Beirut, November 8 (Prensa Latina) For hours, Muhammad Shaqura remained under the rubble of his home while the terrible sound of Israeli rockets ended the lives of hundreds of other children whose Palestinian blood flowed.
The images of the little boy, captured by photographer Belal Khaled’s lens, reveal the absolute horror and cruelty perpetrated by Israeli forces against civilians in Gaza after a month of aggression.
Mohammed is one of the few survivors of the Shaqura family and everything around him is stone, dust and destruction, a result of the scorched earth policy that the Zionist army wants to implement.
Next to him, other children scream at the lifeguards and spot their mothers’ hair among the corpses; these scenes are shocking testaments to cruelty.
Israeli forces detonated 30,000 tons of explosives in refugee camps, hospitals, schools, religious centers and homes, in a blatant violation of ethical and moral values and human dignity.
Before the eyes of the world, Israel, supported by its Western allies, is attacking an entire population under the sole pretext of supposed self-defense and depriving them of the necessities of survival.
The United Nations, Pope Francis, presidents, opinion leaders and the majority of the world’s people insist on stopping the genocide and not turning Gaza into a graveyard for Palestinian children.
Israel ignores international law, ignores the policies of the multilateral organization that accepted the establishment of its state on Arab lands, and some of its officials with despicable authority support the possibility of using nuclear weapons.
After 32 days, Israeli aggression claims the life of a child every 10 minutes and the death toll is already over 4,200, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Mohammed was born behind a wall built by a system of occupation and racial discrimination. Israel deprived him of his freedom and ended the lives of much of his family. Can humanity turn its face and ignore the innocence massacred in Palestine?
Photo: Belal Khaled
Photo: Belal Khaled