More than a million terrified Gazans are trapped in Rafah, after Israeli forces launched an assault on the southern Gazan city on Monday. Around 600,000 are children.
As they endure relentless bombing, abject starvation and a total collapse of healthcare services, Western leaders, particularly in the US, the UK and Germany, continue to reassure the Israeli war cabinet of their support. This provides Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with impunity to continue his murderous rampage.
With politicians having all but abandoned their moral, political and legal duty to prevent genocide – and the principles of international law lying in tatters – it is left to people of conscience worldwide to stand with the people of Gaza.
