In Gaza, desperation has reached a terrifying peak. With Israel maintaining a total blockade and aid agencies barred from effective operation, hunger has become a weapon, and civilians are paying the price with their lives.

According to the World Food Programme, half a million Palestinians are now starving. For many, the only hope lies in securing a single bag of flour, a mission so dangerous it has become a matter of life or death. Israel’s continued attacks on aid seekers have turned food queues into death traps, as confirmed by UNRWA, which warns of rising casualties among those simply trying to feed their families.

Shelters are not spared. Tents and schools housing displaced families remain under threat, leaving people with nowhere safe to go, not even to grieve, to sleep, or to protect their children.

The youngest suffer most. Doctors in Gaza, quoted by The Guardian, report that hundreds of infants are on the brink of death due to Israel’s blockade on baby formula. Some mothers, themselves starving, cannot produce milk. Others have died before their babies. At least 66 children have already succumbed to hunger, each death a scar on the conscience of a silent world.

Two million people in Gaza now live through a nightmare with no end in sight: food denied, aid blocked, and pleas unanswered. The call is growing louder, for the borders to open, for food and medicine to be allowed in, and for the starvation of an entire people to finally end. But until the world acts, Gaza continues to starve beneath the weight of war and indifference.