Gaza Is Real

 Let’s just be honest here: Gaza isn’t a news item- it’s a living, breathing place where people are being starved, displaced, and silenced. I don’t want statistics to feel cold, but they’re the heartbeat of this moment- and they ask us to wake up. 

Right now, nearly 12,000 children under five are suffering from acute malnutrition in a single month (July)- the highest figure ever recorded. Nearly 86% of cropland in Gaza is destroyed or inaccessible, leaving families with no way to feed themselves. (OCHA - Occupied Palestinian Territory)

 This isn’t just hardship- it’s engineered deprivation. Since March 2, 2025, aid was cut off completely; food prices spiked by up to 1,400%. By April, 58 people had starved to death, and over 66,000 children faced severe malnutrition just a month later. (UNICEF) 

Food is only the beginning. Water’s haunting too: most plants and wells are destroyed or offline. Some folks survive on just 2 liters per day- below the WHO emergency minimum of 15 liters. And they often have to walk miles in heat just to collect it. (Wall Street Journal) 

Healthcare is collapsing. Between bombed-out hospitals and zero electricity, expectant mothers deliver under tents with no supplies, and diseases spread unchecked. Estimates state around 94% of health centers are destroyed. (El País)

Deaths are now absurd, beyond numbers- something meant to be unimaginable in our day and age. Over 62,000 Gazans have died. Famine is no longer a warning- it’s unfolding. The UN’s IPC calls it “worst-case scenario of famine”, with a third of the population facing prolonged food deprivation. (The Guardian, AP News) 

We must pressure our governments to make changes. These people have suffered for too long.