Gaza is teetering on the edge of a catastrophe. Over 3,500 children are now at immediate risk of dying from hunger, and nearly 290,000 more are dangerously malnourished. The closure of border crossings and a blockade that has lasted more than two months have turned Gaza into an open-air prison where babies cry not for comfort, but for food they cannot have.

Israel’s restrictions have halted the entry of vital supplies—baby formula, nutritional supplements, and essential medicines—amounting to what Palestinian officials describe as a calculated policy of starvation. More than 70,000 children have already been hospitalised for acute malnutrition, and the numbers are rising daily. Yet, silence persists from the international community, even as the scale of suffering becomes impossible to deny.

Families are not just running out of food. They are running out of time. The death of Janan Saleh Al-Skafi, a young girl who succumbed to hunger in a Gaza hospital, marks the 57th known child to die from starvation. These are not accidents. They are the result of deliberate policies, enforced with the full knowledge of their human cost.

Local communities have united in grief and outrage, demanding that world leaders end this assault on the most vulnerable. Their calls echo the same urgent truth: this is not just a humanitarian crisis—it is a moral one. And unless the world acts now, Gaza’s children will pay the ultimate price.