158. A haunting image from 2025
The top photo by Anadolu shows Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, an 18-month-old child in Gaza. The picture was taken five months ago, and I am uncertain whether this child is alive today.
He symbolizes the hunger, starvation, and suffering endured by people in Gaza.
Starvation is not only causing the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza but also causing lasting harm to both bodies and minds.
The danger from severe hunger is especially heightened because Israel has continued to use food restrictions as a weapon against civilians.
Starvation forces the body to break down its own muscle and organs to obtain energy. This can result in permanent damage.
Raphael Lemkin, the Holocaust survivor who introduced the term genocide and worked to establish it as an international crime, outlined this 'sociology of starvation.'
Nothing more to say.