The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has announced that more than 61 million tons of debris now blanket vast areas of the Gaza Strip, with entire neighborhoods having been wiped off the map due to ongoing destruction.
According to the agency’s official website on Thursday, entire families continue to search through the rubble for water and shelter amid severe restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid.
Despite the blockade, UNRWA emphasized that its teams continue to deliver life-saving assistance to the affected population and remain committed to their humanitarian mission under challenging conditions.
Images emerging from Gaza show a city reduced to ashes, including hospitals, schools, water networks, and electrical infrastructure. Instead of initiating reconstruction efforts, rubble continues to pile up, choking what remains of life amid a complicit international paralysis that limits itself to expressions of concern, without any concrete action.
The ongoing blockade, which prevents the entry of equipment needed to clear rubble or retrieve bodies trapped beneath it, constitutes collective punishment, prohibited under Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. This includes the deprivation of shelter, clean water, and aid, all of which are clear violations of the right to life and human dignity guaranteed under international treaties.
Given this widespread devastation, the continued silence of the international community makes it complicit in the crime. International law not only condemns acts of genocide but also obligates signatory states to take concrete action to prevent them and prosecute perpetrators. Yet accountability mechanisms remain inactive, and no Israeli occupation officials have been brought to justice, despite overwhelming evidence.
Gaza today is not only a victim of war, but also a victim of an international order that has lost its moral compass. Justice now coexists with impunity, and while UNRWA speaks of millions of tons of rubble, the deeper truth is that the occupation has turned Gaza into a graveyard for cities, memory, and humanity, a crime that neither time nor diplomatic statements can erase.
