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Middle East Gaza: We are dying slowly, save us !
The pics of emaciated children in Gaza are not AI-generated fakes. The pics that have been circulated by mainstream Western media and reposted thousands of times on social media are real, BUT- and it's a big - these photos are often misleading. They show medically vulnerable children who have underlying conditions that result in emaciation. The pics themselves aren't proof of mass starvation in Gaza. The photo that tops the OP in this thread comes from an article in The Guardian published on Aug. 2. The caption credits Mahmoud Issa and Reuters, but doesn't give specific information about the woman and child portrayed. nor are they mentioned in the body of article. The pic is there to illustrate The Guardian's claim Gazans are starving. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/02/gaza-famine-starvation-crisis-israel I went to the Reuters' Web site and found the series of photos from which The Guardian pic had come. The caption of the Reuters' photo has a lot more info. It names the two people, says the boy suffers from cerebral palsy and says the photo was taken July 24. There's no text story with the photo. Reuters is a news agency and offers photos separate from its text . Media outlets that don't have photographers of their own will often use a news agency photo. https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/displaced-palestinian-mother-samah-matar-holds-her-malnourished-son-youssef-in-gaza-city/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjU6bmV3c21sX1JDMlpTRkE0TDgzUQ The boy's emaciated appearance is mainly down to his cerebral palsy. Children with cerebral palsy often have trouble swallowing. The boy needs nutritional supplements and a feeding tube, neither of which is likely to be available in Gaza. The shortage of supplies caused by the conflict has certainly aggravated the boy's fragile condition, but it doesn't prove their is mass starvation in Gaza. Now to the really interesting part. Reuters main competitor in the news agency business is the Associated Press of the U.S. On July 26, two days after the Reuters pic went up, the AP displayed the following photo on its Web site: https://apnews.com/photo-essay/gaza-palestinians-israel-starvation-famine-children-fac87ecccdbe1bcdf0d3067b74f14411 The sidebar to the AP photo reads: "Matar poses for a photo with her son Yousef, 6, who suffers from malnutrition and cerebral palsy, at a U.N.-run school in Gaza City, Saturday, July 26, 2025. In Gaza, malnutrition is often worsened by preexisting conditions and compounded by illnesses linked to inadequate health care and poor sanitation, largely the result of the ongoing war. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)" Two different international news agencies, two different photographers, two different dates, but almost identical pics in substance. The AP pic is darker and has a different backdrop, but otherwise very similar to Reuters, down to the gray garbage bag diaper. The prominent backbone is the focal point of both photos. I'm cynical enough to wonder if these might have been photo ops staged by Hamas to lend emotional impact to the claim of famine and starvation in Gaza. Not fake photos, but definitely misleading. Sometimes, however, the Hamas Media Office becomes disingenuous. The photo below looks appropriately grim with yet another prominent backbone and a second child lying motionless off to the side. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/568411/nz-is-prepared-to-take-further-action-over-the-gaza-crisis-here-are-5-options But when the second kid in the photo looks up, his face doesn't show any signs of starvation. And the real kicker. The pic below appeared in Al-Jazeera. It's the same photographer, day and news agency as above. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/26/israel-says-its-distributing-aid-in-gaza-so-why-are-people-starving The brothers show no visible signs of malnutrition and are clothed. So why is Yazan naked and deathly thin? He's naked because it's a photo op to show off this thinness. He's so thin because of an (and I'll spell it out) U-N-D-E-R-L-Y-I-N-G M-E-D-I-C-A-L C-O-N-D-I-T-I-O-N. If the family were suffering from starvation, wouldn't the brothers be thin as well? More revelations still to come. -
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LTR Visa is Now available for Long Term Residency
Others have done it this way. However, unless something has changed in the online application it says if you don't submit the health insurance info when first applying you should upload a "Document Request Acknowledge Form for LTR Application." This form is available on the BOI LTR website...completing the form you are basically saying you are aware you must provide a health insurance policy when BOI asks for it. I guess by completing this form you are confirming you are aware of the requirement, will provide it later when BOI asks for it, and not just wasting BOI's time. https://ltr.boi.go.th/documents/Document-Request-Acknowledgement-Form-for-LTR-Application.pdf A snapshot from the application upload area when I did my LTR application in late 2022. Notice where it talks above form. Does it still say the same in "your online application area." -
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Quitting cannabis - my story
I'm not sure why, but this topic reminded of this classic Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers strip. -
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EU EU civil war erupts as Italy's Giorgia Meloni explodes!
Come on, no one believes that. You've been single for too long!😄 -
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Community Drunken Foreign Couple Caught Rocking Pattaya Baht Bus
Obviously they were just cuddling it's illegal for ladies not to have panty on in Thailand
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