An Objective Glimpse into Israel’s Recent War Crimes
Heartbreak is unfolding in Gaza as the Israeli-imposed Palestinian humanitarian crisis takes another chilling turn. Just this week, two more infants became the latest Palestinian children to die from malnutrition. Over 120 people—more than 80 of them children—have now starved to death as Israel’s blockade tightens around the Gaza Strip.
Doctors inside Gaza describe a nightmare: children brought to hospitals weak from hunger. even the doctors themselves, dizzy and malnourished, can barely stand. Some children are being breastfed water instead of formula. Hospitals have no medicines. Fathers and mothers cry at the doors because there’s nothing anyone can do.
The director of Gaza’s main children’s hospital gave a chilling warning: “Children are the group most vulnerable to the famine conditions gripping the territory… There would be mass deaths if border crossings are not immediately opened.”Gaza’s government says 100,000 children aged two and under—including 40,000 babies—are now at risk of dying within days. There is no baby milk, no nutritional supplements, and aid trucks are blocked at the borders. Meanwhile, international leaders from Germany, France, and the UK are urging Israel to lift the blockade and let help reach those who desperately need it.
A Personal Reflection
When faced with these painful realities, I sometimes ask myself and God why we’re allowing helpless children to be starved. Why is Israel committing these heinous atrocities, and why is my government sanctioning it?
Why would people who were less than a century ago strong-armed, starved, and dehumanized themselves turn around and commit those same atrocities upon a neighboring people? And while some do periodically come forward to say something, nothing is being done. The world is either pretending it isn’t happening or idling, observing on the sidelines while thousands of innocent civilians, including youngsters and babies, are paying for it agonizingly with their lives.
It’s challenging to imagine, but this is reality now for families in Gaza. If we believe in basic humanity, we can’t look away. Share this story. Speak about it. Contact your representatives. We can’t let the world forget Gaza’s children.
–Mistyk
Source:
Al Jazeera – https://aje.io/f4w0aa
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