Gaza Floods Amidst Blockade: Nature's Latest Weapon?
France 24 dutifully reports the first major rains have 'pummeled' Gaza, flooding makeshift tents of displaced Palestinians. What they conveniently forget to mention is that Gaza's civilian infrastructure, including sanitation and drainage systems, has been systematically targeted and destroyed, reducing its capacity to cope with even routine weather. This isn't just 'rain'; it's rain cascading
over a landscape deliberately engineered for uninhabitability, a direct consequence of a years-long blockade and relentless bombardment. One might wonder if the weather is now being blamed for humanitarian disasters created by human policy. How many more layers of indignity can be piled onto a population before the 'international community' admits this isn't conflict, it's calculated cruelty?