Trump has acknowledged the fact of famine in the Gaza Strip. What the media is writing
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US President Donald Trump has said that the population of the Gaza Strip is experiencing famine. Thus, he came into conflict with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who denies the crisis. Israeli humanitarian organizations are also talking about problems in the Palestinian enclave, and the British government will hold an emergency meeting on this issue. What the media write about the situation in Gaza is in the Izvestia digest.
NBC News: Trump declares famine in the Gaza Strip
US President Donald Trump has said that there is a real famine in the Gaza Strip. Thus, he jeopardized relations with his ally Israel. His comments came amid growing global outrage over the rising death rate from malnutrition as a result of Israel's military offensive on the Territory.
NBC News
On Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces began short-term breaks in fighting in three settlements of Gaza, which lasted for 10 hours a day. However, humanitarian organizations warn that even a small amount of aid coming to the enclave is not enough to prevent famine.
Trump said the United States would set up food centers in the Gaza Strip because "we need to feed the children." He noted that he had seen images of Palestinians on TV, and that "these children look very hungry." He later added that these scenes were "real hunger" and that "it's impossible to fake it."
The Independent: Netanyahu denies hunger in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that accusations of carrying out a campaign to starve the population of Gaza are "blatant lies." Thus, he rejected the growing humanitarian crisis in the enclave.
The Independent
When the Israeli leader attended a Christian conference in Jerusalem, he said, "There is no hunger policy in Gaza, and there is no hunger in Gaza." He added that Israel "ensured that the necessary amount of aid was received in accordance with international law."
His latest statements contradict the warnings of humanitarian organizations, which claim that hunger and malnutrition in the Gaza Strip have reached a critical point. The World Health Organization has said that the problem of malnutrition in the Gaza Strip is on a "dangerous trajectory" and 63 people died from it in July. According to the United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency, approximately one in five children in Gaza suffers from acute malnutrition.
The New York Times: Hunger in Gaza has become a test for Trump's foreign policy
Trump made a vague promise to open new food distribution points in the Gaza Strip, but did not say anything about how the United States would deliver aid to this largely destroyed enclave. For a president who boasts of his transactional approach to making deals on the world stage, the famine in the Gaza Strip is a test of whether an "America First" foreign policy is capable of dealing with one of the largest humanitarian disasters of the 21st century.
The New York Times
After a series of meetings with European leaders, Trump began repeating their desperate speeches: there is a "real famine" in the Gaza Strip, he said, and the United States will do more to help. "This is a real hunger, I can see it, and it's impossible to simulate,— Trump said. "We need to feed the children."
Global crises have often become a test of whether American presidents can show moral leadership. Failures became a source of bitter regret. During a visit to Rwanda in 1998, Bill Clinton said that the United States and the rest of the world had not taken sufficient measures to end the genocide in that country. Leaving office, Barack Obama wondered why his administration had not taken additional measures to prepare for the social chaos that engulfed Libya after the assassination of its leader Muammar Gaddafi. Now it's Trump's turn to answer the question of whether America still intends to play a leading role among countries in dealing with the humanitarian consequences of war.
CNN: Israeli organizations declare genocide in Gaza
Two leading Israeli human rights organizations have accused Israel of "committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip," becoming the first such organization to issue such a statement. In a major report released on Monday, B'tselem said it had come to this "unequivocal conclusion" after "analyzing Israel's policy in the Gaza Strip and its horrific results, as well as statements by senior Israeli politicians and military commanders about the targets of the attack."
CNN
Another Israeli organization, Doctors for Human Rights — Israel, announced that it was joining B'tselem, calling Israel's actions in Gaza genocide. The organization published a separate legal and medical analysis documenting what it called the "deliberate and systematic destruction of the health care system in Gaza."
The Israeli Foreign Ministry rejected the report, calling it "politically motivated" and dismissing the accusations as "obscene" and "baseless." The agency said Israel was attacking only Hamas, not civilians, and was taking "extensive measures" to avoid harming civilians while delivering aid.
BBC News: Starmer summoned ministers from vacation to discuss Gaza
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an emergency cabinet meeting on July 29 to discuss a peace plan and assistance measures for the Gaza Strip. The day before, he presented to Trump a plan for a peaceful settlement in the Palestinian enclave, developed with the support of Europe.
BBC News
Downing Street did not disclose details of the plan, but said that the "next steps" would be outlined after the cabinet meeting, which will be held today at 14:00 (16:00 GMT). A spokesman for Starmer said that in the coming days, these proposals will also be presented to allies, including Arab states.
In an article published over the weekend, Starmer compared these plans to the proposed "coalition of the willing" to support the Ukraine agreement. This happened after the United States and Israel withdrew their negotiating delegations from Qatar. Trump said that Hamas "didn't really want to make a deal," and Israel said it would consider "alternative options" for the release of the hostages.
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