In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian people are burying the deceased. At Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Ala Abu Shihar tightly held his young son, Muhammad. The child's tender face was wrapped in a white shroud, a somber testament to the ongoing conflict.
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03-20, 2025Muhammad was one of over 170 children killed in Israel's renewed bombing of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, a bombing that shattered a ceasefire that had been in place for the past two months. Ala's wife lay in a body bag at his feet, only 20 years old. "We had only been married for two years," Ala said, "She was seven months pregnant when she died." The loss has devastated the family and highlights the tragic human cost of the conflict.
Israel stated that the reason for breaking the ceasefire was because Hamas was stalling on the issue of releasing Israeli hostages. Israel accused Hamas of hiding behind civilians and preparing to attack Israel again. The Israeli military does not allow foreign journalists unrestricted access to the Gaza Strip. A reporter interviewed Dr. Morgan McMonagle, an Irish trauma surgeon volunteering at Gaza's Nasser Hospital in Jerusalem.
Dr. McMonagle said that he had been busy from 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday, when Israel began its attacks, until late at night. He estimated that 40% of the dead and wounded he saw were children. "I can only report truthfully as a simple humanitarian surgeon that the proportion of children and women injured and killed is excessively high," he said. "I think any rational person can see that this proportion is disproportionate." The doctor's observations underscore the urgent need for greater protection of civilians during times of conflict.
Karam Tafik Hamed lost his three sons in the Israeli attacks on Tuesday: 9-year-old Hassan, 8-year-old Muhammad, and only 5-year-old Aziz. "They used to play all the time, having fun, and their favorite thing was to ride in my tuk-tuk with me," Karam said, with tears in his eyes. "They wanted to be doctors, teachers." The loss of his children has left an unfillable void in Karam's life, representing a devastating blow to his family and community.
Israel says that Hamas exaggerates the number of Palestinian casualties. But the United Nations considers the data from the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza to be reliable. Some experts believe that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has actually been underestimated in the past 18 months of war. Dr. McMonagle said he had no reason to believe the Ministry of Health's data was incorrect. "I try to avoid propaganda, because propaganda starts wars... but I can tell you that yesterday (at Nasser Hospital) there were over 70 people taken directly to the morgue, many of them children. I saw them with my own eyes." "I don't know the official numbers, but I can tell you that I heard from senior hospital staff that 40% of the dead and wounded were women and children."
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz suggested that Tuesday's attacks were just the beginning if Hamas does not release the hostages. "If all Israeli hostages are not released, and Hamas is not eliminated from Gaza - Israel will take action with a force you have never seen," Katz said. He reiterated that Gazans should relocate to neighboring countries, as suggested by U.S. President Donald Trump. This idea was met with outright rejection by Palestinians and most of the Arab world. The proposal has been widely condemned as an unacceptable solution to the ongoing conflict.
