Indiscriminate killing and mass starvation continue with US support
The ongoing catastrophe in Gaza has reached unimaginable proportions, as the relentless assault by Israel continues. In the span of just one year, 902 entire families have been wiped from Gaza's civil registry, and 1,300 more families have been reduced to a single surviving member. The official death toll stands at over 41,800, but experts believe this is a gross undercount. In just one day this week, Israel killed over 100 people in Gaza, including 51 in Khan Younis—12 of them children.The violence extends beyond Gaza. In the West Bank, Israeli forces have killed at least 50 Palestinians since August 28. The deadliest airstrike in over two decades hit the Tulkarm refugee camp, killing 18 people when Israeli jets targeted a crowded café. Israel’s military claims it was aiming for Hamas leadership, but the indiscriminate targeting of civilians is inexcusable.
Shockingly, much of the world, including the U.S. corporate media, has turned a blind eye to these atrocities, with attention diverted to Lebanon and Iran. The international community has repeatedly failed to uphold the principles of international humanitarian law, allowing Israel to continue its collective punishment of Palestinians.
This is not just a failure of politics—it is a moral failure. Families have been obliterated. Children are left to survive in a wasteland of bombed-out homes and hospitals, where medical care is scarce, food and water are contaminated, and the chance for a dignified life has all but disappeared.
The world must confront this atrocity. The silence of global powers, particularly in the West, perpetuates the suffering of 2.3 million Gazans, nearly half of whom are children. The international community must act to end the violence, lift the siege, and uphold the rights of Palestinians. Anything less is complicity in one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our time.
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