Gaza stands at the edge of an abyss. For 19 relentless months, the Strip has endured a siege that has stripped its 2.4 million residents of their most basic human rights—food, water, healthcare, and safety. The result is not just a humanitarian crisis, but a deliberate act of destruction, carried out under the world’s watchful eye.

The blockade enforced by Israel since October 2023 has transformed daily life into a desperate struggle for survival. Entire families go days without food, hospitals operate in the dark, and clean water has become a luxury. Dozens of children have already died of hunger. Malnutrition is spreading like wildfire. Diseases once easily treatable are now death sentences.

Gaza’s healthcare system has collapsed under bombardment and blockade. Medical staff are targeted, medicine is scarce, and the wounded are left to die unattended. At the same time, environmental neglect has triggered a secondary disaster: waste piling in the streets, contaminated water sources, and children exposed to life-threatening epidemics due to blocked vaccine shipments.

These are not unintended consequences. Starvation and thirst are being used as tools of war. International law defines this as a war crime. Yet condemnation has not translated into meaningful action. The International Court of Justice has spoken. So have countless humanitarian organisations. But the siege continues, unpunished.

In Gaza, every moment is a battle against death. This is not a natural disaster—it is engineered. As the world debates, Gazans bury their dead and fight to live another day.