Published: Muharram 30, 1447 AH

In a narrow strip of land no larger than 365 square kilometers, more than two million Palestinians in Gaza are living a relentless nightmare. Their lives are folding under the crushing weight of siege, hunger, disease, and death. Gaza is no longer merely a war zone—it is an open-air graveyard, where the living breathe sorrow, eat memories, and count the minutes left in what remains of their lives.

Patients die in front of loved ones due to the lack of medicine. The wounded bleed to death without hospitals. Disease invades malnourished bodies in a silence louder than bombs.

In refugee camps-turned-mass graves, children gather around empty pots. There is no milk. No bread. No clean water. Only the cries of mothers and the roar of warplanes overhead. When asked what they wish for, Gazan children answer: “A piece of bread.” What era is this, where crumbs are dreams? And what conscience allows children to starve without trembling?

This is more than a humanitarian catastrophe. It is a stain on global morality. Mothers are forced to bury their children. Fathers must choose who to treat and who to leave to die. Gaza has descended beyond war, into the deepest depths of hell.

This is not a plea. It is a scream from hollow stomachs, scorched hearts, and people asking only for dignity. Gaza does not seek pity. It demands justice. It does not need sympathy, but action. How long will the world watch silently? How long will death rule Gaza under the banner of inaction?

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, nine more people died from hunger and malnutrition in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 122, including 83 children.

The past day also saw 89 martyrs (including 9 recovered from rubble) and 467 injuries due to the ongoing Israeli assault. Among them, 9 dead and 45 injured were civilians trying to access aid. The total number of those killed while seeking food has now reached 1,092, with more than 7,320 injured.

Since March 18, 2025, Gaza has recorded 8,527 deaths and 31,924 injuries. The cumulative toll since October 7, 2023, stands at 59,676 deaths and 143,965 injuries.

Amjad Shawa, Director of the Palestinian NGO Network in Gaza, warns that “every moment that passes puts malnourished children closer to death.” The International Rescue Committee expressed horror at children and infants dying of hunger.

“I’m not afraid of dying... I’m afraid of dying hungry.”
— A Gazan woman, speaking from beneath the rubble of her home

Since the siege and ensuing military campaign began, Gazans have stopped asking for more than one thing: bread. Even when food is available, most can’t afford it. Hunger is no longer a temporary crisis—it’s a way of life. Children cry at night not from bombs, but from the pain of empty bellies.

Gaza’s Government Media Office has called on the world to immediately break the blockade and open all crossings to allow entry of essential supplies—especially baby formula and flour—for the 2.4 million besieged residents. As of Thursday afternoon, no aid trucks had entered Gaza.

The siege has lasted 145 consecutive days. The need is critical: 500,000 bags of flour per week are necessary to avoid full collapse.

Disease spreads like wildfire. Contaminated water, collapsed sanitation, and the decimation of healthcare have made every Gazan home a potential grave.

Doctors at Al-Shifa Hospital work with bare hands—stitching wounds with torn clothing, using rags for bandages. They are forced to decide who lives and who dies.

Every casualty is more than a statistic. Behind every name is a child’s dream, a shattered family, and a home turned to rubble. The World Food Programme confirmed Zionist forces opened fire on starving civilians gathering for food in northern Gaza.

UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, says it receives daily cries for help from its own starving staff. It admits it can do nothing. “This catastrophe is man-made,” the agency says. “Food is just kilometers away.” Despite having a three-month supply outside Gaza, it has not been allowed to deliver any aid since March 2.

Food prices have risen 40-fold. Gaza is not starving for lack of food, but for lack of political will.

The head of Gaza’s Medical Relief confirms that unless food is allowed in soon, deaths will skyrocket. Many can’t even donate blood anymore due to anemia and severe malnutrition.

The World Health Organization reports that 94% of Gaza’s health facilities are damaged. The main desalination plant in northern Gaza has ceased operation. Now, Gaza faces a water crisis on top of starvation.

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Palestine, declared:

“Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in its most brutal form.”

She emphasized that peace in the region is impossible without justice and accountability.

Even Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued a statement, calling the situation a “humanitarian disaster”, urging that every possible effort be made to protect innocent lives and end Gaza’s hunger.

While Gaza bleeds, the world rotates between empty statements and “deep concern.” Humanitarian agencies cry out, but few listen. The people of Gaza do not ask for luxury—only life without hunger or humiliation.

From beneath ruins and tents, Gaza’s voice rises—not broken by bombs, but crushed by starvation, betrayal, and silence. Gaza asks not for pity, but for dignity.

Every morning in Gaza begins not with hope, but with a new battle for survival. Hunger, fear, disease, and global apathy are the enemies now. Streets are filled not with life, but with debris. The air reeks of gunpowder and rot. The sky is choked with smoke.

There is no schedule for meals, no certainty for survival. Markets are empty. Bakeries are shut. Food is so scarce that even crumbs of bread are shared like gold.

Each second could bring a missile. Each child might die before the next hour. Fear is not fleeting—it is constant.

In Gaza’s hospitals, the only sounds are the moans of the wounded, the sobs of helpless doctors, and the silence of a missing global conscience. Displacement camps are overflowing. Cemeteries are full. Some bodies are buried without shrouds, without goodbyes.

Schools have become shelters. Homes have become graves. In every destroyed house, a family is shattered. A childhood burns.

This is not just war. It is the slow erasure of life itself.

And yet, across the Muslim world, two billion believers sit still, as if nothing is happening. They watch the massacre like it’s a film, post shallow messages online, then return to their sleep.

What kind of nation is this? What shame could be greater?

The Arab and Muslim world owns armies, wealth, media, and power, but shows no dignity. They are not helpless. They are traitors. Not voiceless—but complicit.

Their leaders host “peace” summits, supply the enemy with fuel and food, and grant political cover for genocide. They speak of “concern” while enforcing the blockade and disarming Gaza’s resistance.

The people are no better—paralyzed by cowardice, apathy, and a false reliance on prayer alone. Where is the rage? The resistance? The uprising?

They post pictures of murdered children, type “May Allah help them,” then attend parties and movies.

Gaza stands alone on the battlefield, while they are a burden upon it. Gaza fights on behalf of the nations of this Ummah, dies on their behalf, and endures with a dignity those nations have never tasted.