Opinion: All those who have stood by as Israel exterminates Gaza are guilty
Israel’s genocide in Gaza, now into its 19th month, aims to destroy all life and dismantle the very foundations of survival in the besieged territory.
People in Gaza may die by missile strikes, disease, starvation or the collapsed healthcare system, as anguish weakens the body until illness overtakes it.
Every path leads to death in Gaza. Death has become so frequent and familiar that Palestinians might simultaneously face multiple types of demise, as with the queues forming outside charity kitchens in an effort to stave off starvation, only to be bombed by Israeli aircraft while they wait.
This happened most recently in the southern al-Mawasi area, where one volunteer recalled to Middle East Eye: “I was busy distributing food to the children … and in the blink of an eye, everything turned upside down. Blood filled the place, screams and cries of children and women rose, the food-filled pots were scattered, and the kitchen turned into a ball of fire.”
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