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Israeli War Cabinet Member Ron Dermer Denies There Is a Famine in Gaza
(Sky News-UK) Ron Dermer, Israel's Minister of Strategic Affairs and a member of the War Cabinet, told Sky News on Tuesday there is no famine in Gaza and there "never has been." He described the claim as "nonsense" and said there were "bustling markets" selling fruits and vegetables in the territory. He said claims that both children and adults were dying after being reduced to the "size of a skeleton" were "just all false....That is a false story." He added: "The problem in Gaza is not the trucks getting into Gaza. It's food getting distributed within Gaza because Hamas, a terror organization, is stealing it." "Right now we are flooding Gaza with humanitarian assistance, and the markets have shown that prices have dropped about 90% on basic food items in Gaza." Dermer said there were two pictures circulating of "children apparently starving in Gaza," but said they had "pre-existing genetic conditions that were responsible and had nothing to do with famine. This is an outrageous attack on Israel. It is a libelous attack against Israel." "There hasn't been a policy of trying to starve the population of Gaza or to target civilians in Gaza. I'm a member of the war cabinet. We've never had such a policy."