the un reports this morning that there are about 15,000 displaced people inside of gaza.
so 15,000 civilians wandering around a battle zone.
this morning, the idf was dropping pamphlets warning people to stay in their homes.
a doctor from the shifa hospital in gaza reports via al jazeera that 165 children have been killed and over 1,200 injured.
meanwhile, the us house passed a resolution condemning hamas, while the rest of the planet is calling for an immediate cease fire on humanitarian grounds. the united states is fully complicit with the humanitarian crisis that preceded this and with the situation that military action has produced, which amplifies the previous crisis exponentially.
this clip is not meant as a direct metaphor, but it expresses better than any other i could think of what's going on in my head as i read about this disaster: