Gaza's children are dying of hunger... and the world's silence is killing them twice.

Bin Muammar Al-Hajj Issa

In the heart of the Algerian capital, and under the flames of wounded emotions, the voice of the Palestinian ambassador, Dr. Fayez Abu Aita, resounded in a fiery press conference he held at the Palestinian embassy, exposing the world to a mirror of shame, declaring with a full mouth: "The children of Gaza are dying of hunger." This was neither a metaphor nor a figure of speech, but a stark reality that exposes the vileness of the siege, the bloody occupation, and the complicity of the international system in this crime of the century. In his speech, which seemed like a cry of conscience that was heard but not responded to, the ambassador revealed numbers that exceed the limits of human comprehension. The number of martyrs in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression has reached approximately 58,028, including more than 17,000 children and nearly 10,000 women. It is as if the occupation has decided to implement a systematic cleansing against childhood and femininity, against life itself.
Despite the horror of the massacres, it seems that the Zionist bloodlust has not been quenched. Instead, it has begun implementing a policy of mass starvation, as the ambassador described it, a silent massacre that is not properly conveyed on screens, but which is tearing apart the tender bodies of children and devouring what remains of the lives of the sick and wounded, numbering more than 138,000, writhing on beds of dirt, in the absence of food and medicine, and the deliberate destruction of the health infrastructure, as 13 hospitals have been completely destroyed, leaving only 36 partially functioning health centers amid a complete deficit and almost non-existent resources.
The ambassador's speech was not a cold digital narrative, but rather a profound human pain, interspersed with shocking testimonies of genocidal crimes and bodies still buried under the rubble, unable to be recovered, given the inability of rescue crews and the ongoing bombardment. He suggested that the number of missing persons exceeds or equals the number of documented martyrs. He added bitterly that 230 journalists were martyred under direct bombardment, in a clear attempt to silence the truth and silence speech, so that Gaza's voices cannot rise above the rubble of international double standards.
But the most painful moment came when the ambassador described scenes of what he called "death traps," points where aid was supposed to be delivered, but which had turned into bloody arenas where occupation soldiers shot the starving. A thousand people were martyred in these areas within days, while hundreds more died of starvation in camps, hospitals, and neighborhoods suffocating with hunger, fear, and darkness. Humanitarian aid, he said, has become a bargaining chip and blackmail tool, yet another weapon in the hands of the occupation. Its entry has been banned for more than 139 days, with the goal of forced displacement and emptying Gaza of its residents, as part of a comprehensive Zionist plan targeting the land, the people, and memory.
The ambassador did not ask for pity, nor did he beg for charity. Rather, he issued an angry appeal to the human conscience, to the world that has chosen to close its eyes to the massacres of the century, settling for muted condemnations and sterile statements of concern. Gaza today is not merely dying under the rubble of bombardment, but is dying a slow, daily death, with hunger chewing at the livers of its children, and dignity disintegrating before closed gates and aid piled up by a despicable political decision. The children of Gaza do not need words, but stances. They do not want slogans, but actions that will stop this mass slaughter and put an end to the disregard for the right to life.
In his voice, Palestine spoke, in his tears, Gaza screamed, in his numbers, the graves were counted, the massacres were documented, and the world was condemned for its silence. The ambassador said it clearly: "What is happening in Gaza is not just a war, it is a genocidal project." Shame will follow those who witnessed and did not act, those who knew and were not outraged, those who heard that children were dying of hunger... and continued to negotiate over crumbs of positions.