For the 603rd consecutive day, Gaza wakes up beneath the roar of Israeli warplanes, its skies stained with smoke, and its people trapped in an unrelenting cycle of displacement, destruction, and mourning. In the face of global indifference, the Israeli campaign continues with full force, leaving behind shattered lives and erased neighbourhoods.

The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that 60 people were killed and 284 wounded in just the past 24 hours. These figures, already devastating, exclude data from the hospitals in northern Gaza, cut off and unreachable due to the destruction and siege. Since 7 October 2023, the toll has risen to a staggering 54,381 Palestinians killed and over 124,000 injured. These are not mere numbers, they are entire families, dreams extinguished, and futures obliterated.

In the southern town of Khuza’a, the municipality declared the area a disaster zone. Repeated airstrikes have decimated the infrastructure and rendered life unliveable. The Israeli army's tactic remains the same: force families to evacuate, then bomb their homes. This policy of targeted demolition is no longer exceptional, it is systematic.

In the last few hours, Israeli warplanes struck dozens of homes, including the historic Al-Ghazali Building in Gaza’s Old City. Whole families were buried under the rubble in Jabalia, Khan Younis, and Deir al-Balah. Children like Mira Mohammed Abu Sabra and media professionals such as Youssef Al-Nakhalah were among the many killed. Displaced families seeking safety in tents were massacred in Mawasi Khan Younis. Even those waiting near aid centres, like Ahmed Al-Bouji and Ahmed Al-Hams, were gunned down.

These relentless attacks target not only lives but the very idea of Palestinian existence. Gaza's neighbourhoods, from Al-Tuffah to Abasan Al-Kabira, are being reduced to dust, while survivors are left to mourn in silence, with no shelter, no reprieve, and no international protection.

Yet amid the ruins, Gaza remains. Its people continue to resist not just with courage, but with sheer survival, waiting for the world to finally see them not as headlines, but as human beings worthy of life, dignity, and peace.