of 'Preventable Starvation'

Former US President Barack Obama addresses the Obama Foundation's 2024 Democracy Forum on December 05, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Former President Barack Obama added to growing calls for aid in Gaza as dozens of Palestinians have perished from starvation and global experts warn of looming famine in the region.“Aid must be permitted to reach people in Gaza,” Obama wrote in a Sunday statement on X. “There is no justification for keeping food and water away from civilian families.” Obama’s statement comes as Israel has resumed its military offensive in Gaza, and imposed a blockade of goods that has stymied access to food, water and medical supplies. Although Israel has previously claimed that there are routes for aid to enter the Palestinian territory, physicians, human rights organizations and civilians have reported scant ability to access or distribute these resources,growing cases of starvation and violent attacks by Israeli soldiers at aid sites.As CBS reported, at least 133 people, including 87 children, have died from malnutrition since October 2023, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. At least 48 malnutrition-related deaths have occurred in July, the health entity told The Associated Press. Israel announced this weekend that it would pause military operations for ten hours a day in certain parts of Gaza to allow more aid drops beginning on Sunday. Israeli Brigadier General Effie Defrin also claimed on Sunday that there’s no starvation in Gaza, while noting that conditions were “approaching a problematic line” this past weekend. A spokesperson for the Israeli military did not immediately respond when asked for comment on Obama’s post. In his statement, Obama linked to a New York Times story featuring accounts from physicians and civilians. One parent described frantically searching for milk for her toddler, while another spoke of how his child was suffering from malnutrition and in intensive care. “Some arrive shivering from hunger,” Mohammad Saqr, head of the nursing department at Nasser Medical Complex, told The Times. The former president added that a lasting resolution in Gaza would require a “return of all hostages” and “a cessation of Israel’s military operations,” but noted that immediate action was vital to “prevent the travesty of innocent people dying of preventable starvation.”Related...Obama Team Issues Rare Rebuttal To Continued Trump NonsenseTrump Shares Utterly Unhinged AI Video Of Obama Arrest In Oval OfficeBarack Obama Explains Why Every Man Needs LGBTQ+ Friends

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