Gaza and the West Bank Bleed in Silence as the World Watches Iran

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A grieving crowd in Gaza carries the body of a victim killed during an Israeli airstrike near an aid distribution center.

While the world turns its gaze towards the rising flames between Israel and Iran, a quieter but deeply tragic reality unfolds on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank. In recent days, dozens of Palestinians have been killed—many of them simply trying to get food to survive. Children, women, and men stood in line for aid and left in body bags. The silence from the global stage is deafening.


Israel’s war on Iran has created the perfect distraction. As fighter jets fly east, the occupation tightens its grip to the west. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is no longer just a disaster—it is becoming a massacre, and it’s happening in broad daylight.


On June 14, reports emerged of Israeli forces killing at least 70 Palestinians near an aid distribution site in Khan Younis. The very next day, dozens more were killed in similar circumstances in Gaza City. Eyewitnesses say drones, tanks, and gunfire were used to disperse crowds of starving civilians. And still, the world barely reacts.


The aid program now operating under the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)—a controversial body reportedly backed by Israeli and U.S. interests—is fast becoming a symbol of suffering rather than hope. Palestinians who once depended on the United Nations for relief are now forced to choose between starvation and the risk of being gunned down. It's a terrifying choice no human being should ever have to make.


In the West Bank, a military lockdown is suffocating life. Movement is restricted, fuel is scarce, and economic activity is collapsing. Villages are being sealed off, people are being arrested without charge, and homes are being raided in the night. Yet this cruelty is barely a headline anymore.


Local voices speak of growing desperation. "We can't even afford bread," says Yasser, a father of four in Gaza. “A bag of sesame that cost less than a shekel now goes for 80. We are starving.” Yet he refuses to go to the GHF site. “I'd rather die from hunger than from a bullet.”


This is not just about Israel and Palestine anymore. It is about how power silences the cries of the vulnerable. As Israel wages war in multiple directions, it's not only bombs that are falling—it's hope, it's justice, it's humanity itself.


How long will the world look away?

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