The international mantra claiming Israel must surge more and more humanitarian aid to Gaza to feed the starving civilians there is simply bunk, according to Gazans themselves.
Everyone is talking about food prices starting to come down in South Gaza Strip.
Cooking oil now 12 shekels ($3.30), down from 20 shekels ($5.50).#TheGazaYouDontSee https://t.co/YOmvD8Orgd https://t.co/NNnt1zEtDU pic.twitter.com/3tziqbbDct— Imshin (@imshin) March 26, 2024
TikTok videos posted by those Gazans and reuploaded to the X social media platform by “Imshin” repeatedly document the availability of myriad foodstuffs, particularly in southern Gaza — where Gaza civilians were urged by Israeli military forces to go to escape combat zones further north.
But even this seasoned journalist (forgive the pun) was a bit shocked on Wednesday by an Imshin post that said bluntly, “Waste of food in Gaza. Piles of ready-cooked meals, rice, chicken and vegetables, thrown away just inside Gaza near Rafah crossing.”
Waste of food in Gaza. Piles of ready-cooked meals, rice, chicken and vegetables, thrown away just inside Gaza near Rafah crossing.
Someone in the comments explains that it was sent from Egypt (unrefrigerated?) and by the time it got into Gaza it was smelly and inedible. However… pic.twitter.com/lZyVx0laE8— Imshin (@imshin) March 27, 2024
One commenter wrote that the ready-to-eat meals were sent to the enclave from Egypt. “Imshin,” who understands Arabic, added that the people in the video said nothing about the food being spoiled, but simply complained about the waste.
This is not the first time, nor the second or third, that local Gaza civilians complain about the food aid being sent to the enclave to help them stay alive. Several went so far as to say the aid is not needed, at least in the south.
Chef Hamada's chicken and rice meals, yesterday, in Rafah, South Gaza Strip.#TheGazaYouDontSeehttps://t.co/lgBtFy3Aij https://t.co/9HjdwxXNkQ pic.twitter.com/C1Bcs7tNrN
— Imshin (@imshin) March 27, 2024
Multiple videos uploaded by local Gazans to social media document the availability of foodstuffs that they do, in fact, use to create their holiday meals each evening after the daily fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan now in progress.
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The once-high prices of the goods are also starting to come down, the locals report. The prices for more than a few items are actually even lower — or the same — as those found in Israel.
More prices coming down in Gaza:
Maher Harb (Abu Shaker) is a private importer of chickens. He has two trucks with chickens at Rafah border crossing, entering Gaza. The price is 23 shekels ($6.30) for 1 kg of whole chicken. He asks merchants not to sell them for 60-70 shekels… pic.twitter.com/3Yv9H80isW— Imshin (@imshin) March 27, 2024
“It has been crystal clear all along that food shortages in Gaza during this war have been artificially created by Hamas to garner international support. The willingness of people to believe everything the Hamas monsters say is nothing less than astounding,” Imshin commented in a separate post.
