By A Voice from Gaza
I write from a land of shadows.
A land of shattered homes, endless sorrow, and the pervasive stench of despair.
In Gaza, every street echoes with grief. Every grain of sand is soaked in tears.
Children—our brightest light—are gone from school, many buried, many orphaned.
Food lines stretch for miles under the scorching sun.
Hospitals are no longer places of healing but graveyards for the innocent.
And thirst wraps itself around our families like a slow death.
We live on the edge of starvation.
The most basic act—feeding our children—has become a daily miracle we rarely achieve.
Maternal health is collapsing. Bread is luxury. Dignity is a memory.
And in the dark, suffocating nights, we whisper desperate prayers, hoping the next dawn does not bring another funeral.
And yet, across the sea, in the halls of a country that once stood for justice,
the UK is training Israeli soldiers on British soil.
Just weeks ago, a UK MP asked the obvious question:
Will the British government stop training the Israeli Defence Forces, given its own sanctions on Israel’s leadership?
The answer?
“We currently provide non-combat academic training to fewer than five IDF personnel.”
Fewer than five.
Five souls. Maybe less. But each one could be shaping doctrine, discipline—and action.
Each one could be returning here, to Gaza.
Each one could bear the knowledge passed down in polished lecture halls as families in Rafah dig children out of rubble.
This is not a number. This is a message.
A message of legitimization. Of normalization.
Of military collaboration during what the International Court of Justice calls a “plausible genocide.”
In Gaza:
- Health systems have collapsed.
- Maternal and infant mortality rates are spiking.
- Hospitals bleed in silence.
- Schools are dust. Homes are craters.
- A quarter of families survive on less than one U.S. dollar a day.
- The UN warns: Total humanitarian collapse is imminent.
And yet, in London, they speak of “academic, non-combat” training.
They cite “routine defence engagement.”
They reassure themselves with policies, guidelines, frameworks.
They say: We are watching closely.
But while they watch, our people starve.
While they deliberate, our children die.
While they justify, our hospitals beg for mercy.
And the world—watches.
🔥 Gaza’s Cry: Why Every Action Matters
Even “non-combat” training—given in good faith—transfers more than knowledge.
It transfers trust.
It affirms partnership.
It signals continued support, even when civilians are dying in droves.
In Gaza, that support is felt not in words—but in shrapnel, hunger, and unburied bodies.
That silence from allies? It screams betrayal.
If Britain still believes in humanitarian law, if it remembers the Nuremberg Principles,
if it claims allegiance to human rights—
Then it must act.
Now.
Withdraw the training. Halt military cooperation.
Do not partner with devastation.
🗣️ The Faces Behind the Numbers
Abed al‑Rahman, 13:
“I have shrapnel inside my body… I am in real pain; since 6 a.m. I have been asking for a painkiller.”
He was wounded while trying to reach food. He died on 17 June 2025.
Sheima, 24:
“I saw dead bodies on the ground… I almost died, I would go again… I wish to die with a full stomach, not from starvation.”
She was shot trying to feed her family.
On 17 June, 59 people were killed and more than 220 wounded in Khan Younis as they rushed toward flour trucks. Many were struck by tank and artillery fire.
Reem Zeidan, a mother:
“These are traps set for the people.”
She was killed in front of her daughter while trying, again, to reach food.
Jehad Al‑Assar, 31:
“It was chaos… men, women, children, all crammed together, pushing to grab whatever they could… I was nearly crushed.”
He walked 10 kilometers with his pregnant wife for just a few cans of food.
Ghada al‑Kafarna, 41:
“My children haven’t eaten anything today… When the kitchens stop, I have no choice but to beg.”
Mervat Hijazi, mother of nine:
“I’m so ashamed of myself for not being able to feed my children… I cry at night when my baby cries and her stomach aches from hunger.”
One father wrote on Reddit:
“The flour they use is full of insects and worms… My son begs me daily to buy chicken because he has forgotten its taste, while Khaled has never tasted it in his life.”
📝 Gaza Families’ Voices
These are not headlines. These are not numbers. These are the cries of a people whose lives are crumbling in slow motion.
“I wish to die with a full stomach, not from starvation.” – Sheima, 24
“I’m so ashamed… I cry at night when my baby cries and her stomach aches.” – Mervat Hijazi
“The flour… is full of worms. My children beg for chicken—they’ve forgotten its taste.” – A devastated father
These voices pierce the fog of diplomatic language.
They shatter the illusion that anything about this war is “measured” or “moral.”
Even so-called academic training—conducted thousands of miles away—echoes through the bombed corridors of Gaza.
Every course taught, every partnership maintained, every silence held—matters.
✊ A Final Plea
This isn’t about politics. It’s about humanity.
It’s about whether we, as a global village, will let Gaza’s children starve in silence—
while foreign soldiers sit in classrooms, sip coffee, and study policy.
To the UK Government:
We urge you—do not become a footnote in Gaza’s annihilation.
End all military training. End all cooperation.
Use your weight to demand ceasefire, aid corridors, and accountability.
Because if even one trained soldier walks back into Gaza with British-taught doctrine,
they don’t just bring knowledge.
They carry endorsement.
And we carry the consequences.
For us, the true war is survival.
For you, the path to justice begins with a choice.
Choose mercy. Choose humanity. Choose life.
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