UNICEF Warns of 'Massive Spike' in Child Deaths, World Discovers Famine
Al-Monitor reports UNICEF's urgent plea for full aid access into Gaza, noting a potential 'massive spike' in child deaths as immune systems falter. Ricardo Pires, a UNICEF spokesperson, delivers the apparently shocking news that starving children get sick and die. One might wonder why a population under blockade for nearly two decades, and now pulverized for months, would face such a grim outlook.
This 'discovery' conveniently sidesteps the decades-long warnings from humanitarian organizations and the UN about the deliberate degradation of Gaza's essential services under siege. It ignores past instances where such warnings were met with shrugs while AIPAC-funded politicians like Senator Bob Menendez (who received over $1.7 million from pro-Israel groups, according to OpenSecrets.org,
between 2011-2023) consistently voted to maintain the status quo. How many 'last warnings' about a manufactured famine before the 'international community' finds its voice?