For 39 relentless days, Israel has kept the Karem Abu Salem crossing closed, severing Gaza’s last fragile link to the outside world. With the flow of food, fuel and medicine halted, the humanitarian crisis in the besieged territory is collapsing into catastrophe.

Gaza’s markets are nearly barren. Families rely on scraps—canned goods if they’re lucky. Falafel, once the cheapest meal for the displaced, is now a luxury. Without flour, UN-supported bakeries have shut down. UNRWA, overwhelmed and under-resourced, has stopped distributing food. Aid convoys are blocked, and even clean water is vanishing.

The health system, battered by months of war and blockade, is now barely breathing. Hospitals face critical shortages, while the rise in malnutrition and dehydration, especially among children, foretells a wave of preventable deaths.

Palestinians in Gaza are not just enduring bombs—they are being starved. International silence is complicit. Every day that aid is denied is another blow to a people already pushed to the edge. The world must act now—before Gaza falls into famine, and before a generation is lost in the rubble of neglect.