Gaza Under the Rubble… 59,821 Dead and 144,851 Wounded… Human Cries Fall on Deaf Ears

The humanitarian tragedy in Gaza continues with a staggering rise in the victim toll under relentless Israeli aggression. Over the past twenty‑four hours alone, Gaza’s Ministry of Health reports the arrival of 88 new martyrs—12 of whom were pulled from beneath the rubble—and 374 wounded at hospitals across the Strip. This brings the overall death count to 59,821 and the injured to 144,851 since the onslaught began on October 7, 2023.

Behind these heart‑wrenching figures lie hundreds of stories of loss: children, mothers, and fathers trapped beneath debris or left to wait silently in Gaza’s streets, hoping against hope for a rescuing hand long hampered by incapacity and neglect. Medical teams labor around the clock, despite crippling shortages, to tend the wounded under these appalling conditions.

Furthermore, the Ministry’s statement highlights that between March 18, 2025 and today, an additional 8,657 were killed and 32,810 injured—numbers that compound the daily anguish and sorrow.

Yet the calamity does not end there. Those martyred in the struggle simply to find a morsel of food now number 1,132, with 7,521 suffering injuries from sheer deprivation. These are not mere statistics; they are children going to sleep starving, and parents forced to face death for lack of sustenance.

Famine and Malnutrition… Hunger That Kills Slowly
In a further tragedy, Gaza’s hospitals have recorded six new fatalities due to famine and severe malnutrition, raising the cumulative toll of hunger‑related deaths to 133, including 87 children. This grim tableau confronts the international community with its most severe moral test.

What is unfolding in Gaza today epitomizes a humanitarian catastrophe. These figures are not abstract—they are the faces of devastated families, of children bereft of loved ones, and of mothers and fathers battling to survive amid utter destruction. Every martyr, every injured person, every life extinguished by hunger is a wrenching plea to a world that continues to turn away.

Gaza now demands, more than ever: Where is the humanity? Where is the concrete action to rescue a people facing daily genocide? As lives are lost and suffering mounts, the world must recognize that Gaza’s victims live on in our hearts and minds—and that their plight is not a passing tragedy but a moral catastrophe that cannot be ignored.