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At a time when children’s laughter should be echoing and homes glowing with festive lights, the children of Gaza welcome this year’s Eid al-Adha with empty stomachs and hearts weighed down by sorrow and fear. A harsh Israeli blockade prevents the entry of food and medicine and shuts border crossings to humanitarian aid, while the world watches silently without taking action.

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In the streets of refugee camps and the destroyed areas in the north and south of the Gaza Strip, the usual signs of Eid are nowhere to be found: no new clothes, no sweets, no toys. All one sees are children in faded clothes, silently staring at empty stalls or crumbling buildings, yearning for a normal life they lost months ago.

According to data from Gaza’s Ministry of Health, over 70% of the population suffers from food insecurity, and child malnutrition has reached unprecedented levels, with reported deaths due to starvation and lack of medical care—particularly among infants and newborns.

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Despite ongoing appeals from international organizations, Israeli authorities continue to block trucks carrying food, medicine, and fuel, and impose severe restrictions at crossings. This has led to the near-total collapse of the healthcare system and the shutdown of most hospitals.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs confirmed that more than one million children in Gaza are deprived of their most basic rights to a dignified life, and 90% of families do not have access to minimum food or clean water. It warned of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe if the blockade and aid restrictions persist.

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Despite the magnitude of the tragedy, no serious international efforts have been made to pressure Israel to open the crossings and allow humanitarian relief. Accusations of international double standards are growing—especially concerning the rights of the Palestinian people.

Palestinian political analyst Dr. Sami Al-Barghouti stated: “What is happening in Gaza—the siege and systematic starvation, especially of children—is not merely a humanitarian crisis. It is a fully-fledged crime committed by Israel in front of a world that remains silent and inactive.” He emphasized that the occupation is deliberately using hunger as a weapon of collective punishment to force the people of Gaza into submission.

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Al-Barghouti stressed that thousands of children in the Strip are suffering from starvation, malnutrition, and illness, while Israeli authorities are preventing the entry of food, medicine, and even clean drinking water. “The most basic rights of childhood are being systematically violated,” he said, “and the result is generations growing up in pain and loss, with no humanitarian or legal protection.”

He explained that Israel uses Gaza’s border crossings as a political pressure tool to blackmail Palestinians, adding: “Closing the crossings and blocking humanitarian aid is not a security issue, as claimed, but a clear policy aimed at breaking the will of the Palestinian people by targeting its weakest members—its children.”

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Al-Barghouti criticized the inaction of the international community, affirming that “remaining silent in the face of such crimes amounts to complicity.” He called on the United Nations and human rights organizations to take immediate and binding action rather than merely issuing statements of condemnation.

He concluded by stating: “This Eid has once again revealed the ugly face of the occupation and exposed the international community’s double standards. Gaza’s children are left to die of hunger while Israel is afforded political protection. If this situation continues, Gaza will become a full-fledged famine zone, and the international community will bear witness—complicit in one of the most horrific crimes of our modern era.”

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