The Shadow
Dear Editor, August 2025
Why are not foreign militaries invading Israel to put out this ultra-terrorist state? Israel is a rabid and rogue state that caused the deaths of nearly 400,000 Gazans, wounded hundreds of thousands more, and displaced 1.5 million people. 92% of Gaza has been reduced to rubble as 100,000 tons of explosives have been dropped on that densely populated strip.
The fortunate Gazans are those who died quickly. Tens if not hundreds of thousands have died after spending days under the rubble. Tens if not hundreds of thousands have had their limbs blown off. Tens of thousands have been burnt alive by Israeli bombing and missile attacks. Thousands of civilians have been shot by IDF soldiers at point-blank range. Schools, homes, hospitals, mosques, and churches have been bombed because a few of Hamas paramilitary members may have stayed there. Over 2 million Gazans live in an open-air prison that is 25 miles long and 3.7 to 7.5 miles wide. Where else are they supposed to stay other than with their families?
At least a quarter of Gazans are facing famine due to this man-made disaster. In January 2024, a few months after 10/07, 700,000 infectious disease cases were officially recorded in shelters according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Hospitals in Gaza are at near-total collapse according to the United Nations. Medical staff have been shot by the Israeli Defense Force, resulting in over 1500 deaths. The IDF have moreover killed nearly 200 journalists since the Hamas Revolt 22 months ago. The objective is to suppress media coverage of ongoing atrocities as well as to spread disease by the killing of healthcare workers.
This is the worst atrocity ever. A nation’s military has solely targeted civilians en masse. This barbarism is unparalleled in human history because it has been totally orchestrated by Israel in a premeditated, calculated, and painful manner. At least the people who died in the Nazi Concentration Camps in WW2 were killed quickly and painlessly. Gazans have suffered such tortuous deaths instead. Many tens of thousands of them have become amputees. Many tens of thousands have had to undergo surgery without anesthesia. A majority of its population are now living in tents.
If anyone still supports the State Of Israel, then that individual is by no means a good person. No one with any kind of conscience and morals can support this wholly unnecessary genocide. Two years ago, it was inconceivable that mankind was capable of doing this. Yet it has happened and the leadership and people of nations throughout the entire world have just “turned a blind eye” as this unconscionable holocaust is still happening. This has to be a Red Line for people throughout the globe.
The basic traits of humans are basic moral fiber and humanity. Those who do not vehemently condemn this savagery by Israel simply do not have any moral capacity whatsoever.
Harsha Sankar
Covington, Va.
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