673 Days of Siege and Slaughter: Gaza’s Struggle for Survival

For the 673rd day, Gaza endures a war designed to erase it. Under the roar of airstrikes and the shadow of an unbroken blockade, civilians are starved of food, medicine, and even soap. The past 24 hours alone brought 11 deaths from hunger and malnutrition, while 21 more were killed by Israeli fire, including 15 people gunned down as they waited for aid. Families queue for survival, only to be met with bullets or falling aid boxes that kill instead of save.

Hospitals are collapsing, with fuel shortages paralysing ambulances and forcing emergency crews to use civilian cars to transport the wounded. UNRWA warns that basic hygiene items have all but vanished, turning the simple act of staying clean into a near impossibility. Entire neighbourhoods are bombed into dust, with homes flattened in Gaza City, Khan Yunis, and Rafah. Among the dead are women, children, and the displaced, their names added to an ever-growing list of lives cut short.

Every street in Gaza bears the marks of siege and loss. Aid drops fall into the sea or into danger zones, artillery pounds residential districts, and Israeli warplanes hover overhead, striking wherever life tries to hold on. The genocide grinds forward under the gaze of a world that watches, counts the days, and yet does nothing to end them.

Source : Safa News