🧵 Let’s talk about the lie that “the aid is there, but the UN won’t distribute it.”
Here’s what’s actually happening at the Gaza border — and why Palestinians are still starving.
Here’s what’s actually happening at the Gaza border — and why Palestinians are still starving.
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Hundreds of aid trucks are parked at the Kerem Shalom crossing. But they’re not moving because Israel controls everything:
What enters
When it enters
Who’s allowed to move it
And how much is allowed in.
This is not a logistics issue. It’s a siege.
Hundreds of aid trucks are parked at the Kerem Shalom crossing. But they’re not moving because Israel controls everything:
What enters
When it enters
Who’s allowed to move it
And how much is allowed in.
This is not a logistics issue. It’s a siege.
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UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said it bluntly:
“Israeli authorities are the sole decision makers on who, how, and how much aid enters Gaza... Kerem Shalom is not a McDonald’s drive-through.”
UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said it bluntly:
“Israeli authorities are the sole decision makers on who, how, and how much aid enters Gaza... Kerem Shalom is not a McDonald’s drive-through.”
3/
To move even one truck, UN drivers need:
🚧 Multiple access approvals
✋ A pause in the bombing
🔓 Israel to unlock the gates
🛣️ Safe roads (which Israel has turned into kill zones)
The process is deliberately designed to fail by Israel.
To move even one truck, UN drivers need:
🚧 Multiple access approvals
✋ A pause in the bombing
🔓 Israel to unlock the gates
🛣️ Safe roads (which Israel has turned into kill zones)
The process is deliberately designed to fail by Israel.
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And no, military escorts aren’t the answer.
The UN tried that with a WFP convoy — Israel attacked anyway. Multiple aid workers were killed. Even with armed guards.
The problem isn’t logistics, Hamas or security.
It’s Israel's starvation policy.
And no, military escorts aren’t the answer.
The UN tried that with a WFP convoy — Israel attacked anyway. Multiple aid workers were killed. Even with armed guards.
The problem isn’t logistics, Hamas or security.
It’s Israel's starvation policy.
5/
Meanwhile, the IDF claims:
“There is no famine in Gaza yet.”
Then blames the UN for “abandoning its trucks” — the same trucks Israel won’t let move without full compliance to impossible rules.
Meanwhile, the IDF claims:
“There is no famine in Gaza yet.”
Then blames the UN for “abandoning its trucks” — the same trucks Israel won’t let move without full compliance to impossible rules.
6/ Let’s be clear:
Israel bombed bakeries, blocking aid, killed aid workers, and dismantled UNRWA — the agency distributing food in Gaza.
And now it blames the UN for its man-made famine.
Israel bombed bakeries, blocking aid, killed aid workers, and dismantled UNRWA — the agency distributing food in Gaza.
And now it blames the UN for its man-made famine.
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This is why starvation is not a byproduct of the war — it’s a weapon.
Blocking food. Bombing convoys. Killing those who distribute aid.
This isn’t mismanagement. It’s deliberate famine.
This is why starvation is not a byproduct of the war — it’s a weapon.
Blocking food. Bombing convoys. Killing those who distribute aid.
This isn’t mismanagement. It’s deliberate famine.
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