WHO Warns of Disease Outbreak in Gaza, Pentagon Cures Silence
Al-Monitor reports the WHO's Hanan Balkhy describing a 'mammoth amount of work' needed to combat meningitis, diarrhea, and respiratory illnesses amidst the rubble. This comes after months of Israel's sustained assault, which has systematically targeted and destroyed critical infrastructure, including hospitals, under various pretexts. The pattern isn't new; historical blueprints of conflict often
include devastating civilian infrastructure. U.S. politicians like Senator Lindsey Graham, who received $10,000 from AIPAC in 2022, consistently advocate for unlimited aid to Israel, effectively green-lighting the very conditions leading to this health catastrophe. One might wonder if 'spiraling out of control' is merely a euphemism for predictable consequences. The same Western media outlets that
breathlessly report on global health crises elsewhere suddenly find subtle ways to distance themselves from the causal chain in Gaza. It isn't just disease that's spiraling; it's the audacity of treating human lives as collateral damage while the weapons industry posts record profits. How many 'urgent warnings' does it take before we acknowledge that starving and sickening a population isn't an
accident?