“Water Instead of Milk”: Gaza’s Children Facing a Slow-Motion Death
Gaza, 26 July – (PIC): In Gaza today, childhood is measured in days, sometimes in hours. According to Gaza’s Government Media Office, more than 100,000 children — including 40,000 infants — are on the verge of death. Not because of a sudden disaster, but because of something far more calculated: a slow, deliberate starvation imposed by an unrelenting blockade.
Mothers in Gaza now face an impossible choice. With no milk, many are feeding their infants only water, praying that somehow their little ones survive one more day. Hospitals, once safe havens, are now halls of despair. Hundreds of children are being brought in daily, suffering from severe malnutrition. Doctors say many of them are “minutes from death”, yet there is no food, no medicine, no lifeline.
“This is not a natural disaster. This is man-made,” the statement from the media office read. “A deliberate, slow-moving massacre.”
The numbers tell part of the story: 122 people have already died of hunger — 83 of them children. But behind each number is a name, a face, a grieving family. These are not statistics; they are the sounds of mothers whispering lullabies to babies too weak to cry, the desperate prayers of fathers who cannot feed their children.
The blockade has crippled Gaza. Food convoys remain stuck at the borders, thousands of tons of aid deliberately held back. Hospitals have become graveyards for the innocent, and disease is spreading as water and sanitation systems collapse.
The statement did not mince words: Israel’s policies amount to organized starvation and genocide, and the world’s silence makes it an accomplice. “International indifference,” it warned, “is nothing short of partnership in this crime.”
It called on every conscience — governments, institutions, and ordinary people — to act now. Break the blockade. Send food. Demand the crossings be opened. Do not let Gaza’s children die in silence.
If the world does nothing, Gaza’s children will not just be a tragedy of war — they will be the proof that humanity failed them.
