PNN – The desperate cries of the people of Gaza, who are facing the greatest human oppression in the modern era and cannot find a morsel of bread for their sick children, have deafened the world, but the world has put itself to sleep, leaving these people in an open prison to die of hunger and disease.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, in the images and videos that have been widely published on social media, we see heartbreaking scenes of the hungry people of Gaza, which represent the greatest humanitarian disaster of the modern era resulting from the siege and hunger war that the criminal Zionist regime has imposed on this strip, along with its brutal and continuous attacks.
The desperate cry of people dying of hunger
Today, the famine in the Gaza Strip has reached unprecedented levels, exceeding all humanitarian standards. Hunger in Gaza threatens the lives of everyone: women, children, the sick, the elderly, men, and even animals.
The entire Gaza Strip is witnessing painful scenes that reflect the collective grief and suffering of the people of this strip, and the desperate cries of fathers, children, and women who are looking for flour to make bread and are tired of hunger have deafened the ears of the world, but the world still does not hear.
In addition to targeting civilians near the so-called American-Zionist aid distribution centers, which are actually “death traps,” the occupiers are also targeting any food source in Gaza, including free food distribution centers and the workers there. The painful cries of the people of Gaza represent a small sample of the suffering of tens of thousands of Palestinian families who cannot find even the most basic daily necessities.
Genocide by starvation
With increasing poverty, unemployment, and a lack of job opportunities, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are unable to meet their basic food needs, and many of them do not even have a single meal a day. We see the signs of this situation in their pale faces and extremely thin and emaciated bodies, especially among children, women, and the elderly.
Local sources reported that the price of a kilo of flour in Gaza, if it is found, exceeds $60, and therefore no one can afford to buy it.
Statistics show that in addition to the dozens of children who have lost their lives in recent days and weeks as a result of the Israeli regime’s hunger war against Gaza, 650,000 children are still at risk of death from hunger and malnutrition. The Gaza Health Ministry reports daily an unprecedented number of citizens suffering from hunger arriving at emergency departments, and statistics indicate a countless number of infants who are at risk of dying from starvation.
The deaths of children, women, and patients due to hunger in Gaza are not just a passing incident; they are another aspect of the genocidal war waged by the occupiers, targeting the weakest and most vulnerable groups, including 12,500 cancer patients who, in addition to lack of access to medicine, have severely weakened immune systems due to hunger, and are struggling with death every day.
The bitter story of a mother who cannot find a morsel of food for her sick children
Dalal Abu Assi, a 29-year-old Palestinian mother of two children, Amani and Hamza, aged two and four, is searching the streets and alleys of the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip for something to ease her hunger pangs.
Amani and Hamza have brain diseases, and their mother, in a trembling voice while carrying them under the scorching sun, told an Al Jazeera reporter: We have no shelter or food, and this has been our situation since the beginning of the war. I go out in the morning to look for food, and at the end of the day, I return empty-handed, very tired and exhausted. Since the war began, we have never tasted peace, and this tragedy is repeated every day, and I struggle with hunger and disease in a worn-out tent.
She added: In the first days of the war, we lived with my two children in a simple apartment in a residential tower in the Jabalia area, located in the northern Gaza Strip, but an Israeli missile destroyed everything in a few moments. We were sleeping and suddenly there was a huge explosion and I felt like the whole house was collapsing on top of us. We then came out of the rubble covered in dust, our eyes could not see anywhere and nothing was left and we had to run through the rubble.
She continued: There is no cleanliness, privacy, or security, but these are no longer important to me, and the only thing that matters to me today is feeding my children; even if it is with a small bite, that small bite has become a dream today. Hunger in Gaza has become a more powerful weapon than bombing, and the enemy wants to starve us to death. There are no more food centers or charity restaurants, and everywhere I go, they tell me there is nothing and everyone is hungry.
Fighting hunger and cancer simultaneously
Dalal Abu Asi suffers from breast cancer but is not receiving any treatment. She said: I have no medicine, no doctor, and no one to ask about my health. Before the war, I used to go to the hospital for chemotherapy, but today I can’t even go to a simple doctor, and there is no medicine anymore, and all the hospitals are destroyed. My eldest son Hamza suffers from a motor and speech disorder and needs regular rehabilitation sessions. My daughter Amani also suffers from a brain disease and poor eyesight and needs surgery on her eyes, but I can’t even afford glasses for my daughter. Even diapers are not available and I use plastic bags for my children, which causes infections and inflammation in their bodies.
This young, suffering Palestinian woman sums up the pain of Gaza in one poignant phrase: A slow death that no one sees.