Gaza Civilians: Killed by War, Then Blamed on 'Storm Byron'
While The New Arab rightly highlights deaths amid 'Storm Byron' (a rare acknowledgment of the human toll beyond bombing), the context is critical. These victims, including infants, weren't simply 'killed by a storm.' They were killed by a storm in a besieged, bombed-out territory where infrastructure is obliterated, homes are rubble, and access to shelter, clean water, and medical care is
systematically denied by Israeli blockades and military actions. It's not the rain alone that drowns infants or causes hypothermia in tents; it's the intentional destruction of every support system that would protect civilians. One might observe that when basic human protections are deemed Hamas infrastructure, even a puddle becomes a weapon of war. How many displaced people must perish from
preventable causes before it's called policy, not an unfortunate coincidence?