Bob Geldof accuses Israel of 'dangling food in front of starving, panicked, exhausted mothers'

Bob Geldof has accused the Israeli authorities of "lying" astir starvation successful Gaza - aft Israel's authorities spokesperson claimed determination was "no famine caused by Israel".

Earlier this week, David Mencer claimed that Hamas "starves its ain people" portion connected The News Hour with Mark Austin, denying that Israel was liable for wide hunger successful Gaza.

Appearing connected Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, Geldof said the claims are false.

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Sir Trevor asked the Live Aid organiser: "The Israeli presumption is that determination is nary famine caused by Israel, there's a manmade shortage, but it's been engineered by Hamas.

"I conjecture the Israelis would accidental we don't spot overmuch disapproval from your broadside of Hamas."

In response, Geldof said "that's a mendacious equivalence" and "the Israeli authorities are lying".

The vocalist past added: "They're lying. [Benjamin] Netanyahu lies, is simply a liar. The IDF are lying. They're dangling nutrient successful beforehand of starving, panicked, exhausted mothers.

"And portion they get to judge the tiny magnitude of nutrient that this benignant of acceptable up pantomime outfit, the Gaza Humanitarian Front, I would telephone it, arsenic they dangle it, past they're changeable wantonly.

"This month, up to now, 1,000 children oregon 1,000 radical person died of starvation. I'm truly not funny successful what either of these sides are saying."

According to the Hamas-run wellness ministry, arsenic of Saturday, 127 radical person died from malnutrition-related causes since the commencement of the war, including 85 children.

Geldof added: "If the newsfeeds and societal feeds weren't truthful censored successful Israel, I ideate that the Israeli radical would not licence what has been done successful their name."

He urged Israelis who wanted to protestation to "get successful your cars, banal your cars afloat of nutrient and thrust done that borderline and fto your ain service halt you," adding: "Stop it, you guys, halt it. Shame connected you."

Asked astir the UK government's reaction, Geldof said it was "not enough".

"This is simply a distraction happening astir 'let's recognise the state' - absolutely, it should person been done ages ago, but it's not going to marque immoderate worldly difference," helium said, referring to calls for Sir Keir Starmer to recognise Palestine arsenic a state.

In the Sky News interrogation earlier this week, Mr Mencer added: "This suffering exists due to the fact that Hamas made it so. Here are the facts. Aid is flowing, done the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Millions of meals are being delivered straight to civilians."

He besides claimed that, since May, much than 4,400 assistance trucks had entered Gaza carrying supplies.

It comes aft MSF, besides known arsenic Doctors Without Borders, warned 25% of young children and large women successful Gaza are present malnourished.

The foundation said Israel's "deliberate usage of starvation arsenic a weapon" has reached unprecedented levels, and said that astatine 1 of its clinics successful Gaza City, rates of terrible malnutrition successful children nether 5 person trebled implicit the past 2 weeks.

MSF past described the deficiency of nutrient and h2o connected the crushed "unconscionable".

In a connection to Sky News, an Israeli information authoritative said that "despite the mendacious claims that are being spread, the State of Israel does not bounds the fig of humanitarian assistance trucks entering the Gaza Strip".

It past blamed different groups for issues delivering aid. They said: "Over the past month, we person witnessed a important diminution successful the postulation of assistance from the crossings into the Gaza Strip by planetary assistance organisations.

"The delays successful postulation by the UN and planetary organisations harm the concern and the nutrient information of Gaza's residents."

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The IDF besides told Sky News: "The IDF allows the American civilian organisation (GHF) to administer assistance to Gaza residents independently, and operates successful proximity to the caller organisation zones to alteration the organisation alongside the continuation of IDF operational activities successful the Gaza Strip.

"Following incidents successful which harm to civilians who arrived astatine organisation facilities was reported, thorough examinations were conducted successful the Southern Command and instructions were issued to forces successful the tract pursuing lessons learned.

"The aforementioned incidents are nether reappraisal by the competent authorities successful the IDF."