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Opinion: Humanity is failing the starving children of Gaza
Gaza
This picture taken from a position on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, shows destroyed buildings in the besieged Palestinian territory, at sunset on Aug. 21, 2025. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)
In a world of abundance, where food waste runs into billions of tons each year and supermarkets overflow with choice, the image of a starving child is not just heartbreaking — it is condemnable. Nowhere is this tragedy more urgent than in Gaza, where children are not just dying from bombs and bullets, but from the slow, agonizing grip of hunger.