Gaza war stains human civilization

IT HAS been two years since October 7, 2023, the day this horrible war began, which seems to be ending based on the Israel-Hamas agreement.

- ISIDOROS KARDERINIS

During these two years, the sunlight had disappeared from this tragic region of the planet and everything had been covered in darkness. There were no more smiles on people’s faces, there was no more optimism and joy, and hearts had turned black from deep pain.

The children who had been saved from the bombs and bullets that fell like hail were very gloomy and sad, seeing destroyed houses and muddy streets around them.

Children in particular suffered dramatic consequences. According to the UN, in the last four years there have been more dead children in Gaza than in the whole world.

The humanitarian crisis deepened every day. Famine threatened the survivors with death. Hunger was ravaging, especially children, who fainted from exhaustion in the streets, in front of the eyes of desperate parents unable to help them.

According to UNICEF, approximately 17 000 minors were unaccompanied or separated from their parents since the day the war began.

And the total number of dead since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, which now resembles a huge wound in the heart of humanity, exceeded 67 000, while there were over 150 000 wounded, often seriously, many with amputated limbs, without access to care, in bombed-out hospitals.