Gaza stands on the brink, isolated from the world, bombarded from land, sea and air. For the fifth consecutive day, communications have been completely severed, leaving over two million Palestinians trapped in a warzone with no connection to the outside world. As internet and phone lines go dead, so too do the lives of those waiting for aid that never arrives.

Israel’s siege is no longer just a policy, it is a weapon. In a territory already devastated by months of war, people searching for food or shelter are met with gunfire. The killing of civilians has become systematic, not incidental. Israeli forces have targeted roads crowded with displaced families, hospitals already overwhelmed, and even aid distribution points where the starving queue for survival.

Gaza’s Ministry of Health reported that over 55,000 people have been killed since October. Among the latest victims are entire families wiped out in strikes on homes and tents, and civilians shot dead while reaching for a lifeline. In central Gaza, Israeli snipers opened fire near Salah al-Din Street. In the north, naval boats shelled makeshift shelters. And across the Strip, drones hum overhead before unleashing their deadly payloads.

Hospitals, barely functioning due to shortages and siege, are receiving wave after wave of the wounded and the dead. Emergency workers speak of “countless” casualties; of blood-stained stretchers, cries for help, and the unbearable silence that follows.

Palestinians in Gaza are being punished for surviving. With no safe zones, no corridors, no internet, and no end in sight, Gaza’s people face a man-made catastrophe in full view of a world that refuses to act.