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Ryan Grim on Breaking Points details Drop Site’s frontline report on Israel’s engineered starvation campaign in Gaza — where aid seekers are being gunned down and civilians are collapsing from hunger in the streets. Full story by Sharif Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس & عبد القادر صباح at link below.

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🚨 The U.S. State Department, which recently barred critically wounded Palestinian children from receiving life-saving treatment in American hospitals, has cast doubt on the IPC’s famine declaration for Gaza in a new statement. A spokesperson said the Trump administration was “looking into credible reports that the IPC recently changed its definition of famine.” He added: “Hamas is systematically promoting a false narrative of deliberate mass starvation to put political pressure on Israel.” The statement concluded that “addressing the challenging issues of getting aid to Gazans means honestly addressing problems for the sake of Gazans, who deserve better — not engaging in semantics.” — Drop Site’s Middle East editor Sharif Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس, with journalist عبد القادر صباح reporting from Gaza, has published a new investigation on the toll the man-made famine is taking on children and their parents. Their story — “Israel Is Forcing Parents in Gaza to Watch Their Children Die of Hunger” — features families in Gaza struggling to keep their children alive. Among them is Madlalah Dawwas and her 9-year-old daughter, Maryam, filmed here by Abdel Qader Sabbah, alongside other acutely malnourished children at the Patient’s Friends Benevolent Society Hospital in Gaza City on August 7, 2025. 👉 Read the full story at the link below.

🚨 The U.S. State Department, which recently barred critically wounded Palestinian children from receiving life-saving treatment in American hospitals, has cast doubt on the IPC’s famine declaration for Gaza in a new statement. A spokesperson said the Trump administration was “looking into credible reports that the IPC recently changed its definition of famine.” He added: “Hamas is systematically promoting a false narrative of deliberate mass starvation to put political pressure on Israel.” The statement concluded that “addressing the challenging issues of getting aid to Gazans means honestly addressing problems for the sake of Gazans, who deserve better — not engaging in semantics.” — Drop Site’s Middle East editor Sharif Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس, with journalist عبد القادر صباح reporting from Gaza, has published a new investigation on the toll the man-made famine is taking on children and their parents. Their story — “Israel Is Forcing Parents in Gaza to Watch Their Children Die of Hunger” — features families in Gaza struggling to keep their children alive. Among them is Madlalah Dawwas and her 9-year-old daughter, Maryam, filmed here by Abdel Qader Sabbah, alongside other acutely malnourished children at the Patient’s Friends Benevolent Society Hospital in Gaza City on August 7, 2025. 👉 Read the full story at the link below.

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54,496 views • 11 months ago

NEW: Rep. Ro Khanna told Drop Site he has secured 20 signatures from fellow House members on a letter to President Trump and Sec. of State Marco Rubio urging U.S. recognition of Palestinian statehood. He is aiming for 50. Sharif Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس asked him about Israel’s criticism of the growing global momentum toward the move. Watch the full livestream below.

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