DayofPal– In the heart of war-torn Gaza, a Palestinian mother collapsed in grief as she bid a final farewell to her children and husband, all killed in sudden Israeli airstrike on Tuesday. Her voice, heavy with sorrow, broke through the ruins of her shattered home.
“My children died hungry. I swear to Allah, they had no food for suhoor,” she wept, referring to the pre-dawn meal during Ramadan. “My daughter died fasting, without suhoor.”
With a heart engulfed in pain, she directed her anguish toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying “I am a mother with a burning heart. May Allah burn your heart over your children.”
Her tragedy is one among hundreds who wer killed during the genocide. Since Tuesday, Israeli airstrikes have claimed the lives of over 400 Gazan civilians, most of them children, and left more than 700 others injured.
The relentless bombardment has shattered homes, schools, and makeshift shelters across the besieged enclave, as Israel resumes its deadly offensive after a fragile two-month ceasefire.
“The reports and images emerging from Gaza are beyond horrifying,” UNICEF said in a statement. “Some of the strikes reportedly hit makeshift shelters where children and families were sleeping, proving once again that nowhere is safe in Gaza.”
For weeks, Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have endured an ever-tightening blockade, cut off from food, water, fuel, and medical aid. Many of the latest victims died not just from bombs but from starvation, their bodies weakened by hunger long before the attacks.
On March 3, Israel severed the only remaining power line supplying electricity to Gaza, plunging the enclave into deeper darkness. The blackout crippled the central water desalination plant in Deir Al-Balah, the last lifeline providing drinking water to both residents and displaced families.
As Israeli warplanes continue to rain destruction across northern, central, and southern Gaza, the people trapped within its borders face an unrelenting fact: death comes not only from the sky but from the slow, suffocating grip of hunger and thirst.
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