For the 592nd day in a row, Gaza wakes to the sound of bombs and the loss of life. The Israeli army continues its brutal assault on the besieged enclave, leaving behind only rubble, grief, and staggering death tolls. Over the past 24 hours alone, at least 138 Palestinians have been killed, bringing the total number of lives lost since 7 October 2023 to an unthinkable 53,486, with more than 151,000 others wounded, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

Airstrikes, drone attacks, and artillery shelling have targeted homes, schools, and tents sheltering displaced families. In the north, nine members of the Al-Muqeid family were killed in Jabalia. In the heart of Gaza, 13 members of the Nasser family, including the principal of a local secondary school and his children, perished in Nuseirat. Another 13 civilians were martyred when suicide drones struck a school sheltering hundreds of displaced families in the Darej neighbourhood.

In the south, tents housing the Kassab family in Mawasi, Rafah, were hit by a drone, killing seven and injuring others. Meanwhile, Khan Younis was pounded from the air, and naval fire rained down on homes in Beit Lahiya.

Each attack tears apart families, buries dreams beneath rubble, and exposes the brutal reality of a population left to face death alone. The pattern is chillingly clear: civilians are the primary targets of a relentless military campaign. Schools, shelters, homes—no space is spared.

Despite the mounting death toll and the collapse of all basic services, meaningful international intervention remains absent. The cries from Gaza grow louder each day, but the world continues to look away. In the face of such calculated devastation, silence is complicity.