Intense Darkness Falls Over Gaza City: Israel Accused of Destruction and Extermination of Children, Economic Devastation amidst US Prevention of United Nations Ceasefire
In the besieged strip of land that is Gaza, a humanitarian disaster of unprecedented proportions is unfolding. The conflict, marked by decades of escalating violence, has reached a critical point, with the United Nations' highest court ruling Israel's campaign in Gaza as 'plausibly genocidal.'
Doctors on the ground are describing unbearable choices, including praying for a child's death to end her suffering. The current death count, according to Gaza's health ministry, exceeds 65,141. Nearly half a million of the dead are children under five, according to local and international monitors.
Israel's assault has escalated, with hospitals being bombed and humanitarian corridors shelled. The destruction of Gaza City's only children's hospital in the opening hours of the invasion is a stark reminder of the indiscriminate nature of the violence. The name of the doctor who tried to help a child torn apart by Israeli bombs during the ground assault in Gaza City is not mentioned in the available sources.
Cutting Gaza off from the world is a strategy to prevent evidence gathering, delay humanitarian responses, and ensure Israel's narrative dominates. The severing of internet and phone networks during Israel's ground invasion has left Gaza City experiencing near-total darkness. This blackout, according to aid agencies, is a 'strategy of concealment' designed to bury evidence.
Multiple independent reports suggest Gaza City's streets have been seeded with booby-trapped vehicles disguised as escape routes. Israel's alleged deployment of such weapons in residential areas is a refinement of a long-established doctrine. The blackout is preventing families from calling for help, paralyzing ambulances, blocking the transmission of humanitarian data, and blinds international observers.
Despite the blackout and the ongoing conflict, Gaza's truth still leaks out through the actions of doctors, displaced families, protesters worldwide, and international flotillas. The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza on 18 September 2025, marking the sixth US veto of the war.
The conflict in Gaza, remembered as a genocide in real time, has spanned over two decades. Israel has been involved in multiple conflicts in Gaza, including Jenin (2002), Lebanon (2006), Cast Lead (2008-09), Protective Edge (2014), Great March of Return (2018), and the 11-day war in 2021. The destruction of hospitals carries a message: nowhere is safe.
Hundreds more have died from starvation and malnutrition in the past 24 hours alone. The ongoing crisis in Gaza is a stark reminder of the urgent need for international intervention and a peaceful resolution to this long-standing conflict.
