It has been one year since the start of Israel’s war of annihilation against Gaza, and one year since Gaza transformed the world. The true scale of the devastation is still unknown.
Israel’s targeting of health infrastructure has rendered the collection of data about casualties nearly impossible, though the death toll, based on available evidence, has almost certainly surpassed 100,000 people — approximately 5% of Gaza’s total population.
Journalists, healthcare workers, and civil servants have been targeted and slaughtered en masse, drawing little international outcry.
Essential waste treatment, water, and healthcare infrastructure has been deliberately decimated, creating a vicious cycle of suffering. Lack of hygienic conditions has led to outbreaks of disease in crowded displacement camps. Doctors are forced to look on as their patients die from treatable wounds.
Malnourished and traumatised children face a future pockmarked by incalculable developmental repercussions. ….more
