Trump: Gaza starvation is not ‘fake'
Newshour
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🗓️ 28 July 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
President Trump said there is 'real starvation' in Gaza that cannot be ‘faked’, contradicting claims by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that reports starvation in the territory was exaggerated. We hear from the Doctors Without Borders on the ground in Gaza city, and one of the first Israeli rights groups to label Israel's campaign in Gaza 'genocide'.
Also in the program: Thailand and Cambodia announce an immediate ceasefire after days of border clashes, and the Shaolin Temple's chief monk is stripped of his position after accusations of embezzlement and breaking his vows of celibacy.
Picture: A Palestinian child suffering from malnutrition receives treatment at a healthcare center, amid widespread hunger, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip March 4, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour live from the BBC World Service in London. |
| 0:07.8 | I'm Rebecca Kesbby. |
| 0:09.6 | And we head first to Gaza where today more aid drops by air were delivered. |
| 0:14.8 | Lorry loads of aid have also been getting through. |
| 0:17.8 | But the UN aid chief, Tom Fletcher, described these as a drop in the ocean |
| 0:22.4 | in terms of what's needed to avert mass starvation. Earlier, the Hamas-run Health Ministry |
| 0:27.8 | announced another 14 deaths of malnutrition in the 24 hours until that point. Speaking during |
| 0:34.5 | his visit to Scotland, President Trump said he'd seen the images of hungry children on TV, |
| 0:40.7 | and he said it was real starvation that couldn't be faked. |
| 0:44.4 | His comments contradict earlier statements from the Israeli authorities |
| 0:47.8 | that suggested accounts of famine in Gaza were false and being spread by Hamas. |
| 0:53.9 | Mr Trump said the US would be more involved with the delivery of food aid in Gaza. |
| 1:00.4 | We have a lot of access to food. |
| 1:02.1 | We've got a lot of food ourselves. |
| 1:04.1 | And we're going to bring it over there. |
| 1:05.4 | We're also going to make sure that they don't have barriers stopping people. |
| 1:08.2 | You know, you've seen the areas where they actually have food. |
| 1:10.8 | And the people are screaming for the food in there, they're 35, 40 yards away, and they won't let |
| 1:18.1 | them because they have lines that are set up. And whether they're set up by Hamas or whoever, |
| 1:23.8 | but they're very strict lines, so we have to get rid of those lines. But we're going |
| 1:28.3 | to be getting some good strong food. We can save a lot of people. I mean, some of those kids are, |
| 1:34.1 | that's real starvation stuff. I see it. And you can't fake that. We'll hear from on the ground |
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