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by linehedonist 266 days ago
> Which months did Gaza not receive any aid?

Zero (0) food entered Gaza from March 2, 2025 to May 19, 2025.

Two and a half months.

Barbaric.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-halts-aid-into-gaza-ove... https://aijac.org.au/fact-sheets/fact-sheet-aid-into-gaza/#f... https://gaza-aid-data.gov.il/media/sftjdsg2/cogat-humanitari...

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It looks like during a two month pause in fighting stocks were built up in Gaza. From reading the articles while there were fears, it looks like food was handed out continuously. I can't find calory counts, be if they dropped by half from the target 3000 calories they would still by at the high end for Germans during periods of US occupation (1000-1500 calories a day).

I would argue waiting a year before the USA allowed aid agencies to feed starving children after the war still puts the US occupation in Germany in a worse situation, the fact infant mortality was double in Germany for 3 years after the war, the fact that target calories were 1/3-1/2 for Germans than for the people in Gaza today.

Germans were at much greater risk as the 1000-1500 calories level doesn't leave as much room for issues as Gaza's 3000 calorie one. In addition Germany had really harsh winters during this period which would need more calories than Gaza.

I think we've explored this topic to it's end. I think objectively the occupation of Germany post war by the US was worse than what Israel has done during an ongoing war to feed Gaza. It's horrific that the government of Gaza chose to start this war and chose to head down the path to all the suffering that war can create.

A number of organizations announced during the 2.5 month pause that they had run out of food:

* UNRWA ran out of flour April 24. https://abcnews.go.com/International/malnutrition-gaza-worse...

* World Food Program ran out of all food April 25. https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-runs-out-food-stocks-gaza-borde...

* World Central Kitchen ran out of all food May 7. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/world-central-kitc...

These were major food providers in Gaza. If they had run out of food, I can't imagine that "food was handed out continuously." You are welcome to prove me wrong and find a major provider still providing food in ample quantities in early May.

I don't understand your point with the comparison with Germany. What the US did was barbaric and cruel. Maybe what Israel is doing to Gaza is the 8th circle of hell instead of the 9th, but who cares?