One of the most dangerous and terrifying things we are facing in Gaza right now is that every strike is resulting in a much higher number of casualties and injuries compared to before.
It is no longer the same as it used to be, because we have all been forced into a small area that does not exceed 30% of Gaza’s total area, with an unbearable and unnatural level of overcrowding.
Any strike or airstrike today can turn into a disaster within moments, because huge numbers of people are living in the same areas, and we no longer have places to escape to or hide. Every street and every crowded place has become a real danger to us.
Even walking through the streets has become more dangerous than ever. Leaving home to take care of the simplest needs now carries the possibility of injury or death, as if every step we take could be our last.
Every day, more areas are being taken over, the space around us becomes smaller, and our chances of survival become fewer. We feel trapped inside a small area, being hunted from the sky at any moment.
We are living through a reality that cannot be described, a reality where staying alive has become a matter of luck. Every day we wake up not knowing if we will make it to the end of the day, or if we will lose someone else from our families.
How long will we continue living this life? How long will this fear and endless waiting continue? We only want to live a normal life to walk in the streets without fear.
We are literally watching the last remnants of Gaza City disappear before our eyes.
How can an entire city be erased piece by piece while the world simply watches?
Every day brings more destruction. Buildings that survived months of war are now being destroyed one after another. With every airstrike, another street disappears, another home is reduced to rubble, and another part of our city is gone forever.
Gaza is no longer the city it once was. Most hospitals are out of service. Schools have become shelters. Entire neighborhoods have turned into endless tent camps. There is no electricity, no clean water, no jobs, no education, and almost no services left.
The infrastructure has collapsed. Roads are shattered. Garbage fills the streets. Sewage flows between the tents. Rats and insects are everywhere. There is no fuel, no transportation, not even firewood, while construction materials are still banned from entering.
The humanitarian aid that kept thousands of families alive has all but disappeared. Hunger grows worse every day. Disease spreads. Parents spend hours searching for food or water, often returning with nothing.
And somehow, the world watches all of this as if it were normal.
How can an entire city collapse in front of millions of people, and still be abandoned?
We are not just losing buildings. We are losing Gaza itself its streets, its neighborhoods, its history, and the lives of the people who call it home while a world that sees everything chooses to do nothing.
Gaza is approaching a moment when everything could come to a halt.
Today, the price of just one liter of engine oil reached $1,000. One liter of gasoline has risen to $60 because fuel continues to be blocked from entering.
The consequences are now impossible to ignore. Thousands of vehicles that survived the war can no longer move. Water trucks have stopped operating. Bakeries have shut down. Power generators are running out of fuel and stopping. Even the bulldozers that were clearing the rubble are no longer able to work.
An entire city is being brought to a standstill not only because of the destruction, but because there is simply no fuel left.
Hospitals are still operating, but only with extreme difficulty and severely limited resources. If this situation continues over the coming days, more essential services could collapse, pushing hundreds of thousands of civilians into an even deeper humanitarian crisis.
This is no longer just a fuel crisis. It is the gradual collapse of what remains of daily life in Gaza.
Very heartbreaking news…
A short while ago, the water station we partnered with for our water project was directly struck, resulting in the deaths of several people and injuries to others working there.
As a result, we have been forced to suspend our water distribution project until further notice.
This station was one of the most important remaining sources of clean water in Gaza City and served as a lifeline for thousands of families, especially after most other water stations had stopped operating.
We are deeply saddened by the loss of life and by the suspension of a project that was providing clean drinking water to people enduring these extremely difficult conditions.
“This is the last time you will see me,” Dr. Abu Safiya told his lawyer. “They brought me here to kill me. I don’t see myself surviving. This is the end.”
Gaza Civil Defense teams recovered the skeletal remains of six Palestinians from beneath the rubble of Al-Masah building in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood, which was bombarded in a previous Israeli strike during the genocide in Gaza.