‘Truce is not peace’: In the media, truce means bombing has stopped, in Gaza it’s a frightened breath and an ache of survival
The truce there is a short breath between two suffocations. And here, the calm feels like betrayal. Words lose meaning when you know the distance between language and reality is measured in pain. I saw a short video of a woman still searching for her son’s body under the rubble – even after the truce. She said: “The war didn’t stop inside me.”
Israel’s mass killing of Gaza aid seekers: Civilians die by starvation and deprivation when aid is blocked
The frequency and lethality of attacks has dramatically escalated since the GHF began operating at the end of May. In the 17 months between January 2024 and May 27 this year, we recorded 663 fatalities. In just three months since then, more than 2,200 people have been killed.
