Letters to the Editor: Toby F. Block

Letter to the editor,

Let’s face the truth. Even without data from international agencies, we could safely surmise that the people in Gaza were not in danger of starving. If there had been food shortages of the magnitude predicted, Hamas would have flooded international media with pictures of obviously malnourished children and families mourning at their children’s funerals. Hamas’ stories of impending starvation were intended to increase calls for a quick ceasefire, needed to prevent Israel from achieving a decisive victory over Hamas, the first step in Israel’s plan to prevent Hamas from fulfilling its goal of inflicting multiple October 7 atrocities on Israelis in the future.

Hamas has long claimed that an Israeli blockade prevented it from developing Gaza’s economy. Yet, Hamas managed to spend $1,000,000,000 building its extensive network of terror tunnels. Embedding the fortifications amid the Gazan populace and turning the people of Gaza into human shields. Likewise, the stories of impending famine saw funds and supplies flowing into Gaza, with any shortages resulting from Hamas’ commandeering the aid for its fighters and selling the food to the Gazans at black market prices.

Hamas Is Seizing Food Aid Meant for Gazans and Selling It on the Black Market
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/03/09/hamas-seizing-food-aid-meant-for-gazans-and-selling-it-on-the-black-market-n2636290

Toby F. Block, Atlanta, Ga.