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<h1 class="gmail-single_title">Urgent appeal: The catastrophic situation in Gaza, a people starving to death amid global silence</h1>
<div class="gmail-article-author"><h3>By <a href="https://english.palinfo.com/?post_type=authors&p=343640"> Fatima Skaik </a></h3></div>
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<p>While the world speaks of human rights, food security, and global
peace, an entire population is left to face death by starvation, thirst,
and disease without any real intervention to save them. Gaza\u2014that small
strip of land under siege for years\u2014is now enduring the worst
humanitarian catastrophe of the modern era.</p>
<p>Hunger is no longer just a word heard in news reports; it has become a
daily reality crushing thousands of families. Children, pregnant women,
the sick, the elderly\u2026 all are at risk of slow death due to the
suffocating blockade, severe food shortages, and astronomically inflated
prices. This is not an exaggeration but a testimony from the heart of
the disaster.</p>
<p><strong>Real hunger: When a bite of food becomes a dream<br></strong>\u201cWe
are literally dying of hunger\u201d\u2014this phrase is not mere drama but the
bitter truth lived by every resident of Gaza today. Markets are empty,
prices have multiplied tenfold, and even if someone has money, there is
simply nothing left to buy.</p>
<p>The food crisis: A kilo of flour that once cost 5 shekels now sells
for 200 shekels (approximately $65)\u2014if it can even be found! Rice,
sugar, oil, milk, medicine\u2026 all are either unavailable or sold at
outrageous prices. Families are forced to reduce their meals to one per
day, often relying on bread mixed with grass or scraps of food from any
source.</p>
<p>Children and women: The first victims: UN reports warn that 90% of
Gaza\u2019s children suffer from acute malnutrition. Pregnant and nursing
women cannot find enough to feed themselves\u2014how can they nourish their
babies? Hospitals report repeated miscarriages due to starvation, and
children dying from dehydration or extreme weakness.</p>
<p><strong>Collapse of security: When hunger turns into crime<br></strong>With
food security shattered, societal security collapses. Hunger drives
people to despair, and despair breeds dangerous behavior.</p>
<p>Surge in theft: Theft is no longer a condemned crime but a \u201cmeans of
survival.\u201d Children steal bread from one another, families loot shops
after closing hours, and even humanitarian aid is stolen before reaching
those in need.</p>
<p>Women\u2019s safety at risk: \u201cAs a girl, I\u2019m afraid to walk the streets
alone without a man beside me\u201d\u2014this testimony reflects the extent of the
deterioration. Fear of physical assault or robbery has become a daily
obsession, especially with gangs exploiting the chaos.</p>
<p><strong>The siege and the world\u2019s conscience; where is humanity?<br></strong>The
disaster in Gaza is not natural\u2014it is man-made. The 17-year blockade,
restrictions on food and medicine, the deliberate destruction of
infrastructure\u2026 all are systematic policies to break the will of a
people.</p>
<p>Arab and world powers: A suspicious silence: While Gaza starves, the
world watches. International organizations settle for issuing
\u201cconcerned\u201d reports, and Arab nations drown in their own conflicts. Even
humanitarian aid is blocked or delayed under political pretexts.</p>
<p>Media misrepresentation: Some media outlets portray the crisis as a
\u201cnatural economic hardship,\u201d ignoring that its root cause is the
deliberate siege and blockade.</p>
<p><strong>A cry for help; do not let Gaza die<br></strong>This is not the time for words alone\u2014but for action. Every passing minute brings Gaza closer to the abyss.</p>
<p><strong>Urgent demands:<br></strong>Permanently open crossings and allow unrestricted entry of food and medicine.<br>Global and grassroots pressure on governments to break the siege.<br>Immediate humanitarian safety nets to distribute food to the most vulnerable families.<br>Hold accountable all those responsible for this suffering as war criminals.</p>
<p>A message to humanity\u2019s conscience: If the world knows how to donate
to stray cats and dogs, how can it stay silent as innocent children die?
How can anyone sleep while a person in Gaza perishes for lack of a loaf
of bread?</p>
<p><strong>Conclusion<br></strong>Gaza reminds the world every day that
humanity is on trial. This is not a political issue\u2014it is a matter of
conscience. History will record whether our generation witnessed
genocide in silence or stood against it. Choose to be on the right side.</p>
<p><em>-Fatima Skaik, a young architect and writer from Gaza, documents
the stories of her city under siege through her words and designs. Her
article appeared in MEMO.</em></p>
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