In Gaza, every 10 minutes marks the tragic loss or injury of a child. Amid the rubble and grief, the international community faces a stark reminder of its failure to protect the vulnerable, as women and children continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing war, writes Aayesha Soni.
"Every
10 minutes, a child is killed or wounded [in Gaza]. They are
protected under the laws of war, and yet they are ones who
are disproportionately paying the ultimate price," said UN human rights
chief Volker Türk recently.
These harrowing images, which
reach our screens daily from the streets of Gaza and now Rafah, have led to an
incorrigible jolting of the moral conscience of millions of people globally.