Either the world acts now to halt the genocide in Gaza, or it will be remembered as a silent spectator to one of humanity’s greatest tragedies
In what looks like a final step to annihilate Gaza completely, Israel has made its final move. It is moving into the Gaza Strip with the tanks and all the might it can muster to flatten Gaza and smother its people. The tanks have rolled into Gaza City. Thick smoke billows over its skyline. Entire neighbourhoods, once filled with schools, marketplaces, and mosques, are reduced to rubble. Homes to tens of thousands of civilians have been flattened as they flee for their lives.Israel’s latest ground offensive, presented as a military operation to defeat Hamas and rescue hostages, is nothing but a calculated move to disseminate the entire area, home to some two million people.
The Israeli Defence Forces claim that Gaza City represents Hamas’s “last stronghold.” The fact is that the entire civilian population there is being penalised. In just two days, over 150 sites were struck, forcing thousands to flee south in desperation. Families cling to overloaded trucks and donkey carts, inching along broken roads. Reports and images show the ordeal of the people: drones hitting water tanks, solar panels, and power generators; entire neighbourhoods flattened overnight. The humanitarian toll is staggering. Since the war began in October 2023, Gaza’s Health Ministry estimates more than 65,000 Palestinians have been killed, nearly half of them women and children. Over 150 people have now died from malnutrition in Gaza City, where famine has been declared. Israel defends its actions as a response to Hamas’s brutal October 7 attack. The horror of that incident cannot and should not be dismissed, but that does not justify Israel’s actions, which are nothing but systematic cleansing and large-scale destruction of Gaza on the pretext of punishing Hamas.
The deaths of tens of thousands of civilians and the displacement of nearly an entire population are nothing but a crime against humanity. Unfortunately, no one is willing to do anything to stop the carnage. Aid agencies call the inhumanity “unconscionable.” The United Nations has warned of an “even deeper catastrophe” if the offensive continues. A UN commission has accused Israel of genocide. Gaza today represents a collective failure of the world community to act decisively and stop the worst human rights violations in recent times. Stopping this tragedy requires more than calls for a “ceasefire” as mere rhetoric. Israel must halt its indiscriminate offensive and allow unhindered humanitarian aid. Regional and global powers must move beyond condemnation and enforce accountability — through sanctions, arms embargoes, or international legal mechanisms.
The international community must act now to prevent Gaza’s complete collapse. Those with the power to intervene but who choose inaction will be remembered as complicit in this carnage, judged by history as partners in crime.
